The Farm-poultry . Lakenvelder Hen. most scientific and painstaking breeders of poultry in theworld; they work with a definite purpose in view, and to pro-duce fixed types. That their methods are usually successful,is shown in the Plymouth Eock, Wyandotte, R. \. Red, Orping-ton, Dorking, etc. English and Americans have usuallyworked together in harmony, and in so doing liave establishedthe standards of perfection by which the poultry of the wholeworld is judged. It is a well known fact that throughout con-tinental Europe far less importance is attached to perfection. ??s/ Lakenvelder Cock at H


The Farm-poultry . Lakenvelder Hen. most scientific and painstaking breeders of poultry in theworld; they work with a definite purpose in view, and to pro-duce fixed types. That their methods are usually successful,is shown in the Plymouth Eock, Wyandotte, R. \. Red, Orping-ton, Dorking, etc. English and Americans have usuallyworked together in harmony, and in so doing liave establishedthe standards of perfection by which the poultry of the wholeworld is judged. It is a well known fact that throughout con-tinental Europe far less importance is attached to perfection. ??s/ Lakenvelder Cock at Herald Square and \fadison ,Sf/nare. Neic York, A. II. fhulps. Glens Falls, N. Y. puiiiis and luiirking in poultry than is the case in America,Great Britain and British colonies. French, Dutch and Ger-man fanciers are, however, beginning to appreciate theimpoi tance of line breeding for points, but they have had toli arn this from their Engli^h speaking neighbors. It has been common practice with both British and Ameri-can fanciers for each to accept the standards and precedentse>tablished by the other, and to this unity of purpose we owethe high standard of excellence attained by our efforts. In


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