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expected, and yet, by subsequent action of the Association, the 

 scope of this work was to be still greatly enlarged. In another 

 section will be noticed the method of ascertaining by eminently 

 fair means the relative popularity in the United States and 

 Canada of the different Standard breeds of poultry. 



The report of the Secretary-Treasurer at the Thirty-third 

 Annual Meeting of the Association in August of 1908, showed 

 that, according to the certified reports of the Secretaries of 

 Poultry Associations, holding shows between October 31st, 1907, 

 and March 1st, 1908, in the United States and Canada, the 

 Plymouth Rocks led all other breeds in number of birds ex- 

 hibited. 



At the Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting at Denver, August 6-9, 

 1911, a resolution was passed, providing for a Plymouth Rock 

 Breed Standard, as the first in the series, and creating a com- 

 mittee to edit and publish the same. 



The Committee appointed, consisting of D. M. Green, S. A. 

 Noftzger, W. C. Denney, U. R. Fishel and A. C. Smith as Chair- 

 man, representing, as actual breeders, five of the six Plymouth 

 Rock varieties. As yet, the scope of the work has not extended 

 beyond that outlined earlier in this article, the idea being to 

 give besides the descriptions, illustrations, definitions, graphic 

 sketches, instructions to judges, etc., as found in the Standard 

 of Perfection, a more complete history of each variety, a more 

 complete and clearer description of the shape and plumage, the 

 common defects of each, and colored illustrations of the best 

 natural feathers that could be secured. 



The committee as above named, presented a report with com- 

 plete manuscript, but with no new illustrations, to the Thirty- 

 seventh Annual Convention at Nashville, Tennessee, 1912, but 

 because the time to e'apse before the next revision was held to 

 be too short to warrant the expense of a work of this kind, the 

 Association voted to withhold publication until after the next 

 (1915) general revision of the Standard of Perfection. 



At the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting at Atlantic City, 

 August, 1913, this committee sat in conference with the leading- 

 breeders of Plymouth Rock varieties and others interested and 

 as the result of these conferences, the committee made a report 

 which outlined a breed standard embodying several new features, 

 such as articles on single and double matings, articles especially 

 adapted to the needs of beginners on mating the different varie- 

 ties, illustrations showing the relative proportiors of the different 



