THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, July 7, 1857 
Court, Langford, near Bristol. Second, G. Daw, Esq., Mount Radford, 
Exeter. Commended, Mr. C. Lightfoot, Magdalen Street, Exeter. 
Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).—Medal, J. R. Rodbard, 
Esq., Aldwick Court, Langford, near Bristol. Second and Third, Dr. 
! Scott, St. Leonard, near Exeter. Highly Commended, Rev. G. S. 
I Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard Court, Tiverton; Mr. H. Dunn, Broad 
i Street, Southmolton ; N. M. de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury Park, 
Acton, Middlesex. 
Game (Duckwings, &c.).—Medal, W. Dawson, Esq., Selly Oak, near 
Birmingham. Second, J. R. Rodbard, Esq., Aldwick Court, Langford, 
near Bristol. Third, Miss Reynolds, King’s Holm House, near 
Gloucester. Highly Commended, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, near Tiverton. 
Game Chickens of 1857.—First, J. R. Rodbard, Esq., Aldwick 
Court, Langford, near Bristol. Second, Dr. Scott, St. Leonard, near 
Exeter. (The Game classes commended as a whole.) 
Malays. —First and Third, C. Ballance, Esq., 5, Mount Terrace, 
Taunton. Second, Mrs. A. G. Brooke, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, 
Suffolk. 
Guinea Fowls. —First, Miss C. F. Macdonald, Lympstone. Second, 
Mrs. J. Hole, Green End, Plymtree. 
Hamburghs (Golden-pencilled).—Second, G. S. Fox, Esq., The 
Court, Wellington. (First prize withheld.) 
Hamburghs (Golden-spangled).—Second, G. S. Fox, Esq., The 
Court, Wellington. Cock highly commended, J. K. Bartrum, Esq., 
Richmond Hill, Bath. (First prize withheld.) 
Hamburghs (Silver-pencilled). — Second, J. K. Bartrum, Esq., 
Richmond Hill, Bath. (First prize withheld.) 
Hamburghs (Silver - spangled). — Second, J. I\. Bartrum, Esq., 
Richmond Hill, Bath. (First prize withheld.) 
Polands (Black with White Crests). — First, W. Dawson, Esq., 
Selly Oak, near Birmingham. Second, T. P. Edwards, Esq., Lyndhurst, 
Hants. 
Polands (Golden).—Second, G. S. Fox, Esq., The Court, Wel¬ 
lington. (First prize withheld.) 
Polands (Silver).—Second, W. Dawson, Esq., Selly Oak, near 
Buckingham. (First prize withheld.) 
Thorough bred. — First, J. K. Bartrum, Esq., Richmond Hill, 
Bath (Brahma Pootra). Second, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, near Tiverton (Black Brassy Game). 
Bantams (Gold-laced).—First, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, near Tiverton. Second, Rev. G. F. Hodson, North Petherton, 
near Bridgewater. 
Bantams (Silver-laced).—First, Rev. G, S. Cruwys, Cruwys Mor¬ 
chard Court, near Tiverton. Second, Rev. G. F. Hodson, North 
Petherton, near Bridgewater. 
Bantams (any other variety).—First, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, 
Wellington (Black). Second, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, near Tiverton (White). 
Turkeys. —Medal, J. R. Rodbard, Esq., Aldwick Court, Langford, 
near Bristol. Second, J. Adney, Esq., Cullompton. Third, Miss J. 
Millward, Newton St. Loe, near Bath. 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—Medal and Second, B. J. Ford, Esq., Ide, 
near Exeter. 
Ducks (Rouen).—First, C. Ballance, Esq., Taunton. Second, J. 
Marshall, Esq., Taunton. 
Pigeons. — Carriers. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, Wel¬ 
lington. Almond or Ermine Tumblers, —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., 
Hemyock, Wellington. Fantails. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, 
Wellington. Jacobins. —Prize, Mr. W. L. Channing, Heavitree, near 
Exeter. Powters. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, Wellington. 
Nuns. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, Wellington. Barbs. — 
Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock,Wellington. Trumpeters. —Prize, 
F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, Wellington. Archangels. —Prize, F. G. 
Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, v\ ellington. Owls. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, 
Esq., Hemyock, Wellington. Turbiis. — Prize, Captain H. Adney, 
Lympstone. Runts. —Prize, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock, Wellington. 
Extra Pigeons.— Extra prizes, Dr. Scott, St. Leonard, near Exeter 
(Bald-headed Tumblers); Mr. E. FI. Burge, Taunton (Yellow Beards). 
Extra Stock.— Extra prize, Mr. G. Hill, 6, Regent Park, Heavitree 
(White Bantams). 
average twenty-six eggs per week. My pens are made thus : 
I board the bottom two feet high; above that wire or twine 
netting to the height of five feet six inches, covering the 
top with twine netting also. The roosting-houses are one 
yard and a half square, the same height as the pen, and 
thatched with straw roof and heath sides. 
I keep my fowls very clean, water fresh and pure, food as 
varied as possible, not forgetting green meat daily. 
Those individuals who cannot boast their acres of grass 
run may keep Hamburghs to advantage (profit I mean) in 
such inclosures. All the instructions they require they may 
glean from your valuable little “ Poultry Book for the 
Many.” I hope the “many” will avail themselves of it, 
and act upon its instructions.— E. Sharratt, Buyeley, 
Staffordshire. 
Class 6.—PIGEONS WITH LARGELY 
DEVELOPED TAILS. 
Variety 2. —THE SWALLOW - TAILED PIGEON 
( Columba liirundinina cauda). 
German. 
Die Taube mit Schwalbenschawanz. 
Bechstein, in his “ Natural History of Germany,” describes I 
this variety as occasionally to be found among the collec- j 
tions of Pigeon fanciers, and says they are blue, chequered, 
or black mottled, the outer feathers of the tail being much 
prolonged, or forked like that of the chimney swallow, from 
which circumstance they derive their name. A Pigeon- j 
fancying acquaintance informed me that he once had a pair , 
of Swallow-tailed Baldheads, which he purchased in Man¬ 
chester; so I conclude this variety is also to be met with in 
England, though I have not seen it. 
Some of the wild Pigeons or Doves of foreign countries 
have long, wedge-shaped tails; but such a formation of tail I 
have never seen or heard of among our domestic Pigeons. 
—B. P. Brent. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Bumble Feet in Dorkings (J. F. IV.).—Have all your perches 
within two feet of the ground. Flying down from a height is the cause 
of it. 
Spur broken off (J. M. Bagg).—' This will not disqualify your bird. 
Breeding Agf, of Geese (Goose ).—Twelve months old is the age 
for Geese to breed, but they often breed at nine. Much depends on the 
manner of their bringing up in the way of food. We are not aware 
that there is any difference in the different sorts. 
LONDON MARKETS.— July Gth. 
COVENT GARDEN. 
A good supply and marked improvement in the trade. The usual 
consignments from the Continent and west of England reach us in j 
excellent condition. 
HAMBURGHS IN VERY SMALL PENS. 
As much has been said on the relative merits of Ham¬ 
burghs and Cochins through the medium of your valuable 
paper, I think it a fact deserving the attention of the fancier 
and public in general that I have in my possession a Silver- 
pencilled pullet hatehed the 9th of February last, which laid 
her first egg the 20th of this month. The most remarkable 
circumstance is this: the fowls are confined in a pen not 
exceeding three yards square, where they have been for two 
months past. 
I keep the Golden-pencilled also. I have a cock and five 
hens in a similar pen. This spring they produced me on an 
POULTRY. 
The market is still well supplied, and the demand is above the 
average. 
Large fowls.. 7s. Od.to 7s. 6d.each. 
Smaller do. 5s. Od. to 6s. Od. ,, 
Chickens .. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. ,, 
Goslings.6s. to 6s. 6d. ,, 
Ducklings.. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. ,, 
Guinea Fowls Os. Od. to Os. Od. each, j 
Pigeons. lOd. to lid. ,, 
Rabbits.... Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. ,, 
Wild ditto. 7d. to 9d. ,, 
Leverets.... 3s. Od. to 5s. Od. ,, 
London: Printed by Hogh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—July 7> 1857- 
