The Farm-poultry . rd to the relationof Asiatic fowls to the first great boom in poultry culture appears to be that theboom was primarily due to general causes, and that of all types of fowls then intro-duced to the American public the Asiatic was best adapted to the situation, and tliere-fore profited most by the expansion of interest in poultry which was taking place. It cannot be shown of the Asiatics, or of any other then existing type of fowl, thatit brought into poultry culture a permanent element before lackmg. We cannot onany such principle of division indicate an event and date as mar
The Farm-poultry . rd to the relationof Asiatic fowls to the first great boom in poultry culture appears to be that theboom was primarily due to general causes, and that of all types of fowls then intro-duced to the American public the Asiatic was best adapted to the situation, and tliere-fore profited most by the expansion of interest in poultry which was taking place. It cannot be shown of the Asiatics, or of any other then existing type of fowl, thatit brought into poultry culture a permanent element before lackmg. We cannot onany such principle of division indicate an event and date as marking the end ofancient and the beginning of modern poultry culture. In all such matters they areso mingled and overlapped that no clear distinction can be indicated. The one thinglacking in the old times which we find conspicuous in the new is organhaUon. •Iaper read by .lohu II. Roliinson, before tlie Tlilrtv-Thlrd Annual Convention of the American PoultryAssocialiou, at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 10—12, SussexAn Old Enfclish Breed N. The organization of poultry interests in America began with the formation of anassociation styling itself a society for the promotion of poultry culture, organized forthe specific purpose of holding a poultry show at Boston. This show, held in 1849,was the first fruit of poultry organization in America. Coming at a time when the United States was approaching a great civil war, themovement toward organization of poultry interests could make little progress ?whilethe disturbances incident to such a conflict continued. But almost at once whenpeace was restored, the movement began to make progress; local associations of poul-trymen were formed, and exhibitions held at many points in the northern and eastern states and adjacentCanadian provinces. As associations and exhi-bitions multiplied the needof uniform standards and ofsome degree of union of thesescattered organizations beganto be apparent, and thecentral organization began tobe discu
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