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and a good felt and tarred roof. The top range is divided into 
upwards of a dozen little coop-like runs, which are most con¬ 
venient for hatching eggs and chicken-rearing. A narrow path 
runs round the front of all the runs, and the space in the centre, 
which measures 27 feet by 12 feet, is laid down in grass. 
The number of fowls which are reared and kept in such a small 
space will astonish many persons. Two hundred have frequently 
been in the runs at one time ! Last year 180 young chickens were 
hatched ; this season they numbered 140. Many are sold for 
exhibiting and breeding as soon as they are matured enough, and 
a large stock of birds is always kept on hand. In two of the runs 
there are a few Partridge Cochins and Black Red Game Bantams 
of the best exhibition breeds, but Buff Cochins are the most 
numerous. No expense or labour has been spared to secure the 
very best birds for stock purposes, and the result is a class of birds 
second to none in the country. All are characterised by great 
size, short broad thick bodies, small heads and beautiful clean 
combs, well tucked up wings, little tail but plenty of saddle 
feather, abundance of fluff, heavy leg and foot feather, and a rich 
buff colour. Respecting size it may be interesting to state that 
Mr. Clatworthy has had cockerels weighing from 9 lbs. to 11 lbs. at 
six months old, and when full grown they have turned the scales 
at 14 lbs., while the hens reach 10 lbs. and 11 lbs. Some object 
to Cochins because they are coarse for eating, but they are cer¬ 
tainly not so until they are over one year old, and for rearing to 
kill while young for the table no other fowl can surpass them. 
After seeing so many fowls in such condition on this very small 
space I naturally asked Mr. Clatworthy what foods he employs. 
These only consist of the common grains and green food, and as 
meal Spratt’s patent is preferred to all others. Great attention is 
also paid to keeping the runs clean and free from all accumula¬ 
tions of filth or vermin. After inspecting this yard I am enabled 
to say that with good management fowls can be profitably kept 
in a small space in either town or country.—M. M. 
[We congratulate Mr. Clatworthy on his great success under 
the circumstances detailed by “ M. M.” It cannot be too em¬ 
phatically impressed upon our readers, that with so small a space 
the utmost attention possible to cleanliness and feeding is indis¬ 
pensable. In larger yards these points are important, but in a 
confined space they are all-important.] 
CANTERBURY POULTRY SHOW. 
The Kent County Pavilion, in which this Show was held on the 
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of last week, is admirably suited for 
the purpose. All the leading classes of poultry were penned on the 
upper tier in a splendid light, and the Pigeons occupied the gallery. 
The appearance the birds presented on the last day of the Show bore 
testimony to the care with which they had been treated. An ample 
supply of clean chaff in every pen did much to keep the birds fresh 
and clean, and they seemed to be liberally supplied with green food. 
The poultry entries (exclusive of selling classes) numbered rather 
over three hundred, while the Pigeons were just a few under that 
figure. The quality of the exhibits was, on the whole, excellent; and 
as the number of visitors on the later days caused the avenues to be 
inconveniently crowded at times, we may assume that the Show was, 
what it deserved to be, a financial success. Messrs. Teebay and 
W. J. Nichols judged the poultry ; Mr. Esquilant the Pigeons. 
Dorkings. — Coloured Coclccrcls (seven), were only a moderate class. 
First (R. Cheesman) fair in size but rather long in leg, and lighter in 
colour than we like. Second (J. Collins) better in length of leg, but 
rather wanting in breast. Third (R. Cheesman) much too upstanding 
for our taste ; h.c., J. Castleman Brown; c., W. Sharp and C. Rat- 
cliffe. Pullets (eight) were better as a class than the cockerels. First 
(Goodwin) good in size, well set down on leer, and full in breast. 
Second (Cheesman) longer in leg and not so square in frame. Third 
(Castleman Brown) a neat short-legged bird but small ; v.h.c., Shar- 
man ; h.c., Collins ; c., Wacher. Silver-Grey Cockerels (ten).—First 
and Dorking cup (F. Cheesman) inclined to be long in leg and deficient 
in breast, nice in colour, and good in feet. Second (Plummer) neat 
but very yellow in saddle. Third (F. Cheesman) too slim and white 
in tail ; h.c., Wacher. Pullets (seven).—First (Wacher) an evenly 
coloured pullet of good shape and fair size. Second (F. Cheesman) 
good in body colour, but light in breast and rather slightly made, for 
which reason we preferred third (Wacher), a squarely-built pullet, but 
also mossy on breast; h.c., Boissier and Wacher. Any Other Variety 
(six) were a good class, all Whites. First (Woodgate) neat in colour, 
and fair in size and shape ; the cock rather coarse in comb. Second 
(Foster), the cock very ugly in comb and warm in colour ; hen 
moderate. Third (Wingfield Stratford) nice colour, but the cock very 
hollow in centre of comb, and the hen’s comb crooked ; h.c. (Eldridge), 
the cock good but ugly in comb. 
Cochins. — Buff Cockerels (eleven) were a strong class. First (Blood- 
worth) a rich shade of buff, good in size and shape, but wants middle 
toe feather to carry off his hocks. Second (Tuke) shapely and good 
size, but had rather too much tail, and fails a little in colour on wing. 
Third (Paxon) rather upstanding and has too much tail, colour good. 
39 (G. H. Wood) a Lemon, good in shape but not large enough ; v.h.c., 
C. Brown, Jenkins ; h.c., Stickings; h.c., Sear, good size and shape 
but bad comb. Pullets (eleven) were, a fine average class. First 
(Paxon) good in shape, colour, and foot feather, but not large. 
Second (Stickings) much better in size, but not so even in colour. 
Third (Jenkins) neat foot feather and good shape, but hardly even 
enough in colour ; h.c., G. H. Wood, Bloodworth, Paxon. Any Other 
Variety Cockerel and Pullet (nine).—Cup-and-first (Nettlefold) a very 
good all-round pair of hocked Partridge, the cockerel very rich in 
colour, the pullet well marked but Brahma-shaped. Second (G. H. 
Wood) Whites, the pullet good in size and shape, the cockerel too 
slim and too large in comb. Third (Sawthorn) Partridge again, the 
pullet well marked, but the cockerel not bright enough in colour; 
h.c., Buckland. Blacks in fair condition. 
Brahmas. — Dark. — Cockerels (eight).—But for the winners only a 
moderate class. First (Lingwood) a large massive bird, ticked on 
breast and white in fluff; a perfect Brahma in shape. One of the 
Palace team we think, but improved in saddle since then. Second 
(Breeze) the big one that was at the Dairy Show, unfinished even 
now. Third (Marsh) very neat in comb, but poor in colour; h.c., 
Earle. Pullets (five) were not a grand lot. Fust (Lingwood) was, 
we think, unnoticed at Hull, and deep in moult then ; she is now in 
much better form ; her pencilling is good, of the heavy type, failing 
just a little in breast, and with a brown shade all through. Second 
(D. Jones) very poor in breast marking, also in saddle, and short of 
foot feather. Third (Norris) a new one, of the finely pencilled grey 
sort; we should have put her before second ; h.c., Metcalfe. Light .— 
Cockerels (thirteen) after the winners were not a very good lot. First 
and second (G. H. Wood) both fine all-round hocked birds. The 
first most massive, but rather yellow ; the second veiy neat indeed, 
and not so warm in shade. Third (Howland) large and shapely, but 
rather uneven in comb, and too much buff in hackle; h.c., Ive, far 
too much buff in hackles ; h.c., Laurie, Breeze. Pidlets (fifteen), as 
a class, showed too much buff. First-and-oup (G. H. Wood) a very 
shapely hocked pullet, of good size and colour, very neat in head, and 
splendidly shown ; an easy win. Second (Nettlefold) another very 
nice pullet, not so shapely or clear in colour as the winner, but still a 
good one. Third (Breeze) very bad in colour, for which reason we 
should have put h.c. (Morgan) before her; v.h.c. (Bloodworth), 
either very dirty or bad colour ; h.c., Ayliffe ; c., Morgan. 
Spanish. — Cockerels (fourteen) were a very good class. First (Le 
Sueur), the second-prize Birmingham bird, we think, not now in such 
good form. Second (Francis) a moderate-sized face of the old cauli- 
ffower type ; condition fine. Third (Chatterton) a smart cockerel in 
good condition, very good quality of face and lobe, comb good but not 
quite straight at the back; h.c. (H. Brown) a nice quality of face, 
but not enough of it; h.c., Nash, Butler ; c., Francis. Pullets (ten). 
—A rather strong class. First-and-cup (Rogers Bull) the second 
Palace and first Birmingham winner. Second (Nash) the third Palace 
winner. Third (Brown) a good quality of face but small; h.c., Shaxby, 
Woods. 
French (four).—Small in numbers but good in quality. First 
(Wingfield Stratford) a good pair of Houdans ; the pullet very good 
in crest, and the best of the two ; the cockerel seemed wry-tailed. 
Second (Darley) Creves, the pullet again being good iu crest and 
muffling. Third (Wingfield Stratford) moderate Houdans, good in 
crest and comb. 
Leghorns (thirteen) were a pretty good class, the first alone being 
Whites, the rest Brown. First (Bradbury Bros.) a neat pair, good in 
lobe, but the cockerel very heavy in comb. Second (H. Brown) a 
good Brown pair, the cock, however, heavy in comb and red in lobe. 
Third (Ayre) Browns also, neat in head and good in lobe ; v.h.c. 
(Verrey) had one of the worst combs we have ever seen ; h.c., Gibbs, 
Adams, and H. Brown. 
Game .—Black Red. — Cockerels (ten) were a moderate class. First 
(Theobald) a stylish bird of good reach, but not very bright in colour. 
Second (G. Dawes) also good in style, and better in colour than the 
winner. Third (Elliott) a good all-round bird ; h.c., Warde and Dawes. 
Pullets (eight) were hardly up to the cockerels in quality. First 
(Foster) a stylish pullet, close in feather and good in colour. Second, 
Dawes. Third and h.c., Kingsnorth. Broicn Red. — Cockerels (seven) 
included some very fine birds. First-and-cup (Mercer) fine in head 
and good in style and colour, neatly laced on breast. Second (Bond) 
another good one, fine in head and close in feather. Third (Warde) 
a close-feathered one also, moderately laced on breast. Pullets (six) 
were also a good class. First-and-cup (Martin) a shapely hard- 
feathered bird in fine condition. Second and third (Warde) of similar 
stamp to the winner, and not far behind her ; h.c., Mercer ; c., Foster. 
Any Other Variety. — Cockerels (six).—A good class. First (Colgrove) a 
good yellow-legged Pile, rather light in hackle. Second (Warde) 
another of the same colour, also light in hackle. Third (Foster) a 
large reachybird of the same sort, rather short in head ; h.c., Sutton. 
Pullets (eight) contained nothing very special. First (Warde), second 
(Colgrove) and third (Theobald) were all yellow-legged Piles. 
Hambitrghs. — Spangled (six) were only moderate in quality. First 
(Plattin) Silvers, very good in colour and marking, moderate in lobe 
and comb. Second (Spendiff) Silvers again, the cock crooked in comb, 
the pullet rather cloudy on back. Third (Curry) Goldens. Pencilled 
were a pretty good lot. First (Walter) a good all-round pair of 
Goldens. Second (Plattin) Silvers of moderate quality. Third (Cal- 
cutt) Goldens, the cock very neat and clear in lobe ; h.c., Hooker and 
Calcutt. 
