THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND 
LIVERPOOL POULTRY SHOW. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 3, 1857. 
Ditto, value £2, for the second greatest number, awarded 
to E. A. Lingard, Esq., Birmingham. 
We regret to sec that this is fixed for the same days as 
the Nottingham, namely, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of 
January, for they must injure each other. The prizes are 
most liberal, varying from £10 to <£1, and there is a class 
for “ 100 Game cocks at £l each,” the first prize of which 
is £10, and the seventh prize £5. This class is already 
closed, and there will probably be such a show of Game 
cocks as never before was seen. We have great pleasuie in 
publishing the following extracts from a letter we have re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Moss, one of the Secretaries . 
“ I have the pleasure of inclosing a proof of the schedule 
of the Liverpool Poultry Show, which I trust will be con¬ 
sidered liberal, as we have gone as far as prudence.would 
sanction even when coupled with economy, our prize-list 
showing £318 given, whereas our receipts can only reach 
£275 supposing all our available space to be occupied. 
“ We may, perhaps, be considered bold in rendering oui- 
selves personally liable, but as we consider ourselves morally 
so we think it but right that the public should, feel no 
apprehension on that score, especially as I am informed 
compromises are now the order of the day. 
“ Our reason for abolishing chicken classes is, that at the 
advanced period at which our Show is held chickens can in 
j nearly every instance compete with adult fowds. 
“ We have also in our list endeavoured to award prizes in 
each class proportionately as it has supported us on past 
occasions, and we hope that, although the prize-list may not 
be approved of by all, it will meet the sanction of the 
majority. 
“ Tlie Liverpool Committee have been occasionally cen- 
I sured when really no cause existed, and it is most dis- 
l heartening to those who work hard and sacrifice their time 
i and comfort to find their efforts counterbalanced by some 
' discontented person, whose pleasure appears to consist in 
finding fault. 
“ Such complaints, when unfounded, ‘only prevent those 
| persons from taking an active part who would otherwise do 
so, and are not only unjust to the Committee, but pre- 
I judicial to shows generally.”— Gilbert W. Moss, Hon. Sec. 
Powtkks.— First, J. Firth, Esq., Halifax. Second, G. C. Adkins, 
Esq., Edghaston. Highly Commended, F. G. Stevens Fsq., Hcmyock. 
Hen Highly Commended, J. Smith, Esq., London. Gen Highly Coi - 
mended, C. R. Titterton, Esq., Birmingham. Commended, .7. Firth, 
Esq., Halifax. Cock Commended, E. A. Lingard, Esq., Birmingham. 
Carriers.— First, E. A. Lingard, Esq., Birmingham. Second, G. C. 
Adkins, Esq., Edghaston, Highly Commended, F. Stevens, Esq., 
Hemyock; J. Percivall, Esq., Harbourne. Commended, C. W. Bur- 
ningham, Esq., London ; H. Holdsworth, Esq., Halifax. 
Almonds.— First, E. A. Lingard, Esq., Birmingham. Second, F. G. 
Stevens, Esq., Hemyock. Highly Commended, G. C. Adkins, Esq., 
Edghaston ; J. Smith, Esq., London. 
Mottles.— First, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock. Second, E. A. 
Lingard, Esq., Birmingham. Commended as Almond-bred Mottles, r. 
G. Stevens, Esq. 
Baldheads. —First, G. C. Adkins, Esq. Second, E. A. Lingard, 
Esq. 
Beards.— First, J. Smith, Esq., London. Second, G. C. Adkins, 
Esq. Commended, J. Percivall, Esq., Walworth ; T. Hives, Esq., Cot- 
grave, Notts. 
Owls. —First and Second, G. C, Adkins, Esq. Highly Commended, 
C. R. Titterton, Esq. 
Nuns. —First, G. C. Adkins, Esq. Second, J. Percivall, Esq. Com¬ 
mended, Miss Milward, Newton St. Loe ; Mr. J. W. Edge, Birmingham ; 
Mr. A. P. Presdee, Birmingham. 
Fantails. —First, C. R. Titterton, Esq. Second, G. C. Adkins, 
Esq. Commended, G. C. Adkins, Esq.; F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock. 
Jacobins. —First, G. C. Adkins, Esq. Second, F. C. Esquilant, Esq., 
London. Highly Commended, Mrs. Brooke, Chelmsford; J. Percivall, 
Esq., Walworth ; F. G. Stevens, Esq. 
Tukbits. — First, C. R. Titterton, Esq. -Second, G. C. Adkins, Esq. 
Commended, H. Holdsworth, Esq., Halifax; G. C. Adkins, Esq.; A. P. 
Presdee, Esq. 
Trumpeters. —First, F. G. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock. Second, Mrs. 
Brooke, Chelmsford. Commended, J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq. 
Archangels.— First, G. C. Adkins, Esq. Second, Miss Milward, 
Newton St. Loe. 
Barbes,— First, G. C. Adkins, Esq. Second, F. G. Stevens, Esq. 
Highly Commended, F. G. Stevens, Esq. Commended, J. Percivall, 
Esq., Harbourne. 
Runts. —First, P. H. Jones, Esq., Fulham. Second, E. A. Lingard, 
Esq. (Hen much out of condition.) Commended, F. G. Stevens, Esq., 
Hemyock; C. R. Titterton, Esq. 
Dragoons. —First, C. W. Burningham, Esq., London. Second, Mrs. 
Brooke, Chelmsford. Commended, J. Percivall, Esq., Walworth. 
FEATHERS. 
j 
I should be glad to bear, through the medium of your 
valuable paper, a good definition of laced, spangled, and 
pencilled feathers. I have some pencilled fowls now in my 
possession, but people tell me they are too much laced, and 
yet they are not what I have always understood to be laced 
feathers. "What I understood to be laced are feathers with 
a half moon at the point and edged round; spangled 
i feather a half moon at the point, the rest clear; pencilled 
feather, barred evenly black and white; so how can such a 
feather, be called laced ? and such is the case with mine. But 
I most decidedly say they are not laced when they are 
barred with black and white; but yet I am told they are so, 
and they say the same with the spangled fowls, when if you 
take a single feather it is as good a spangle: as you would 
wish to see.— An Inquirer. 
[If you will spend sixpence on “ The Poultry Book for 
the Many ” you will there find very correct drawings and 
; descriptions of the three feathers you name. 
A laced feather has a narrow border all round its edge, 
differing in colour from the ground colour of the feather, 
but no moon on the tip. 
A spangled feather has a moon on the tip, differing from 
the ground colour of the feather, hut no border round this. 
A pencilled feather has dark bars in parallel lines across 
the lighter ground colour of the feather. There is neither 
a spangle at its tip nor a border round its edge.] 
BIRMINGHAM FANCY PIGEON SHOW. 
This took place on Monday, October 26th, 1857. Judge, 
T. J. Cottle, Esq., Cheltenham. 
Plate, value £3, to the exhibitor taking the greatest 
number of prizes, awarded to G. C. Adkins, Esq., Edghaston. 
Any other variety. —First, Mrs. Brooke, Chelmsford (Magpies). 
First, F. A. Lavender, Esq., Biddenham. First, John Percivall, Esq., 
Harbourne (Magpies). Commended, F. Stevens, Esq., Hemyock 
(German Turbits and Hyacinths); J. Percivall, Esq., Walworth. 
The Judge begs to state the birds in the great majority of 
the classes are of a very superior description , and the entire 
Show highly creditable. 
LIGHT TO THE LOWER PENS AT BINGLEY 
PIALL. 
The time for holding the great and important Poultry 
Exhibition at Birmingham is now fast approaching; and 
although, perhaps, rather early in the winter to expect the 
adult birds to have so far recovered their plumage after 
moulting as to show to advantage, the chickens, judging 
from the last few Exhibitions, will probably be the best 
which has yet taken place. 
The great disadvantage of winter shows generally is the 
want of sufficient light in the buildings in which they are 
held; hut in this respect Bingley Hall is well adapted for 
the purpose, having a number of skylights in the roof, and 
if the avenues could only be made wider, so as to allow the 
light to penetrate into the lower tier of pens, it would, I am 
sure, save the Judges a great deal of trouble which they 
have hitherto been necessarily put to, as it is almost im¬ 
possible to discern the merits or demerits of some of the 
occupants. When exhibitors pay the high entrance fees 
which are now generally charged they have a right to expect 
that their birds will be placed in a position so as fairly to 
compete with those in the same class, and this can only be 
done by adopting the plan which has been successfully 
carried out at several shows during the present year of 
showing all in one class in the same tier of pens, and not 
place them in both upper and lower pens, as has been the 
