THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 27, 1858. 267 
nothing so good as Mrs. Pettat’s birds of last year ; and we 
fear with clear tails we are getting clear bodies. 
Mr. Worrall took the first for Golden-spangled , with an 
excellent pen ; these birds are better than their silver 
brethren. 
The Polands were the weakest class in the Exhibition, and 
afforded an easy triumph to Mr. Dixon* If the amateurs of 
these birds do not make an effort, the promoters of Shows 
will be obliged to curtail the prizes offered, seeing the entries 
are so few in number. 
In spite of moulting, the unfavourable season of the year, 
and every other disadvantage, Mr. Fowler showed six Geese , 
that weighed 115 lbs. We need hardly add, they took first 
and second prizes. 
He was equally successful with Aylesbury Ducks, but they 
were not up to his usual weight. We have seldom found 
these birds so deficient as at this Show. 
There was a good show of Pouen Ducks , all young birds ; 
Mr. Fellowes ran Mr. Fowler hard, but the latter took first 
honours. 
We are able to speak most highly of the Puenos Ayrean. 
These beautiful birds are at last being reduced to their 
original size, which was little larger than a Widgeon. Miss 
Steele Perkins’ were perfect; Messrs. Dixon and Churchill’s 
were very good. 
The Turkeys were excellent birds. 
And this ]s our last poultry report of the last Royal 
Agricultural Society’s Exhibition. We are sorry for it; we 
have spent happy hours and many of them with them. We 
are bound to thank them, and we do. We cannot help 
hoping and believing, that the time is not far distant when 
our connection will be renewed. The days of exclusiveness 
and buckram are past, and any Society that appeals to the 
purse of the public, must be prepared to bow to its decisions, 
and to submit to its legitimate and reasonable demands. 
It would seem as if amateurs were determined the last 
Show should be worthy of them, and we unhesitatingly say, 
we never saw so many, really first-rate birds, in the same 
number of pens. Many were perfect, and the faulty were 
not more than six. The poultry was the point of attraction, 
and was crowded from the time the yard was open, till the 
close. Many wished to take “ a last fond look,” but could 
not, on account of the numbers that thronged about it. 
PRIZES AWARDED FOR FARM POULTRY. 
Dorkings (Chickens of 1858).—First and Second, Capt. W. Hornby, 
R.N., Knowsley Cottage, Prescot, Lancashire. Third, Rev. T. L. 
Fellowes, Beighton Rectory, Acle, Norfolk. Fourth, J. Robinson, Vale 
House, Garstang. 
Dorkings (more than one year old).—First and Second, Capt. W. 
Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cottage, Prescot, Lancashire. Third, Rev. 
J. Hill, the Citadel, Hawkstope, Shrewsbury. Fourth, J. D. Hewson, 
M.D., Coton Hill, Stafford. 
Spanish.— First, W. M. Lilly, Monyhill Hall, Kingsnorton, Wor- 
I eester. Second, Mrs. J. C. Hall, Surrey House, Sheffield, York. Third, 
W. W. Brundrit, Churchfield House, Runcorn, Cheshire. Fourth, 
J. Dixon, North Park, near Bradford, York. 
Game. —First, Capt. W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cottage, Prescot, 
Lancashire. Second, J. Hindson, Barton House, Everton, Liverpool. 
Third, W. Wright, West Bank, Widnes, near Warrington. Fourth, 
II. Worrall, Spring Grove, West Derby, Liverpool. 
Cochin-China. —First, C. Punchard, Blunts Hall, Haverhill, Suffolk. 
Second, E. Musgrove, Aughton, near Ormskirk, Lancaster. Third, 
W. M. Lilly, Monyhill Hall, near Kingsnorton, Worcester. 
Brahma Pootra. —First, G. Botham, Wexham Court, Slough, Bucks. 
Second, R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire. Third, J. K. 
Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks. 
Hamburgh (Silver - pencilled). — First and Second, E. Archer, 
Malvern, Worcester. Third, Rev. F. B. Pryor, Bennington Rectory, 
Stevenage. 
Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled).—First, W. M. Lilly, Monyhill Hall, 
Kingsnorton, Worcester. Second, W. C. Worrall, Rice House, Liver¬ 
pool, Third, J. Dixon, North Park, near Bradford. 
Hamburgh (Silver-spangled).—First, R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston, 
Lancashire. Second, W. M. Lilly, Moneyhill Hall, Kingsnorton, Wor¬ 
cester. Third, G. Botham, Wexham Court, Slough, Bucks. 
Hamburgh (Golden-spangled).—First, W. C. Worrall, Rice House, 
Liverpool. Second, W. R. Lane, Bristol Road, Birmingham. Third, 
J. Dixon, North Park, near Bradford. 
Poeands. —First, Second,.and Third, J. Dixon, North Park, near 
Bradford. Fourth, II. Churchill, Gloucester. 
Geese.—F irst and Second, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. 
Third, Harriett Ilill, Stretton Grandison, Ledbury, Herefordshire. 
Aylf.sburt Ducks.—F irst and Second, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal ' 
Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks.. Third, II. Smith, Sutton Maddock, Shiffnall, 
Shropshire. 
Rouen Ducks. —First and Third, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, 
Aylesbury, Bucks. Second, Rev. T. L. Fellowes, Beighton Rectory, 
Acle, Norfolk. 
East Indian Ducks. — First, Elizabeth S. Perkins, The Cottage, 
Sutton, Coldfield. Second, J. Dixon, North Park, near Bradford, 
Yorkshire. Third, II. Churchill, Gloucester. 
Turkeys. — First, Rev. T. L. Fellowes, Beighton Rectory, Acle, 
Norfolk. Second, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. Third, 
Mrs. Hill, Stretton Grandison, Ledbury, Hereford. 
ME HITS OF ANDALUSIANS. 
I see in your last number a few -words on the subject of 
Andalusians. No one, I suppose, will be inclined to doubt 
the utility of this very beautiful breed of poultry. They are 
as abundant layers as the Spanish, lay larger eggs, continue 
laying through the winter, are larger in size, more hardy, and 
are more easily fatted for the table. I see that a Mr. Coles 
obtained a prize the other day for some specimens, as being 
amongst the best for table purposes. Mr. Bailey, in 1854, 
wrote thus :—“Although they have been exhibited for years, 
they have not yet been deemed of sufficient importance to 
deserve a prize in a distinct class. It is, however, but fair to 
state, that good specimens are seldom shown without being- 
distinguished by the Judges.” This hint has not been taken, 
and we all know that the various class will never encourage 
any breed. Now, Sir, what is the purpose of Poultry Shows P 
Is it not to bring into notice the most useful sorts of fowls ? 
I 3 it not, then, time that a distinct class should be assigned 
to these birds P The entries the first year might not be nu¬ 
merous, but in a short time, I believe, the competition would 
be as great as in the Dorking and Spanish classes. I have 
kept Polands, Dorkings, Game, and Hamburglis, but none of 
these have I found so profitable as the Andalusians, which I 
have had for about eight months. Mine are not particularly 
good birds. I am looking forward to the Shows, to purchase 
finer specimens. I have reason to lament, therefore, that 
there is no separate class to choose from.—A Lover oe the 
Useful. 
REARING- CHICKENS BY HAND. 
After the chickens are hatched, place them in a covered 
basket with flannel, and leave them for about twelve hours ; 
then remove them to a hen-coop, turned up so as to prevent 
their escape, and sprinkle a little hard-boiled egg, chopped 
fine. They may be taught to eat by tapping with the finger¬ 
nails upon the board, to imitate the noise of the hen’s beak. A 
very good artificial mother, without any expense whatever, 
may be made by getting an old flat saucepan with a lid, or a 
foot-tin, such as is used to warm the feet of the chilly in bed. 
Cover this with thick flannel or blanket, changing the cover 
often enough to prevent vermin. Fill the vessel with boiling 
water, and stand it upon two bricks, in a corner of some room 
of a moderate temperature, raising its height from the 
ground according to the growth of the brood. The water 
will require to be changed about four times every twenty- 
four hours. You may regulate the heat of the water you put 
in, by the temperature of the weather. By moderate atten¬ 
tion and careful feeding, you need not lose ten out of a 
hundred.—J. S. Duncan, Fcireham , Hants. 
PIGEONS. 
(Continued from page 250.) 
THE DISEASES OE PIGEONS. 
Tiie old proverb, that prevention is better than cure, is, I 
think, very appropriate to the ailments ot Pigeons. I have 
been all my life a keeper of Pigeons : at times I have had a 
great many. I have indulged in my hobby in England, 
Prussia, and France; yet I know little or nothing of diseases. 
I conclude that, my ever attending to them myself, keeping 
them well fed, clean, and provided with every necessary, and 
always flying them, whatever sort they might be, is the great 
