The American Standard Of Perfection Illustrated A Complete Description Of All Recognized Varieties Of Fowls

Author : American Poultry Association
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ISBN 13 : 9781332350124
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The American Standard of Perfection written by American Poultry Association and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Standard of Perfection: A Complete Description of All Recognized Varieties of Fowls The American Poultry Association was organized at a meeting held in the city of Buffalo, New York, February 15, 1873. The attendance was composed principally of delegates from state and county associations, prominent breeders and fanciers from different parts of the United States and Canada, and other interested persons. The object was to formulate and adopt a standard of excellence to be used exclusively by associations in awarding prizes on exhibition poultry. A constitution and by-laws were adopted, and a complete standard was made for all the then-recognized varieties of domestic and ornamental fowls. Mr. W. H. Churchman, of Wilmington, Delaware, was the first president, and Mr. J. M. Wade, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first secretary. Provision was made for annual meetings, at which changes could be made in the adopted standard, and matters of national importance concerning the poultry interest might be considered and acted on. Nearly even large city and poultry center of importance has been visited in turn by these annual meetings. The work of standard making was so well done in the beginning that but few changes, and those of minor importance, have been found necessary. New breeds and varieties have been added; but the policy has been, and is, to admit only such as have become well established, and that clearly are entitled to the distinctive term, "standard-bred." The first edition of the Standard was printed and issued to the public in February, 1874. It has been followed by others containing such changes and additions as have been made from time to time by authority of The American Poultry Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.