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are undoubtedly Japanese, and properly classed as such. Sebrights 
have fallen off in quality and were not numerous. White-booted 
only five pens ; the winners well shown, but rather slim and long 
in limb. Third contained the best cock, but very badly shown. 
The winning Cuckoos (Walton) were decidedly the best, being small, 
neat, and trim, of the Scotch Grey type. In the variety Bantam 
class frizzled Japanese of good quality were first. 
Turkeys, Geese, and Ducks were all good classes, though some of 
the latter were in such darkness that the Judge must have felt 
inclined to wish for a special development of the obnoxious electric 
light exhibition in that quarter. 
Table fowl we omitted to search for. 
May another year see the birds back in their old quarters, and 
a more thorough supervision of the penning arrangements.. We 
fear that more than one exhibitor may find there is “ death in the 
cup ” won at the Palace this year. 
THE POULTRY CLUB. 
The annual general meeting of the Poultry Club was held in the 
Marble Hall, Crystal Palace, on Tuesday, November 14th, at 3.30 P.M. 
The attendance was not large, but amongst those present we noticed 
the Hon. and Rev. F. G. Dutton (in the chair), the Earl of Winterton, 
Rev. W. Serjeantson, Rev. H. Morgan ,Miss May Arnold ; and Messrs. 
G. B. C. Breeze, 0. E. Cresswell, A. Comyns, T. Christy, A. Darby, 
J. C. Fraser, R. E. Horsfall, T. P. Lyon, S. Lucas, M. H. Mills, C. F. 
Montresor. After a few opening remarks from the Chairman the 
Report for the year was read by the Secretary. It was as follows :— 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, —In accordance with the precedent established 
last year we have the pleasure at this, your annual meeting, to submit to you 
the annual report of the proceedings of the Club since the Crystal Palace Show 
of 1881. 
Your Committee have met fifteen times since the last annual meeting of the 
Club, and numerous meetings of the sub-Committee appointed to undertake the 
work connected with the preparation of the Standard of Excellence have also 
been held. Some twenty-six new members and sixteen new associates have 
been added to the Club during the year, aud it now numbers 124 members and 
81 associates. 
For the first time since the formation of the Club a show has been held 
directly under the management of the Club. Through the courtesy of the 
Committee of the Cambs Ornithological Society a Club Show of poultry was 
held at Cambridge on January 4th and 5th, in conjunction with the Show of 
Pigeons and Rabbits of the local Society. The hall at Cambridge is eminently 
suited for the purpose of a show, the space being ample, and the light all that 
could be desired, and the thanks of the Club are due to the Cambs Ornithological 
Society for the cordial way in which they co-operated with the Club to make 
the Show a success. 
We think we may congratulate you that so far as regards the quality of the 
exhibits and the general management of the Show, it was marked by consider¬ 
able success. Exhibitors generally expressed themselves as well pleased with the 
result of our first attempt; but owing partly to the date being somewhat too 
late in the season to secure as numerous an entry as the liberality of the prizes 
offered would have required, and partly to the fact that the attendance of the 
public was not so large as might reasonably have been expected, the receipts 
from all sources fell considerably short of the expenditure. 
In one direction a considerable advance has been made by the Club during 
the year. 
We regard it as of much importance that the penalty attaching to dis¬ 
qualification by the Club should be made a substantial one. This can only be 
effected by the number of shows held under Club rules being so considerable 
that exclusion from exhibiting at them implies exclusion from many shows of 
importance. Since your last meeting the influence of the Club in this 
direction has much extended, and no less than twenty-eight shows have been 
reported to your Committee as held, or about to be held, under Club rules. 
Amongst these we may instance Belfast, Buxton, Banbury, Dorchester, 
Exeter, Hertford, Kendal, Liverpool, Lincoln, Nottingham, Southport, and 
Wolverhampton. 
Subscriptions in aid of the funds of such shows held under Club rules as 
were of sufficient magnitude to be of more than mere local interest have in most 
cases been granted ; but your Committee regret that in consequence of the 
heavy expenditure on the Club show already referred to they have latterly 
not been able to make such grants as freely as might otherwise have seemed 
desirable. 
Your Committee have had to take into consideration several cases of fraud 
in connection with the exhibition of poultry. We regret to have been obliged 
in two cases to inflict the extreme penalty of perpetual disqualification, while 
in two others the lesser penalty of disqualification for one year was deemed 
sufficient. In a fifth case of some notoriety your Committee were pleased to be 
enabled to remove the stigma attaching to disqualification at a show from a 
gentleman on whom, in our opinion, it had been unjustly inflicted. 
In consequence of the circumstances connected with this last-named case, 
your Committee have thought it desirable to vary the rules to be used at shows 
held under the Club’s auspices, so as to entitle exhibitors at such shows to an 
appeal in all cases of disqualification. This step seems to have met with the 
approval of the local committees, and the new rules certainly afford to exhi¬ 
bitors an additional security against groundless charges. 
The work connected with the preparation of a new standard of excellence has 
made considerable progress. With some trifling exceptions the draft standards 
of the various breeds have been prepared. As to some varieties, the replies from 
fanciers have been full and numerous, and the task, though difficult, has resulted 
in the preparation of a draft standard which is fairly complete, and probably 
will not require any great amount of alteration. As to the other varieties, how¬ 
ever, the replies received have been so meagre that your Committee have had 
difficulty in framing a standard vhich could be deemed satisfactory even as a 
draft; and, as to these, much in the way of revision will be necessary. 
The draft standards of Brahmas, Cochins, Dorkings, Game, and the French 
breeds have been published, with a request for comments from those interested. 
Copies have been sent to the leading poultry judges, asking for their assistance, 
and the fanciers of those breeds have been invited to meet to settle the final 
standards of these breeds. These meetings have only been held to-day, so that 
this report cannot include any account of their proceedings. 
(Signed) F. G. Ddtton, President. 
Alex. Comyns, Hon. Sec. 
November 13th, 1882. 
The Secretary then proposed an alteration in Rule 22 of the Club 
rules by leaving out the words which provide for the sending of 
copies of the list of members, annual report, Ac., to exhibitors at the 
previous Crystal Palace and Birmingham Shows, which was carried 
unanimously. 
It was then proposed by the Secretary and seconded by Mr. M. H. 
Mills that 
“ The resolution as to the settling of the final standard [of excellence] passed 
at the last annual meeting be rescinded. That the settling of the final stan¬ 
dard of the remaining varieties be entrusted to an editing committee, who 
should be instructed to act upon the comments upon the draft standard re¬ 
ceived from judges and fanciers, and to further consult so far as may be deemed 
necessary with the leading judges and fanciers.” 
It appeared that as to several breeds of which the draft standard 
had been already published, and for the settling of the final standard 
of which meetings had been fixed for that day, there had been a 
difficulty in getting a sufficiently large attendance to render a further 
adoption of this method of settling the final standard desirable. 
After some discussion the resolution was carried. 
The following resolution was then proposed by Rev. W. Serjeant¬ 
son, seconded by the Hon. Secretary, and carried :— 
“ That in the view of this meeting it is desirable that it be known that the 
standard being prepared by the Club is merely intended as a guide to and for 
the information of judges and fanciers, and not as binding or attempting to 
bind the judges.” 
After the usual votes of thanks to the Chairman and Hon. Secre¬ 
tary had been passed the meeting terminated. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Insurance of Cattle (P. 2).). — The Imperial Live Stock Insurance 
Association, offices, 446, West Strand, London, W.C., insures horses, cattle, and 
other live stock against death from accident or disease. 
Cabbages for Cows (Cowman ).—Nearly all kinds of Cabbages are good 
for cows in full milk if they have white hearts without decayed leaves attached, 
but the best sort is the Drumhead Savoy, aud they will not affect the taste of 
the milk but very slightly if without any decayed leaves. If, however, the 
milk is required for butter-making we cannot recommend Cabbages, but prefer 
Mangolds or Carrots, but best of all the large cattle Potatoes, which do not 
injure the flavour of the butter. 
Carrots for Horses (Idem). — The best Carrots for feeding horses in 
winter are the White Belgian and the Red Intermediate, more particularly if 
grown on a shallow gravelly soil. We think that it is the best plan to grow 
Mangolds and Carrots on the stetch in alternate lines, to be sown about the 
last week in April or the first week in May ; if sown earlier they cost more in 
clearing the weeds away. The stetches should be about 20 inches or 2 feet 
apart in order that horse-hoeing may be effected between the lines. Do not hoe 
out the Carrots to the distance they should stand—about 8 inches apart, but 
thin them by hand-pulling after the roots get the size of the finger, for the 
pulled roots then are valuable for cattle, and the remaining ones are safe from 
the grub, wireworm, which are nearly sure to destroy a large portion of them, 
particularly when the season is dry, if hoed out when the plants are very small. 
Insects Infesting Canary (J. P .).—The insects infesting the birds are 
termed red mites or cage bugs, and are a species of Acarus. The best method of 
destroying them is to thoroughly clean the cage, saturating the cracks with 
linseed oil, and then filling them with flowers of sulphur, also dust the sul phur 
amongst the birds’ feathers and in the nest after it has been cleaned. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Camden Square, London. 
Lat. 51° 32' 40" N.; Long. 0° 8- 0" W.; Altitude, 111 feet. 
date. 
9 A.M. 
IN THE DAY. 
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Max. 
Min. 
sun. 
grass. 
Inches. 
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deg. 
In. 
Sun. 12 
30.094 
S1.0 
30.6 
E. 
43.1 
42.4 
28.4 
50.1 
23.8 
0.124 
Mon. 13 
29.980 
41.9 
40.5 
E. 
42.3 
46.5 
36.3 
60.3 
29.8 
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Tues. 14 
29.928 
39.4 
36.7 
N.E. 
42.6 
40.9 
37.1 
47.8 
33.3 
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Wed. 15 
29.795 
37.7 
35.8 
N.E. 
41.9 
42.7 
S4.9 
73.4 
39.8 
0.432 
Thurs. 16 
29.142 
34.7 
S4.7 
N.E. 
41.3 
39.6 
32.2 
49.8 
31.9 
0.076 
Friday 17 
29.894 
36.7 
34.8 
N. 
41.0 
41.7 
34.2 
66.3 
32.3 
— 
Satur. 18 
30.047 
30.1 
39.1 
N.E. 
40.2 
38.4 
25.4 
43.0 
23.3 
; 0.300 
29.840 
35.9 
34.7 
41.8 
41.7 
32.6 
55.8 
29.3 
0.932 
REMARKS. 
12th.—Dry and cold, sun shining through much haze. 
13th.—Wet at first, afterwards fine and cold. 
14th.—Cloudy ; dry and very cold wind. 
15th.—Fine, with bright sunshine; evening dull, slight rain 5.30 r.M. and 9 P.M. 
16th.—Sun at first, turning to cold rain ; fair in evening, high wind. 
17th.—Fine, bright, and cold. Red aurora visible at 5 to 6 P.M., and very pale 
green with streamers about midnight. 
18th.—Thick fog at first, clearer afterwards ; rain in evening, heavy after 
10.30 p.M. 
Nearly 10° colder than the previous week, and much below the average. Fine 
aurora on 17th, and thick fog in morning of 18th.—G. J. Symons. 
