Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-18

Emory, Red LION.
Uncultiyated wainuts-Miss Lana DIN! |
worth, Centreyille; cheatnuts In burr,
Miss Lena Dillworth, Centreyllle; uncul-
tiyated cbestnuts, Miss Lena Dillworth,
Centreville. Jdl
The Judges OF the sbeve oIssass were
q. L. j. Baldwin, MIL Creek hundred,
Thomas Holcomb, New Costis and Edwin
r, Cochran, Middlotown. ~, ti. =. Il
Following arc the awards In the fancy
poultry classes; Herbert II. Maype
was awarded "a premium on Plymouth
Rocks and Sd onga coop OF Plymputh
Rock chicks D. p. and Il. X, Cloud, lst
premium Brazilian ducks 1st and "a |
premiums on barred Plymouth Rocks, /
and I'd premium on Golden Wyanaottes,
Mr.. Lsnhart, lof GreenhiIl ,Teceiyed 4 |
premium ua Rifair Of Wyandoltas.A j. ~ \
kester, RAhi,9its sqnare, LIST prcmium |
pair Of white Plymouth Rofks1 and al !
premium on chiohs OF aafne breed. MI.
Chandler OF the Keystone poultry yhfds, !
Kennett Square, gained the following
awards; LIST premium Ehits crested blsck
Polish ;51at premium Toulouse geese In.
premium pen OF pea fowl iat premium
bronze turkeys; and LIST premiums in all
the following classes: Red oaps, buff
cochins white Plymouth Rock CHICKS,
black Minorca chicks, black Minorca
fowls, Iast Indian ducks, red Game
fowl, whits Cochin fowls, sliyet.lRced
Wyandotte, and white wyandotte chicks
also I'd premium in Red Gap and lang
shan fowls. fl
In the pigeon clpases the following
awards vere made to W. II. Wallace,
Christinna, Lancaster county Pa: let
premiums, pair OF white rouiess, Red
Barless Swallows, Yellow Pied Pouters.
White Mottled Russian Trumpeters, pair
OF Blue Fantails, pair Swallows with
brown bars, Black 'Antwerps, pair Yellow
Barless Swallows. pair Blue Notified im-
ported Duchess, White Performing Tum-
blers, Blue Booted Performing Tum-
blers, Black Booted Performing, Tum-
blers, Black-tailed Turbits, White Brot-
tied Inside Tumbleys, Black NOTIFIED In
eide Tumblers, Yellow Booted Inside
Tumblers, Yellow Owls, Black Carriers.
The exhibit OF George p. Preptiss, No.
705 TntnAll street, received the following
first premiums on the varieties shown by
him: Ash.colored Antwerps. Red chick
Antwerps, Blue Bald Tumblers, Black
, Bald Tumblers, Red Tumblers, Yellow
, Tumblers, and Red Mottled Tumblers.
Herbert f. Msyne, Of this city, re.
ceived the following first premiums;
Plain Black Fantails, Oresset Black Fan
tails, Blue cheokered Fantails, Plain
Y White Fantails, Oresset White Fanthils,
Oresset White Booted Fantails, Blue Ant
q werps, Red Jacobins, and White English
. Owls.
!, The large tent of the farm and products
: department was filled by constant
v stream OF visitors throughout the day.
!. Children crowded the aisles gazing with
a delight upon the strange yarleiies Of
j. pigeons and novel fancy fowl Mr.. Cob
!. hast's bee exhibit was q perpetual centre
{. of attraction, and when that gentlemen
/ robed himself in his mosquito hesdgeai
preliminary to transferring hive Of beeI
to their new quarters in one Of his pateni
!, hives, the excitement among his crowded
! audience became intense. The bees buzzs6
|. louder too and the children edged away
: allowing free room for the operator Il
4 work. Mr. Gebhart had removed the bif
motquito tent in which the operation
was 10 be performed to the outside Of th'
= big tent on its sunny side. "He's taker
!. the veil, bright little girl remarked al
/ he appeared in his white head coHtum,
y accompanied by an assistant who carried
the hivo. Getting inside the mosquito ten
, with his aid, MIR. Gebhart first ignited {
a little bellows-like machine with which h,
! putfed carbon gas into the hive. Ther
gently lifting out the central comb he ex
> hibited ii to the large crowd surrounding
:, him. II was entirely covered with {
:, thick swarm of buzzlng, squirn1int
I brown bees. '"Ehere she is !" he called
;. out indicating the big Oarniolar
queen bee which bis finger gentl.
. touched. It crawled lazily about as th'
Z workers ciroled around her majesty with
7 increasing activity. The queen loos
i like nothing else than double sized bel
! Of the usual color The warm SUI
\ seemed to energize the bees, and quite
I number Of them arose into the air ant
commenced ciroling around the opera
tors heads and alighting upon the mos
: quito walls of the tent. The comb will
!, the queen and her attendants was gently
q but with celebrity swept into the new re
y ceptacle, while TO the truant bees whiol
. had taken flight the operators applied th'
!, bellows, which very quickly scothed then
u y and oil gradually returned to tho neV
l. hive. "The common worker bee" Mr.
/ Gebhsrt explained, "lives only As days
: That includes its pupa stage which last
{ three weeks. 30 that as honey be
= fitting about in the sunlight its syerag
!, life is "a days. The queen, however
y lives for four years." Ne added that tn
: hive of bees which he was transferring
:. had been caught during the recent cy
clone. They had swarmed near his piao
. with a black queen. Mr. Gebhaft cap
y tured the swarm and killed the queen
>, The transferred Carniolan queen with
= few attendants is now on exhibition o.
= Mr.. Gebhart's stand.
:, The judges in the wheat awards are ex
= pending unusual care over their work
Z Samples of each exhibit are being ex
: amined literally with microscopic exact
, itude. The Iargeness and fulness of tn
= grain with tho quantity of albumen an'
4 other elements Of their component part
are exactly gauged.
J, SHEEP AND SWINE PREMIUMS.
!; The Judges Of the sheep and swine OK
i bibit made their awards yesterday after
i ,on week. The display Of sheep is exceed
;, ingly largs and very creditahle. Oalel
d M. and CHARLES T. Walter OF Besl P. o.
J; Chester County, Pa, have the largest OK
!, hibits. Their entries approximate two
3, thirds Of the entire number. The swim
display ranks we'll and is also large. Th
premiums awarded and names of the ex
hibitors follow:
70 Lincoln shesp--oaleb N. Walter, ex
1t hibitor-Ewe, between and 2 years, lst
IT pen of ewes, LIST; pen Of ewes, I'D; eve,
st years old, lst; eve, 8 years old, I'd, bucl
under year, LIST; buck, years old, Let
>, buck, 2 years old, I'd; pen Of ewes be
O. tween and 2 years, LIST; eve, between
n and 8 years, let; eve, between 2 and
years, I'D; eve, under year, 1st; eve
O. under wear, I'd.