THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 15. 
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Rcmpless. —First Prize, 13s., or small Silver Medal, Mr. George 
C. Peters, Charlton Cottage, Moseley; 21. IDs. Second Prize, 10.*., 
Mr. Thomas Beetenson, Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham; 1/. 5s. Third 
Prize, 5s , Mr. Thomas Beetenson, Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham; 
1/. 5s. 
Andalusian.—P rize, 10s., Mr. John Taylor, Crescy House, Shep¬ 
herd’s Bush, near London ; 0/. 6s. 
Ancona. —Prize, 10s., Mr. Edward Simons, Dale End, Birming¬ 
ham ; it. (These never sit; their eggs are nearly as large as the 
Spanish, and they lay very regularly.) 
Italian or Frizzled. —First Prize, It., W. G. Vivian, Esq., 
Singleton, Glamorganshire; 12/. Second Prize, 15s., or small Silver 
Medal, Mr. Charles Sturge, Birmingham ; It. 10s. Third Prize, 5s., 
Mr. George Wigley, Golden’s Court, Bull Ring, Birmingham; 21. 10s. 
Shangiiae China. —Prize, 10s., Mrs. Hosier Williams, Eaton 
Mascott, near Shrewsbury ; it. 4s. 
White Poland.— Prize, 10s., W. G. Vivian, Esq., Singleton, 
Glamorganshire; 101. 
Mixed.— Prize, 5s., George Fleeming, gardener to his Grace the 
Duke of Sutherland; 5 1. (from China, name unknown). 
Class XLI. —Bantams.—( Cock and Two Hens.) 
Bantams. — “ Gold-Laced.”— First Prize, 10s., Captain Cle¬ 
ment Delves Hill, SummerhUl, Newport, Shropshire; 10/. (Sir John 
Sebright’s). Second Prize, 5s., Mr. James Bissell, Birmingham ; 
10/. 10s. 
Bantams, — “ Silver-Laced.”— First Prize, 10s., Mr. James 
Bissell, Birmingham; it. Second Prize, 5s., Mr. Edward Hewitt, 
Eden Cottage, Sparkbrook, near Birmingham; it. (Sir John Se¬ 
bright’s). 
White Bantams. —First Prize, 10s., Mr. Joseph Kinder, Elm¬ 
wood Grove, Leeds; 5/. Second Prize, 5s., the Rev. John Hill, the 
Citadel, Hawkstone, near Shrewsbury ; 21. 
Black Bantams. —First Prize, 10s., the Rev. John Hill, the 
Citadel, Haw kstone, near Shrewsbury; 21. Second Prize, 5s., Mr. 
James Dixon, West Brook Place, Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire; 
1/. Is. 
Other Varieties. —First Prize, 10s., Mr. Joseph Rinder, Elm¬ 
wood Grove, Leeds ; 31. 3s. (Barbary). Second Prize, 5s., Mr. Joseph 
Rinder, Elmwood Grove, Leeds; 3/. 3s. (Barbary). 
Class XLII.— Pigeons.—Judges: Mr. Edward Hale, Handsworth ; 
and Mr. T. L. Parker, Birmingham.—Prize, 5s., Mr. Edward Barber, 
Monkspath ; 20/. (English Carrier). Prize, 5s., Mr. Thomas Beetenson, 
Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham; Pis. (Antwerp). Prize, 5s., Mr. Joshua 
Hopkins, Dale End, Birmingham; 10s. (Black Barbe). Prize, 5s., Mr. 
Joshua Hopkins, Dale End, Birmingham ; 21. 10s. (Blue Pouter). Prize, 
5s., Mr. George C. Adkins, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston; ?/. 7s. (Runt). 
Prize, 5s., Mr. Richard Cox, Highfield, Edgbaston; 10s. (Fantail). 
Prize, 5s., Mr. Charles Thomas Male, West Bromwich; 15s. (Jacobine). 
Prize, 5s., Mr. George C. Adkins, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston; 3/. 3s. 
(Turbit). Prize, 5s., Mr. Philip H. Harper, High Street, Bilston; 8s. 
(Nun). Extra Prize, 5s., Mr. Joshua Hopkins, Dale End, Birmingham; 
1/. Is. (Nun). Prize, 5s., Mr. George C. Adkins, Carpenter Road, Edg¬ 
baston ; 3/. (Archangel). Prize, 5s., Mr. Thomas Marston, Digbeth, 
Birmingham ; It. (Mottled Trumpeter). Prize, 5s., Mr. George C. Adkins, 
Carpenter Road, Edgbaston; 10/. 10s. (Almond Tumbler). Extra Prize, 
5s., Mr. Edward Armfield, Edgbaston ; 5/. 5s. (Almond Tumbler). 
Class XLIII.— Geese.— (Gander and Two Geese.) —First Prize, 1/. Is., 
and Extra Medal, the Rev. John Robinson, Widmerpool, near Notting¬ 
ham ; 2/. (White). Second Prize, 10s., Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., 
Sutton Grange, near St. Helen’s, Lancashire; 3/. 3s. (cross between 
Toulouse and English). Third Prize, 5s., Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., 
Sutton Grange, near St. Helen’s, Lancashire; 15/. 15s. (Toulouse). 
Extra First Prize, 1/. Is., the Right Hon. the Earl Howe, Gopsall, 
Leicestershire; 1/. 10s. (Spanish). Extra Second Prize, 10s., Thomas 
Townley Parker, Esq., Sutton Grange, near St. Helen’s, Lancashire; 
31. 3s. (Toulouse). Extra Third Prize, 5s., Mr. Thomas Studholme 
Wilkins, Peddemoor Hall, Sutton Coldfield; 5/. 5s. (Common). 
Class XLIV.— Ducks. —( Drake and Three Ducks.) 
White Aylesbury.— First Prize, 1/. Is., or large Silver Medal, 
Mr. Thomas Lowe, Whateley, near Fazeley ; 1/. Is. Second Prize, 
10s., Mr. George Lowe, Sniithlield, Birmingham; 1/. 10s. Third 
Prize, 5s., the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Hawkstone, Salop; 31. 
Extra Third Prize, 5s., Mr. Edmund Herbert, Powick, Worcester¬ 
shire ; 21. 2s. 
Rouen.—F irst Prize, 1/. Is., or large Silver Medal, Mr. Edward 
Hewitt, Eden Cottage, Sparkbrook, near Birmingham; 2/. 2s. 
Second Prize, 10s., Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., Sutton Grange, 
near St. Helen’s, Lancashire ; 31. 3s. Third Prize, 5s., Mr. James 
Dixon, West Brook Place, Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire ; 21. 10s. 
Any other Variety. —Prize, 10s., Mr. Edward Lowe, Comber- 
ford Mill, near Tamworth ; 2/. 2s. (Buenos Ayres). Prize, 10s., Mr. 
Richard Parry Jones, Whitchurch, Shropshire ; 3/. 3s. Prize, 5s., 
Mr. Richard Couchman, Bloomsbury, Birmingham; ]/. 12s. (Wild). 
Prize, 6s., Mr. Henry Clapham, Aireworth, near Keighley, York¬ 
shire; 5/. 5s. Prize, 5s., Mr. Charles Sturge, Birmingham; It. 10s. 
(Lilac). 
Class XLV.— Turkeys .— (Cock and Two Hens.)— First Prize, 1/. Is., 
and Extra Medal, Mr. Edward Woollett Wilinot, Hulme Walfield, 
Cheshire; 10/. 10s. (Wild American). Second Prize, 10s., the Right 
Hon. the Earl Howe, Gopsall, Leicestershire; It. 10s. (Norfolk). Third 
Prize, 5s., James Taylor, Esq., Moseley Hall, near Birmingham ; 20/. 
Extra Second Prize, 10.*., the Right Hon. Lord Hatherton, Teddesley 
Park ; 20/. (Cumberland). Extra Second Prize, 10 s., Mr. John Ben¬ 
jamin Twitchell, Welby, Northamptonshire; 6/. (Common). Extra 
Second Prize, 10s., Mr. John Benjamin Twitchell, Welby, Northampton¬ 
shire ; 5/. (Common). Extra Second Prize, 10s., Mr. William Udal, 
Birmingham ; 5/. (White). Extra Second Prize, 10s., Mr. Edward 
Mander, Park Farm, Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden; 21. 15s. 
Class XLVI.— Guinea Fowl.— First Prize, 10s., the Right Hon. Lady 
Calthorpe, Perry Hall, Staffordshire; 1/. 10s. Second Prize, 5s., James 
Arthur Taylor, Esq., Moor Hill, Stourport, Worcestershire; it. 4s. 
(Dark). Extra Second Prize, 5s., Mr. Henry Thomas Mousley, Cold 
Ashby, Northamptonshire ; 7s. 6<Z. (Light Grey). Extra Second Prize, 
5s., Mr. Edward A. I.ingard, Snow Hill, Birmingham ; 25/. (White). 
Extra Class.— Ornamental Poultry, or Water Fowl.— ( Pea 
Fowl.) —Prize, 1/., Mr. Charles Sturge, Birmingham; cock, 3/., hen, 5/. 
(Japan). Prize, 10s., Mr. Charles Sturge, Birmingham; 10/. (White). 
Prize, 10s., Mr. William Peakman, Great Lister Street, Birmingham ; 
21. 10s. Prize, 5s., Mr. Charles Sturge, Birmingham; 5/. (Pied or 
Mottled). 
Golden Pheasant. —Prize, 10s., Mr. George C. Adkins, Car¬ 
penter Road, Edgbaston; 10/. 10s. (Chinese). Prize, 5s., Mr. John 
Shackel, Blenheim House, Small Heath, near Birmingham; 5/. 
Silver Pheasant. —Prize, 10s., Mr. George C. Adkins, Car¬ 
penter Road, Edgbaston; 10/. 10s. Prize, 5s., Mr. John Shackel, 
Blenheim House, Small Heath, near Birmingham; 5/. 
Hybrid. — Prize, 1/., the Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp, Madresfield 
Court, Worcestershire; 10/. (cross between Golden and Common 
Pheasant). Prize, 5s., the Right Hon. Lord Guernsey, the Bury, 
near Leamington; 30/. (cross between Pheasant and Common Fowl). 
Prize, 5s., the Right Hon. Lord Wenlock, Escrick Park, near York; 
10/. 10s. (cross between Wild Duck and Pintail). 
Eggs. —Prize, 5s., Mr. John Shackel, Blenheim House, Small Heath, 
near Birmingham. (Six Duck’s Eggs, laid in September last.) 
MANAGEMENT OF GEESE. 
Observing in your periodical of December 11, a question 
put as to the best manner of fattening geese, and also how 
to distinguish a goose from a gander, I take the liberty of 
giving you my experience on the subject, living in the 
neighbourhood of a common, where a great quantity of 
them are kept by the cottagers, who have the right of de- 
pasturage thereon, and having kept them myself for a 
number of years. The principal thing is, to get a good 
early kind, for on that depends all the future success and 
profit. What I mean by an early sort is, those who begin 
to lay about old Candlemas day—this is the first and best 
property of a brood goose. The next is to choose one not 
too large, nor too small, short-legged, stout, compact body, 
and of a prolific parentage. 
The gander ought also to be of an early breed, good size, 
and of a courageous disposition, in order to be able to 
protect his charge when required. A gander may be easily 
distinguished from a goose by the length of his neck, 
which is always longer in a male than a female, and also by 
his general appearance, which is always larger and more 
masculine ; but the surest way to distinguish, is to take one 
by the tip of the wing and let it have its full swing, which 
causes it to shout out, when the difference of tone is as 
easily distinguishable as in the human voice, the female’s 
being a good deal shriller. 
With regard to an early breed, it has been experienced in 
this neighbourhood, that a cross between the Cape breed, 
which are very early, and our native domestic kind, has 
succeeded in producing early ones; but as the former sort 
are a good deal less than our breed, it of course depreciated 
their value in the market; but it has been found here, that 
the third and fourth cross has succeeded admirably—hence, 
many of our best kinds in this neighbourhood are of that 
breed, and are in great request as breeders, and also for 
fattening purposes. 
The coLtager who has the privilege of a common to sum¬ 
mer his geese on, and who has, say, five brood ones to com¬ 
mence laying at the above time, or even a fortnight later, 
provided they are of an approved breed, coupled with a good 
gander, may safely “ count his chickens,” or rather his 
goslings, “ before they are hatched,” to the number of fifty; 
for it is considered a bad goose here, and not worth keeping, 
which does not lay a dozen eggs at least—fourteen being 
considered an average number; but they must be well fed 
during the winter to do so, and without good feeding at that 
time, little profit will be derived. Two bushels of oats per 
goose is considered a sufficiency, except it be a severe 
winter, when it ought to be increased, such feeding com¬ 
mencing about the middle of October, the time of leaving * 
the common; and the food must be varied by a mash, at j 
intervals of a week, made of bran or sharps, mixed with a 
little oatmeal and potato peelings, which change of diet, it is , 
said, makes them lay sooner and better, which is no doubt 
the case. 
In this district, among the cottagers, the nests of the 
brood geese are placed in the house, generally in the dairy ; ! 
when in the latter, they are boxed in under the shelves. 
The nests are usually made of plaited straw, something in 
the shape and make of the old-fashioned bee hives, but of 
course a good deal larger, about two feet in diameter, and a 
