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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 12, 1860. 
Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks (Brahma Pootra); Miss S. H. Northcote, Upton 
Pyne, near Exeter (White Spanish). Commended, B. Bitty, 4, St. George's 
Square, Worcester (Andalusian) ; Mrs. Mills, Bisterne Park, Ringwood, 
Hants (White Poland). *Mrs.„C. Hawkins, Martinstown, Dorset (Hybrids). 
(* The Judges commend to the favourable notice of the Committee this 
truly remarkable pen of birds—a cross between the common fowl and 
guinea fowl—as no such hybrid has ever before been exhibited at any 
show of poultry in the United Kingdom, and most decidedly had three. 
birds been exhibited, in compliance with the Rules of the Society, instead 
of two, the Judges would have in that case unanimously awarded them 
the first premium in this “any variety class.”) 
Spanish Chickens. —First, Second, and Third, J. R. Rodbard, Aldwick 
Court, Wrington, near Bristol, Somerset. 
Dorking Ciiickkns.— First, II. W. B. Berwick, Ilelmsley, near York. 
Second, C. H. Wakefield, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire. Third, G. 
Cliadwin, Tollard ltoyal, Salisbury, Wilts. Highly Commended, Mrs. N. 
Grenville, Butleigh Court, Glastonbury, Somerset; Rev.J. G. A. Baker, 
the Vicarage, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Beds. Commended, Rev. J. G. A. 
Baker. 
Gams Chickens.— Second, R. R. Clayton, Hedgerley Park. Slough, 
Buckinghamshire. Third, W. Rogers, Woodbridge, Sutt'olk. (First prize 
withheld.) 
Cochin-Ciiina Chickens. —First, Mrs. Fookes, Whitechurch, Blundford, 
Dorsetshire. Second, B. J. Ford, Countess Weir, near Exeter. Third, 
J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commended, J. R. 
Rodbard, Aldwick Court, Wrington, near Bristol. 
SWEEPSTAKES. 
Game. —First, W. Long, Belle Vue House, Devizes, Wilts. Second, 
S. Matthew, Chilton Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Third, A. Foster, North 
Petherton, near Bridgewater, Somerset. Highly Commended, Rev. T. L. 
Fellowos, Beightou Rectory, Aele, Norfolk; j. Fletcher, Stoneclougb, 
near Manchester. Commended, Rev. G. S. Crnwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, Tiverton, Devon. 
Spanish.— First, J. K. Rodbard, Aldwick Court, Wrington, near Bristol. 
Second and Third, Miss M. L. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 
Dorking. —First, The Most Hon. the Marchioness of Winchester, Amport 
St. Mary’s, Andover. Second, G. Chadwin, Tollard Royal, Salisbury, 
Wilts, third, R. Ambler, Stevenage, Herts. 
Cochin-China. —First, H. Tomlinson. Balsall Heath Road, Birmingham. 
Second and Third, Mrs. U. Fookes, Whitechurch, Blandford, Dorset. 
Malay.— First and Second, W. Manfield, junr., Dorchester. Third, 
XI. Adnev, Lympstone, Devon. 
Bantam. — First, W. R. Lane, Bristol Road, Birmingham. Second, 
T. H. D. Bayley, Ickwell House, near Biggleswade, Beds. Third, 
J. Mousey, Thorn Lane, Norwick, Norfolk. Highly Commended, J. R. 
Rodbard, Aldwick Court, Wrington, near Bristol. Commended, Captain 
Beardmore, Uplands, near Fareham, Hampshire. 
Bantams (Gold-laced). — First, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, Tiverton, Devon. Second, T. H. D. Bayley, Ickwell House, Biggles¬ 
wade, Bedford. Third, Rev. G. F. Hodson, North Petherton, Somerset. 
Bantams (Silver-laced).—First, ltev. G. S. Cruwys, Cruwys Morchard 
Court, Tiverton, Devon. Second, Rev. G. F. Hodson, North Petherton, 
Somerset. Third, T. II. D. Bayley, Ickwell House, Biggleswade, Bedford. 
Commended, R. Everett, Gibraltar Cottage, Monmouth. 
’ Bantams (White and Black).—First and Second, Rev. G. S. Cruwys, 
Cruwys Morchard Court. Tiverton, Devon. Third, G. C. Adkins, the 
Lightwoods, near Birmingham. Highly Commended, T. II. D. Bayley, 
Ickwell House, Biggleswade, Bedford. Commended, R. Tate, Driffield.’ 
Bantams (of any other variety).—*First, Mrs. I'ettat, Ashe Rectory, 
near Mieheldever, Hampshire. Second, G. Chadwin, Tollard Royal, 
Salisbury, Wilts. Third, J. Monsey, Thorn Lane, Norwich, Norfolk. 
Highly Commended, W. It. Scott, St. Leonards, Exeter ; T. II. D. Bayley, 
Ickwell House, Biggleswade, Bedford; W. II. Minty, Exeter, Devon, 
Commended, E. Colston, Roundway Park, Devizes, Wilts. 
(® This prize is merged in accordance with the rules, on account of this, 
pen winning the Silver Cup for the best pen of Bantams of any variety.) 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—First and Second, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, 
Aylesbury, Bucks. Third, Mrs. Seamons, Hartwell, Aylesbury, Bucks. 
Commended, Mrs. Seamons. 
Ducks Mlouen).— First, J. Iv. Fowler, Prebendal Farm. Aylesbury 
Bucks. Swond, W. Manfield, jun., Dorchester. Third, Mrs. N. Grenville, 
Butleigh Court, Glastonbury, Somerset. 
Ducks (any other variety).—First, T. II. D. Bayley, Ickwell House, 
Biggleswade, Beds (Grey Call). Second, G. S. Sainsburv, Rowde, near 
Devizes, Wiltshire (East Indian). Third, J. K. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, 
Aylesbury, Bucks (East Indian). Highly Commended, Captain Beard- 
more, Uplands, near Fareham, Hampshire (East Indian). 
Geese.— First, W. Manfield, jun., Dorchester. Second, The Mo 3 t lion, 
the Marchioness of Winchester, Amport St. Mary’s, Andover. 
Tukkkts —First, Miss J. MiUward, Newton St. Loe, Somerset. Second 
The Most Hon. the Marchioness of Winchester, Amport St. Mary’s. 
Pea Fowls.— Second, The Most Hon. the Marchioness of Winchester, 
Amport St. Mary’s, Andover. (No competition for first prize). 
Guinea Fowls. — First, H. Adncy, Lympstone, Devon. Second, W. D. 
Braginton, Knapp, Bideford, Devon. Highly Commended, W. Manfield, 
jun., Dorchester. 
PIGEONS. 
Carriers.— First, W. Cannan, Adolphus Street, Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Second, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Third, F. G. Stevens, 
Ax minster, Devon. 
Tumblers (Almond).—First and Third, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, 
Bristol. Second, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. 
Tumblers (any other variety).—First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, 
Bristol. Second’and Third, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Highly 
Commended, W. Cannan, Adolphus Street, Bradford, Yorkshire; II. 
Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill, Kent; F. G. Stevens. 
Powteks. — First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, 
F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Third, W. Cannan, Adolphus Street^ 
Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Runts. —First, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Second, W. Cannan 
Adolphus Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, 
Jacobins. —First, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Second, H. Morris, 
Perry Yale, Forest Hill, Kent. Highly Commended, F. G. Stevens. 
Fantails. —First, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Second, II. Morris, 
Perry Yale, Forest Hill, Kent. Highly Commended, E. Archer, West- 
bourne Villa, Forest Ilill, Kent. Commended, The Most Hon. the 
Marchioness of Winchester, Amport St. Mary’s, Andover (Blue). 
Owls.— First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, W. 
Cannan, Adolphus Street, Bradford, Yorkshire. Highly Commended, H. 
Adney, Lympstone, Devon. Commended, H. Morris, Perry Yale, Forest 
Hill, Kent. 
Trumpeters. —First, and Second, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. 
Highly Commended, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill. Bristol. 
Bares. —First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, F. G. 
Stevens, Axminster, Devon. 
Turbits. —First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, — 
Ilellard, Fore Street, Taunton. Commended, G. Goore, 3, Aighurth Yale, 
Liverpool; W. Cannan, Adolphus Street, Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Nuns.— First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, F. G. 
Stevens, Axminster, Devon. 
Dragoons. —First, W. S. Cooke, Stoke St. Mary, Taunton. Second, G. 
Goore, 3, Aighurth Vale, Liverpool. Highly Commended, F. G. Stevens, 
Axminster, Devon; — Ilellard, Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset. 
Blue Rocks. —First, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. (Second prize 
withheld.) 
Archangels. —First, Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Second, 
F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. 
Any other New or Distinct Variety.— First, F. G. Stevens, Ax¬ 
minster, Devon (Isabels from Prussia). Second, W. S. Cooke, Stoke St. 
Mary, Taunton (Black Magpies). Highly Commended, The Most Hon. the 
Maichioness of Winchester, Amport St. Mary’s, Andover (Black and 
White Fantails); Master M. Rake, Brandon Hill, Bristol (Magpies). 
Commended, II. Morris, Perry Yale, Forest Hill, Kent; — Ilellard, Fore 
Street, Taunton (Spots). 
Judges. —Messrs. Gr. Andrews, of Dorchester; J. Cottle, of 
Cheltenham; and E. Hewitt, of Birmingham. 
WHITE TKUMPETEE PIGEONS. 
I hate a pair of white Trumpeters spotless, and seemingly 
well bred in every respect. The second pair of their young 
coming forward, 1 see are ticked in some places with black, and 
odd black feathers about their tails. Is this a proof of dege¬ 
neracy or impurity of breed, and must I reject the young in con¬ 
sequence ?—An Inquirer. 
[White Trumpeters breeding some young ones slightly mottled 
does not indicate degeneracy or impurity of breed, but rather 
that the white breed lias been some few generations hack crossed 
witli mottled birds.—B. P. B.] 
HENS EATING THEIR EGGS. 
Mr. S. Edwards Todd, of Lake Badge, N. Y., communicates 
the following to the Boston Cultivator: — 
“ When hens have become addicted to the habit of eating 
their eggs, every preventive that I have ever read of utterly fails 
to save eggs just laid or older ones. I lind that hens are far 
more liable to eat their eggs when the nests are in the hennery, 
on the floor, where they can look into them, than they are 
when nests are somewhere else. When they are kept in close 
quarters by cold and stormy weather, and the nests are where 
they can see the eggs, their appetites are so keen, even when 
fed with meat and other articles from the kitchen, that they 
will sieze an egg as soon as it is dropped. Many of my hens, 
during the past winter, would lay; and if no one were near to 
take their eggs immediately, they would eat them themselves. 
“ I discovered that in one nest, in a nail-keg, we always found 
eggs, while in other nests they had eaten them. Taking the 
hint from this fact, I nailed up a lot of nail-kegs about the 
hennery, about four feet from the floor, and filled them about 
half full of straw. These afforded a secret place for them to 
lay in, as when they were in the kegs other fowls could not see 
them; and as there was not sufficient room for them to stand 
in the nest and eat their eggs, and as they could not reach them 
while they stand on the side of the keg, if not more than half 
full, they will soon abandon the idea of trying to eat them. 
Any other vessel that is just large enough for hens to get into 
will he quite as effectual in saving eggs as a nail-keg. The 
idea is to have the nest just far enough below the top of tho 
keg, so that they cannot stand on the edge and reach the eggs. 
If the nests are made in the bottom of such small kegs, they 
I will find difficulty in getting out of them, and they will not go 
into them to lay.” 
[This experience of an American poultry cultivator is not to 
he turned from without a trial. Although our readers may not 
employ nail-kegs, yet they may have some narrow dark boxes 
raised about three feet from the ground of the hen-house, with 
