. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. POULTRY POULTRY 563 Breeds and Types of Chickens. Figs. 571-581. By T. E. Or. The acknowledged authority on poultry matters is the American Poultry Association. This is a bod/ of fanciers, organized in 1873, now having a membership of nearly nine hundred persons. It publishes once in five years a book, "The Standard of Perfection," which describes and illustrates varieties considered worthy of recognition. This book prescribes rules for the management of shows and for the judging of fowls by both the score-card and the
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. POULTRY POULTRY 563 Breeds and Types of Chickens. Figs. 571-581. By T. E. Or. The acknowledged authority on poultry matters is the American Poultry Association. This is a bod/ of fanciers, organized in 1873, now having a membership of nearly nine hundred persons. It publishes once in five years a book, "The Standard of Perfection," which describes and illustrates varieties considered worthy of recognition. This book prescribes rules for the management of shows and for the judging of fowls by both the score-card and the comparison methods. The one hundred and four varieties now recognized in the Standard may properly be classified under the two general headings, " practical" fowls and " fancy " fowls, as follows : I. PRACTICAL FOWLS American family ... six breeds . seventeen varieties Asiatic family . . three breeds . eight varieties Mediterranean family . five breeds . fourteen varieties English family .... three breeds . seven varieties French family .... three breeds . three varieties Dutch family .... one breed . six varieties Indian family .... one breed . two varieties II. FANCY FOWLS Polish family .... one beeed . eight varieties Game family .... one breed . eight varieties Game bantam family . one breed . eight varieties Oriental Game family . two breeds . two varieties Oriental bantam family one breed . one variety Ornamental bantam family seven breeds . seventeen varieties Miscellaneous .... three breeds . three varieties I. Practical Fowls It is not easier to approximate perfection of show points in the first group than in the second, but each variety in the first group retains its popularity because of some practical point,—for example, the production of eggs or flesh, the former under pecu- liar circumstances or the latter of a particular quality, so as to make the breed or variety profit- able to the man who pays little or no attention to the fancy points of
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