THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 28 
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wish that poultry should be included in their list of live 
stock, and congratulating them on the great success of the 
Gloucester Meeting in this respect, it may be permitted us 
to offer some few suggestions for their consideration before 
the arrangements of another year may be determined on. 
A tent, for instance, will be found to afford a far better, 
and more commodious shelter for the purposes of a poultry 
exhibition, both as regards the birds themselves, and spec¬ 
tators also, than the narrow shed in use at Gloucester, 
where the birds are too much exposed to the weather for 
the time during which they are required to be there ; and, 
furthermore, the supports of the shed itself sadly interfere 
with the free progress of visitors; a tent with entrances at 
each end, and policemen to regulate ingress and egress in 
different directions, would be found to answer every purpose, 
and not only would it involve a smaller outlay, but also 
afford an infinitely better position for the inspection of the 
birds. 
Again, let persons acquainted with poultry be placed in 
charge of them; several of those who there appeared in 
this capacity were evidently unacquainted with their work; 
nor were they provided with proper implements for removing 
the eggs, and not only are the eggs thus liable to be carried 
off unbroken, but if allowed to remain, are frequently cracked 
and devoured by the birds themselves, an evil practice that 
is afterwards with difficulty only, if ever, overcome. Every 
precaution should be taken to ensure the fact that the eggs 
are indeed broken, for exhibitors dread nothing more than 
the mere probability that this should not be looked to. 
Summer exhibitions, it will be evident, require more care in 
respect of this than those which may be held in winter. 
Thus far as regards the. management of the show itself; 
and we feel confident, that in briefly alluding to another 
subject, we are only expressing a very general feeling of 
regret, that dealers were permitted to compete for the 
Gloucester prizes. All our principal, indeed, we believe it 
might be said, all our poultry societies, without exception, 
have wisely determined, that while space is assigned to such 
dealers as may be desirous of exhibiting specimens, they 
should be strictly debarred from competition. The reason 
of this is obvious, since the dealer has only to pick and 
choose, not out of his own yard, but from the yards of all 
the farmers with whom he deals, and who, in frequent 
instances, are restricted from selling to any other person; 
and thus, where the amateur may possibly pick from 
hundreds, the dealer has thousands awaiting his selection; 
if he fails, therefore, it must probably so happen rather from 
the error of his own judgment than any fault of the birds 
themselves. So strongly, indeed, do many of those who have 
done most towards promoting the interest of poultry societies 
feel on this subject, that few, we believe, will be henceforward 
willing to enter the lists, without an assurance that so 
unequal a contest may no longer be persisted in. 
Judges —Messrs. John Eailey, T. B. Wright, and Wm. 
Torr. 
Class 1 ,—DORKING FOWLS (Cocks and two Hens, Chickens of 1853). 
First prize of 51. to No. 762 , viz. to Capt. Hornby, R.N., of Knowsley 
Cottage, Prescott. Second prize of 3/. to No. 757, viz. to Janies Lewry, 
of Handcross, Crawley, Sussex. Third prize of 21. to No. 754, viz. to 
James Lewry, of Handcross, Crawley, Sussex. Fourth prize of ll. to No. 
772, viz,, to T. T. Parker, of Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancaster. 
Class 2.—DORKING FOWLS, MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLD 
(Cock and two Hens). 
First prize of 51. to No. 795, viz., to Capt. Hornby, R.N., of Knowsley 
Cottage, Prescott. Second prize of 31. to No. 796 , viz., Capt. Hornby, 
R.N., of Knowsley Cottage, Prescott. Third prize of 21. to No. 784, 
viz., to Right Hon. Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone, Shrewsbury. Fourth 
prize of ll. to No. 815, viz., to T. T. Parker, of Astley Hall, Chorley. 
Note. —The Judges unanimously agree that the Dorking classes were 
never equalled at any exhibition in the kingdom. 
Class 3.—SPANISH FOWLS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize of 51. to No. 826 , viz., to Capt. Hornby, R.N., of Knowsley 
Cottage, Prescott. Second prize of 3/. to No. 825, viz., to Capt. Hornby, 
R N., of Knowsley Cottage, Prescott. Third prize of 21. to No. 833, 
viz., to W. 15. Mapplcbeck, Bull Ring, Birmingham. Fourth prize of ll. 
to No. 824, viz., to J. P. Adams, of Newland, near Malvern, Worcester. 
Class 4.—COCHIN-CHINA FOWLS (Cock and two Hens, Chickens 
of 1852). 
First prize of 51. to No. 864, viz., to Edward Terry, of Aylesbury, 
Bucks. Second prize of 31. to No. 856, viz., to Charles Punchard, of 
Blunt Hall, Haverhill, Suffolk. Third prize of 2 1. to No. 847, viz., t° 
Mrs. S. It. Herbert, of Powick, near Worcester. Fourth prize of ll. to 
No. 870 , viz., to W. C. Gwynne, of Sandback, Cheshire. 
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Class 5.—GAME FOWLS (Cock and two Hens). | 
First prize of 31. to No. 887, viz., to N. N. Dyer, of Brcdon Manor 
House, Tewkesbury. Second prize of 21. to No. 899, viz., to Edward 
Lowe, of Comberford Flour Mills, Tamworth. Third prize of II. to No. 
890 , viz., to Edward Glover, of Olton, near Solihull, Warwick. 
Class 6.—HAMBURGH FOWLS—Golden and Silver-spangled, or 
Golden and Silver-pencilled (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize of 31. to No. 928, viz., to William Ludlam, of Bradford, 
York. Second prize of 21. to No. 933, viz., to J. Jennens, of Moseley, 
Birmingham. Third prize of ll. to No. 918, viz., to Thomas Lowe, of 
Whateley, Fazeley, Staffordshire. 
Class 7 .—MALAY FOWLS (Cock and two Hens). 
First of 31. to No. 944, viz., to A. C. Sayers, of Clanville House, 
Andover. Second prize of 21. to No. 1110, viz., to Henry Worrall, of 
Knotty Ash House, near Liverpool. Third prize of II. to No. 949, viz., 
to W. B. Mapplebeck, Bull Ring, Birmingham. 
Class 8.—POLAND FOWLS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize of 31. to No. 965 , viz., to Christopher Rawson, of the Hurst, 
Walton-on-Thames. Second prize of 21. to No. 966, viz., to William 
Cox, of Brailsford Hall, Derby. Third prize of 1/. to No. 970 , viz., to 
W. G. Vivian, of Singleton, Swansea. 
Class 9 .—TURKEY'S (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize of 51. to No. 976, viz., to Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Hawk- 
stone, Shrewsbury. Second prize of 3/. to No. 975 , viz., to John Fairlie, 
of Cheveley Park, Newmarket. Third prize of 21. to No. 981, viz., to R. 
T. Head, of the Briars, Alphington, Exeter. Fourth prize of II. With¬ 
held. 
Class 10.—GEESE (Gander and two Geese, hatched in 1853). 
First prize of 51. to No. 1005, viz., to T. T. Parker, of Astley Hall, 
Chorley, Lancashire. Second prize of 31. to No. 1003, viz., to T. T. 
Parker", of Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. Third prize of 21. to No. 
993, viz., to Capt. Hornby, R.N., of Knowsley Cottage, Prescott. Fourth 
prize of 11. to No. 1004, viz., to T. T. Parker, of Astley Hall, Chorley. 
Class 11.—AYLESBURY DUCKS (Drake and two Ducks). 
First prize of 31. to No. 1013, viz., to John Weston, of Oxford Road, 
Aylesbury. Second prize of 21. to 1019 , viz., to Miss L. C. Stow, of 
Bredon, Tewkesbury. Third prize of 1/. to No. 1026 , viz., to Miss 
Wilcox, of Nailsea Court, Bristol. 
Class 12.—ROUEN DUCKS (Drake and two Ducks). 
First prize of 31. to No. 1112, viz., to Henry Worrall, of Knotty Ash 
House, near Liverpool. Second prize of 21. to No. 1033, viz., YV. W. 
Rowe, Longbrook, Milton Abbot, Devon. Third prize of 11. to No. 
1031, viz., to Capt. Hornby., R.N., of Knowsley Cottage, Prescott. 
Class 13.—DUCKS OF ANY OTHER VARIETY (Drake and two 
Ducks). 
First prize of 31. to No. 1035, viz., to H. S. Pigott, of Brockley Court, 
Bristol. Second prize of 21. to No. 1036, viz., to H. S. Pigott, of 
Brockley Court, Bristol. Third prize of 11. to No. 1040, viz., to Miss S. 
Buckle, of Moat House, Uckington, Cheltenham. 
THE CULTURE OF A ROOD OF GROUND. 
AUGUST. 
The present being the principal harvest month, and 
thinking there are many growing a part of their rood of 
ground with Wheat, as is the custom generally with allottees 
in this part of Suffolk, where I reside, I will endeavour to 
give a brief description how I manage my own. On large 
occupations, different methods are practised in cutting 
Wheat—such as mowing, bagging, &c.; but the plan I have 
always practised has been the old-fashioned one of reaping 
with the reap-hook, and to cut it as close to the ground as I 
can. As the work in this way can be performed much 
cleaner and neater than in any other way, 1 recommend this 
plan to occupiers of a rood of ground, in preference to any 
other, as being the best and most economical. The best 
time I have found, by experience, for cutting, is as soon as 
the kernel is sufficiently set, so that the inside cannot be 
pressed out in a moist state. The general fault is in lettiDg 
it stand too long before it is cut. As soon as the crop is , 
sufficiently harvested, I gather it into a heap, or stack it, ‘ 
and cover it well with straw, to prevent the wet getting in 
till I have an opportunity of thrashing it. I prefer this ! 
plan to housing it, as it may be got up earlier, and will be ; 
fit to thrash sooner than if stored in a barn. 
My plan of growing my Wheat crop has always been (for 
several years) to sow it on the ground where I have pre¬ 
viously grown my root crops, either Potatoes, Beet, or 
Swedes, and that without digging the land, and I have 
always in this way had good crops. My piece of Wheat, at 
this present time, is growing on the ground where my crop 
