2-888-054 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Exhibition of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Agricultural Association - American Turkeys - First Prize; Grey Geese - First Prize, 1850. 'Such a display of poultry, of all kinds and sizes, we have never seen collected together before as on Tuesday in Broad-street. From Dorking to Cochin China and Malay, from Spain to Poland and Hamburgh, every variety was splendidly represented. There were geese, ducks, and turkeys, too, of all kinds; and even pigeons, with their never-ending diversities of breed, were not excluded from the collection. Among the whole, a choice selection of high-spirited gamecocks kept up, throughout the entire day, a well-sustained chorus of their "shrill clarion" notes. The general attractions of the Show drew together on Tuesday a large number of visitors, who were all highly pleased with the excellent arrangements laid down for the occasion.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.