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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 2, 1882. 
Want of general shape. 10 
Want of condition. 15 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications. 
Twisted or falling comb ; plumage any other colour than shade of 
buff, lemon, or cinnamon respectively; legs any other colour than 
yellow ; general want of Cochin points ; crooked back, legs, or other 
deformity ; total absence of feather. 
PARTRIDGE COCHIN. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Cock or Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Defective colour. 20 
Want of size. 15 
Bad head and comb . 10 
Slip wings. 5 
Want of fluff . '5 
Want of cushion. 5 
Length of legs and want of leg-feathering. 20 
Want of general shape. 10 
Want of condition. 10 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications. 
Twisted or falling comb ; general want of Cochin points ; any 
deformity; total absence of feather. 
WHITE COCHINS. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Cock or Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Defective colour. 25 
Want of size. 15 
Bad head and comb . 10 
Slip wings. 5 
Want of fluff . 5 
Want of cushion. 5 
Length of legs and want of leg-feathering. 10 
Want of general shape. 10 
Want of condition. 15 
100 
A perfect bird to’count 100 points. 
Disqualifications. 
Twisted or falling comb; plumage any other colour than pure 
white ; legs any other colour than yellow ; general want ot Cochin 
points ; any deformity ; total absence of feather. 
BLACK COCHINS. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Cook or Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Defective colour. 20 
Want of size. 15 
Bad head and comb . 10 
Slip wings. 5 
Want of fluff . 5 
Want of cushion. 5 
Length of legs and want of leg-feathering. 10 
Want of general shape. 15 
Want of condition. 15 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications. 
Twisted or falling comb ; any mixture of red or white feathers ; 
general want of Cochin points ; crooked back or other deformity ; 
total absence of feather. 
CUCKOO COCHINS. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Cock or Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Bad colour . 25 
Bad shaped comb . 10 
Want of hackle . 8 
Length of legs and want of leg-feathering.10 
Want of size. 15 
Want of condition. 12 
Want of symmetry. 20 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications. 
Numerous black, white, or red feathers ; total absence of leg-feather; 
general want of Cochin points. 
THE POULTRY CLUB. 
^ A meeting of the Committee of the Poultry Club was held at the 
Charing Cross Hotel on Wednesday, October 25th at 2 p.m. There 
were present—Messrs. T. W. Anns (in the chair), G. B. C. Breeze, 
A. Comyns, and C. F. Montresor. 
Annual Report. —The Annual Report to be presented at the 
General Meeting at the Crystal Palace was read by the Secretary and 
approved. 
standard OF Excellence.— Some details connected with the 
draft Standard of Excellence now in preparation were under con¬ 
sideration. 
Next Meeting. —The next meeting was fixed to be held at the 
Charing Cross Hotel on Monday, November 13th, at 4.30 p.m.—Alex. 
Comyns, Hon. Sec., 47, Chancery Lane, W.C. October 30th, 18S2. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Testing Milk (Cornier).—If you place the milk-tester bulb downwards in 
a vessel of milk, the depth to which it will sink will depend on the density of the 
milk, and its richness or otherwise will be indicated by the figures on the scale. 
You will easily understand its action if you first try the tester in pure milk, 
then in milk and water, and by similarly testing the products of different cows 
you will find which animal yields the richest milk. 
Poultry Farming (E. B., Dublin ).—The St. Leonards Poultry Farm, 
Ringwood, Hants, would probably be best. Unless you have had practical 
experience we would strongly urge you not to attempt the business, and even 
then only in a small way to begin with. 
Feeding Cows in Winter (/. E .).—In keeping cows in the winter 
mouths on purchased food for the production of the richest milk and butter, 
we recommend that each cow should be allowed 56 tbs. to 64 tbs. of Mangolds 
daily, according to the size of the animal, 3 tbs. of Wheat crushed, and 3 lbs. of 
decorticated cotton cake, the usual quantity of good pasture hay and sweet oat 
straw cut into chaff per day. We do not approve of cooking food for ruminating 
animals; we prefer that the best yellow Mangold should be pulped, and the 
crushed Wheat and cotton cake, together with the straw and hay, be mixed 
together in the shape of pudding, this to be divided into three feeds per day. 
Wheat at 5s. per bushel, according to the weight and quality for butter-making 
purposes, is the cheapest food now to be purchased in comparison with other 
grain. Crushing also is better than mealing, because of less waste. Maugold is 
the cheapest root adapted for milch cows, but Potatoes are the best root food if 
they can be bought cheap enough. 
Cow-keeping and Mangers for Stables (A. L. L. TF. and J. O.).— 
Your letter arriving as our pages were being prepared for press cannot be 
satisfactorily answered this week, and replies to them will be published in our 
next issue. 
Turtle Doves (J. II .).—Turtle Doves in this country are birds of passage, 
coming in spring about the beginning of May, breeding here, and leaving again 
early in autumn. They are about the size of a Missel Thrush, measuring about 
10 or 11 inches in length, and about 18 inches in breadth from tip to tip of the 
expanded wings. The Turtle Dove is exceedingly shy and wary in its wild state ; 
they frequent the deep woods and thickets, preferring a Pine or Fir tree to build 
on. The nest is formed of twigs, and lined with finer twigs or roots, and but 
slightly depressed in the centre. It is often placed on a flat Fir bough covered 
by another. They lay two small white eggs, and sit about a fortnight; they 
feed on small grain and seeds. Although so shy in a state of nature, yet if the 
young are taken from the nest and reared by hand or mouth they become very 
tame, and will occasionally breed in confinement, and maybe permitted to enjoy 
their liberty in summer ; but care must be taken to confine them at the 
migratory season, or they will decamp without hope of returning the next 
spring. They breed freely with the Collared Turtle or common cage Dove. Dr. 
Bechstein remarks that the hybrid progenies are prolific, and the produce 
becomes larger each cross. Their coo is peculiar, and differs from either of the 
parents. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Camden Square, London. 
Lat. 51° 32' 40 ’ N.; Long. 0° 8 O ' W.; Altitude, 111 feet. 
DATE. 
9 A.M. 
IN THE DAY. 
6 
« 
1882. 
October. 
Barome¬ 
ter at 32« 
and Sea 
Level 
Hygrome¬ 
ter. 
Direction 
of Wind. 
| Temp, of 
Soil at 
1 foot. 
Shade Tem¬ 
perature. 
Radiation 
Temperature. 
Dry. 
Wet. 
Max. 
Min. 
In 
sun. 
On 
grass. 
Inches. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
In. 
Sun. 22 
28.247 
50.9 
49.3 
W. 
51.9 
56.2 
47.6 
97.7 
49.4 
0.041 
Mon. 28 
29.529 
45.3 
43.0 
N.W. 
50.G 
5 4.0 
39.2 
95.9 
33.6 
0.475 
Tues. 24 
29.079 
47.3 
47.0 
S.E. 
47.8 
5G.8 
40.7 
87.2 
36.0 
0.184 
Wed. 25 
29.570 
40.7 
47.0 
N.W. 
47.7 
51.G 
85.7 
70.7 
30.3 
0.048 
Tlmrs. 26 
29.583 
35.1 
35.1 
N.E. 
46.4 
50.9 
31.9 
79.4 
27.3 
0.189 
Friday 27 
29.436 
40.2 
45.3 
N.E. 
45.9 
52.2 
31.5 
59.3 
31.3 
0.589 
Satur. 28 
29.452 
48.0 
47.9 
N.E. 
46.9 
49.3 
45.3 
51.0 
45.6 
0.388 
29.414 
44.8 
44.0 
48-2 
53 3 
393 
77.3 
36.2 
1.864 
REMARKS. 
22nd.—Dull and damp early ; showery morning ; fine bright afternoon ; moon¬ 
light night. 
23rd.—Fine bright morning ; heavy squall of rain and wind at 2.40 p.m. ; fine 
evening. 
24th.—Very wet and wild early, with rapid fall of barometer and heavy gale, 
especially about noon ; fine moonlight night. 
25th.—Fair but hazy morning ; showery afternoon ; fine evening. 
26th.—Foggy morning; afterwards fine and bright till 6 r.il.; heavy rain during 
evening. 
27th.—Damp and rainy all day. 
28th.—Wet all day ; high gusty wind after 1 P.M. 
Another very wet week, the rain having fallen every day for a fortnight, and 
to the aggregate depth of very nearly 4 inches. The temperature is near, but 
rather below, the average. — G. J. Symons. 
