. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. Chapter XI. BREEDS OF CHICKENS. Don't estimate the size of the egg from the lenglli of the cackle. Fine birds are not made by fine fcat/iers.—Harriet. s^*i;. The American Poultry Association publish a book called the " American Standard of Perfection," that contains a description of all kinds of fowls the Association thinks worthy of recogni- jtion as pure-bred poultry. The descriptions of this book are of ideally perfect specimens of the kind, and are intended to set iip a model for breeders to follow. I A scale of jpoints is given by which fowls are
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. Chapter XI. BREEDS OF CHICKENS. Don't estimate the size of the egg from the lenglli of the cackle. Fine birds are not made by fine fcat/iers.—Harriet. s^*i;. The American Poultry Association publish a book called the " American Standard of Perfection," that contains a description of all kinds of fowls the Association thinks worthy of recogni- jtion as pure-bred poultry. The descriptions of this book are of ideally perfect specimens of the kind, and are intended to set iip a model for breeders to follow. I A scale of jpoints is given by which fowls are compared with one anoth- er and by which they arejudged and rated when on exhibition. Certain disqual- ifying marks are also men- tioned that exclude all specimens having tlieni from competing at exhibitions. This " Standard of Perfection" is, in fact, the. WHITK PLYMOUTH Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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