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POULTEY,  INCLUDING  DUCKS,  GeESB,  AND  TURKEYS. 
Three  judges  were  again  appointed  in  this  section  to  award 
the  prizes,  amounting  to  2121.  ISs.,  and  there  were  754  entries 
in  the  98  classes.  Mr.  H.  Abbot  judged  the  Game  Fowls, 
Dorkings,  French,  Ducks,  Geese,  and  Turkeys  ; Mr.  W.  H. 
Cook  the  Langshans,  Plymouth  Rocks,  Minorcas,  Sussex, 
Brahmas,  Cochins,  Campines,  and  Table  Fowls  : and  Col.  S. 
Sandbach  the  Wyandottes,  Orpingtons,  and  Leghorns. 
The  Game  classes,  Mr.  Abbot  reports,  were  fairly  repre- 
sentative, and  some  very  good  birds  of  their  respective  varieties 
were  penned.  Dorkings  were  also  fairly  good  in  quality,  but 
few  in  numbers.  French  were  good  and  well  represented  ; 
while  Ducks,  Geese,  and  Turkeys  were  few  in  number  and 
of  only  moderate  quality  after  a few  individual  birds  had 
been  picked  out.  Undoubtedly  the  winning  Old  English 
Game  cock  deserved  his  position  as  best  bird  in  the  Show, 
while  the  winning  Sumatra  Game,  Geese,  and  Turkeys 
were  excellent  specimens.  Mr.  Cook  reports  that  the 
section  judged  by  him  excelled  in  quality,  and  many  of 
the  classes  were  well  filled.  The  classes  for  Sussex,  Rocks, 
Campines,  and  Langshans  came  up  in  entries  remarkably 
well,  and  contained  most  of  England’s  best  and  leading 
winners.  Col.  Sandbach  reports  that  the  Orpingtons,  some 
200  in  number,  were  the  outstanding  feature  of  the  Show, 
the  whites  being  the  finest.  Buffs  were  numerically  the 
strongest,  and  quality  was  conspicuous.  In  the  old  cock 
class  competition  was  keen,  and  there  was  not  a bad  bird 
in  the  class.  Hens  were  fair.  Pullets  were  promising,  but 
not  so  forward  as  the  cockerels.  The  black  class  contained 
some  noted  winners.  The  classification  for  Wyandottes  was 
generous,  and  there  was  a good  response.  Partridge  cocks 
were  the  best,  and  the  birds  were  in  good  feather  and  well 
shown,  though  they  had  not  attained  the  perfection  in  top 
colour  and  striping  of  the  Partridge  Cochin.  The  cockerels 
were  large  and  wonderfully  grown  for  their  age.  Whites  were 
more  numerous  and  almost  as  good  in  quality.  Gold  and 
Silver  Laced  were  few  but  good.  Leghorns  were  disappointing 
in  numbers,  most  of  the  large  breeders  being  absent. 
Produce. 
Butter. — In  Class  436  the  entries  were  few  in  number  and 
the  quality  of  the  produce  not  very  good,  in  fact,  two  or  three 
exhibits  were  bitter  in  flavour  and  in  only  one  case  was  the 
packing  of  the  butter  suitable  for  commercial  pui'poses. 
Classes  437  and  439,  for  butter  with  and  without  salt  respect- 
ively, made  from  the  milk  of  Channel  Island  or  South  Devon 
cattle  and  their  crosses,  were  of  a high  order  of  merit.  It 
