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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 28. 
Class 52 d.—Balds, Beards, and Mottled Tumblers.— 1. Prize, 
G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. (Balds.) Age not known. 
Class 52e. — Owls. —No prize. 
Class 52r.—N uns.—N o prize. 
Class 52g. — Turbits. —2. Prize, Charles W. Burningham, 142, 
Edgeware Road, London. 
Class 52ii. — Archangels. —1. Prize, G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. Age 
not known. 
Class 52i.— Jacobins. —1. Prize, G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. Age not 
known. 
Class 52k. — Fantails. — 3. Prize, Edward H. Everard, Bury St. 
Edmund’s. 
Class 52l. — Trumpeters. — 3. Prize, John Lccs, St. Stephen’s, 
Norwich. Age, two years. 
Class 52m. — Barbes. —2. Prize, Charles R. Titterton, Snow Hill. Bir¬ 
mingham. Age not known. 
Class 52n. — Runts. —1. Prize, G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. Age not 
known. 
Class 52o. — Dragons. — 2. Prize, Chas. W. Burningham, 142, Edgeware 
Road, London. 
Class 52r.— Distinct Variety. —5. Prize, Lord Sondes, Elmham 
Hall, Brunswicks. 
Cottagers. —1. First prize, John Barnard, Stratton Strawless. (One 
cock and live pullets from Shanghae and Dorkings.) Age, six months. 
3. Second prize, John Rix, Adelaide - street, Norwich. (Six Buff 
Shanghaes.) Age, seven months, 4. Third prize, James Crackncll, 
King-street, Cambridge. 
SALISBURY AND WESTERN COUNTIES 
EXHIBITION OF DOMESTIC POULTRY. 
This, the fourth Exhibition, was held in the Council 
Chamber, at Salisbury, on the 21st and 22nd instant. It 
was decidedly superior to its three predecessors, not only in 
the quality of the birds exhibited, but in the number of its 
visitors. We may add, that the addition of Mr. Andrews, 
of Dorchester, as a third judge, gave a powerful sanction to 
the correctness of the decisions. The two other judges were 
Mr. Hinxman, of Durnford House, and Mr. Higgs, of 
Southampton. 
In Spanish, the old birds were a second rate and small 
class, but the chicken were very superior, and if Mr. Locke’s 
continue to improve with age, they will take a first rank as 
adult birds, even if exhibited against more famed competitors. 
The Dorkings, both coloured and white, both young and 
old, were good classes. 
The Buff Cochins deserve the same remark ; but the 
Partridge-coloured, and the White, were few in numbers, 
and deficient in merit. In the Black Cochin chicken class, 
Mr. Flight’s pen was one of the best we ever saw. Malays 
were very moderate, hut the Game classes, generally, were 
good. The Spangled Hamburghs, both Golden and Silver, 
were very superior, hut the same character was not appli¬ 
cable to the Pencilled. They seem every year more weedy. 
The Polands were few in numbers, but much above the 
average in merit. 
Now come we to the classes “ Cross between any breed ; " 
and we take this opportunity to express our conviction, that 
in most cases birds exhibited in these classes are not cross¬ 
breds. We do not mean to express as our opinion that the 
exhibitors intend to make a false representation, but that 
they themselves have been deceived. It is not sufficient for 
securing a cross-breed that the hen should be coupled with 
a male of a separate breed, unless she has been separated 
from all other males for at least three weeks previously. 
There were fourteen pens of supposed cross-breeds ex¬ 
hibited on this occasion, and we doubt much if more than 
three of those pens contained really cross-bred fowls; and 
of those three there was but one pen holding out a prospect 
of benefit. We allude to Mr. Fookes’s cross between tho 
White Dorking and the White Cochin-China. There was 
an increased substance in the male bird, which otherwise 
maintained the characteristics of the Dorking, which may 
load to a remedy of the White Dorking’s great defect—a 
tendency to weediness. 
Excepting the Silver-laced, which seem to get worse and 
worse everywhere, the Bantams were all good classes, as 
were the Geese, Ducks, and Turkeys. 
The Geese taking the two prizes, weighed, respectively, 
02 lbs., and 53 lbs., the pen of three, 
Class 1 .—Spanish.—B irds exceeding one year old.—5. First prize, 
Mr. P. P. Cother, Salisbury. Age, three years. 3. Second prize, Mr. 
R. H. Hale, Salisbury. Age, eighteen months. 
Class 2 .—Spanish.—C hicken of 1854.—10. First prize, Mr. Locke, 
Newport. Age, six months. Q. Second prize, Mr. Locke, Newport. 
Age, eight months. (This class highly commended.) 
Class 3 .—Dorking (Coloured).—Birds exceeding one year old.— 17 . 
First prize, Mrs. Finch Noyes, Laverstock. 19- Second prize, Mr. R. 
Fookes, Milton Brewery, near Blandford, Commended. —20. Mr. G. A. 
Ingram, Bagler, Milbourne St. Andrews. Age, eighteen months. 
Class 4 .—Dorking.—C hicken of 1854.—38. First prize, Mr. C. Smith, 
Durnford. Age, seven months. 53. Second prize, Mr. E. Pope, Great 
Tollar, Dorchester. Age, six months. Highly Commended.— 26. Mr. 
J. J. Fox, Devizes. 34. Mr. Robert Loder, the Beeches, Crawley, 
Sussex. 43 . Mr. E. Turner, Bishopstoke. Commended. —40. Mrs. 
Finch Noyes, Laverstock. Age, seven months. 
Class 5 .—Dorking (White).—Birds exceeding one year old.—60. 
First prize, Mr. W. Fookes, Tarrant Monkton, Blandford. Age, nineteen 
months. 60 *. Second prize, Capt. Harris, Winton. 
Class 6 .—Dorking. — Chicken of 1854.—65. First prize, Mr. W. 
Fookes, Tarrant Monkton, Blandford. Age, seven months. 65*. Second 
prize, Capt. Harris, Winton. 
Class 7 .—Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff).—Birds exceeding one 
year old.—73* First prize, Mr. James Crane, jun., Tolpuddle, Dorset. 
Age, two years. 74* Second prize, Mr. James Crane, jun., Tolpuddle, 
Dorset. Age, between two and three years. Commended.— 66 . J. J. 
Farquharson, Esq., Langton House, Blandford. Age, eighteen months. 
Class 8 .—Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff).—Chicken of 1854.— 
81. Firstprize, Mr. J. Goodenough, Godmanstone. Age, eight months. 
84. Second prize, Mrs. H. Fookes, Whitchurch, Blandford. Com - 
mended. — 86 . Mrs. W. F. Flight, Winchester. 
Class 9 *—Cochin-China (Brown and Partridge-feathered).—Birds 
exceeding one year old.—No award. 
Class 10. — Cochin - China (Brown and Partridge - feathered). — 
Chicken of 1854.—No entry. 
Class 11 .—Cochin-China (White).—Birds exceeding one year old.— 
95. First prize, Mrs. Mills, Bisterne, Ringwood. (Second prize with¬ 
held.) 
Classs 12 .—Cochin-China (White).—Chicken of 1854.— 99 . First 
prize,' Mr. G. Chase, Turwick, near Petersfield. Age, six months. 98 . 
Second prize, Mr. W. Cave, Hartley Row. 
Class 13 .—Cochin-China (Black).—Birds exceeding one year old.— 
No entry. 
Class 14 ,—Cochin-China (Black).—Chicken of 1854.— 107 . First 
prize, Mr. Flight, Winchester. Age, five months. 106. Second prize, 
Mr. Woodcock, Fugglestone. 
Class 15 .—Malay.—B irds exceeding one year old.—111. First prize, 
Mr. Dawkins, Salisbury. Age, two years. 115. Second prize, Mr. Wood¬ 
cock, Fugglestone. 
Class 16 .—Malay.—C hicken of 1854.—120. Second prize, Mr. G. T. 
Attwater, South Newton. Age, four months. 11 6 . Second prize, Miss 
Lewis, Martyr Worthy, Winchester. Age, seven months. 
Class 17 .—Game Fowl (White, Piles, Duckwings, and Greys).— 
Birds exceeding one year old.—121. First prize, Mr. T. P. Mew, Cowes. 
Age, twelve months. 126 . Second prize, Mr. J. J. Ensor, Dorchester. 
Age, three years. 
Class 18 .—Game Fowl (White, Piles, Duckwings, and Greys).— 
Chicken of 1854.—128. First prize, Mr. T. P. Blew, Cowes. Age, seven 
months. 131. Second prize, BIr. W. Burgess, Winterbourne Zelstone. 
Class 19 .—Game Fowl (Black-breasted and other Reds).—Birds ex¬ 
ceeding one year old.—140. Firstprize, BIr. J. Futcher, Fovant. Age, 
eighteen months. 136. Second prize, BIr. J. J. Fox, Devizes. Com- 
mended. —138. BIr. H. F. Fisher, Blandford. 
Class 20 .—Game Fowl (Black-breasted and other Reds).—Chicken 
of 1854.—146. First prize, BIr. J. Stratton, Bodenham. Age, cock, 
seven months, pullets, five months. 141. Second prize, BIr. T. P. Blew, 
Cowes. Age, eight months. Commended .—142. BIr, W. Burgess, 
Winterborne Zelstone. Age, seven months. 
Class 21 .—Golden-pencilled Hamburgh.—B irds exceeding one 
year old.—152. Firstprize, BIr. R. Fookes, Blilton Brewery, Blandford. 
Age, nineteen months. 151. Second prize, BIrs. Mills, Bisterne, Ring- 
wood. 
Class 22 .—Golden-pencilled Hamburgh. — Chicken of 1854.— 
155. First prize, BIrs. Blills, Bisterne, Ringwood. 154. Second prize, 
BIr.T. P. Blew, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Age, seven months. 
Class 23 .—Golden-spangled Hamburgh. — Birds exceeding one 
year old.— 161 . Firstprize, BIr. J. E. Pardy, Salisbury. Age, sixteen 
months. 159* Second prize, BIrs. H. T. Bower, Shroton House, Bland- 
ford t 
Class 24 .—Golden-spangled Hamburgh.—C hicken of 1854.— 164 . 
First prize, BIrs. H. Fookes, Whitchurch, Blandford. 168. Second 
prize, BIr. H. F. Fisher, Blandford. Age, six months. 
Class 25 .—Silver-pencilled Hamburgh.—B irds exceeding one 
year old.— 171 . Second prize, BIr. T. P. Blew, Cowes, Isle of Wight. 
Age, twelve months. (First prize withheld.) 
Class 26 .—Silver-pencilled Hamburgh.—C hicken of 1854.— 178 . 
First prize, BIrs. Blills, Bisterne. 180. Second prize, Rev. O. A. Hodgson, 
Winchester. 
Class 27 . — Silver-spangled Hamburgh. — Birds exceeding one 
year old.—184. Firstprize, BIr, H. F. Fisher, Blandford. 182. Second 
