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Furthermore, there are the' dangers of the advanced types in 

 certain popular breeds or varieties to carefully guard against. 

 They may seem to be in advance of the present Standard for 

 the special variety in some one section of color marking which 

 has been produced by skillful and progressive breeding, and 

 beautiful as such may look to the producer and other admirers 

 of this particular variety, they cannot be justly considered by 

 an American Poultry Association judge until they have been 

 recognized, authorized and printed in the edition of the Amer- 

 ican Standard of Perfection that is in force at the time of 

 judging. 



To recognize any one particular so-called advanced section 

 is to become a slave to a single idea, for the poultry judge 

 with a fad is usually the one who ignores the Standard by plac- 

 ing too much valuation on some particular section in one speci- 

 men and overlooking the general all-around excellencies of the 

 competing specimens. 



With some judges of Barred Plymouth Rocks, under- 

 barring is a dangerous fad, one that is shared by breeders not 

 infrequently. A Barred Plymouth Rock, beautiful in surface 

 color, will often be passed because the undercolor is not barred 

 strongly and deeply down to the skin, notwithstanding the fact 

 that deficient underbarring and lighter, less sharply defined 

 barring in the undercolor is discounted from one-half point to 

 one and one-half points only. 



Exhibitors or judges who cultivate this special fondness for 

 superior development in any one section of a breed or variety 

 will sooner or later realize their mistake; for it is the exhibitor 

 and judge that stick to the Standard, obey its laws and require- 

 ments, who will win out in the short or long run always. 



The Standard Is the Judge's Guide. The American Stand- 

 ard of Perfection describes the shape and color sections in each 

 variety of all recognized breeds of poultry, gives the general 

 and specific disqualifications for which exhibition specimens 

 are to be disqualified by the judges, defines under "Instruc- 

 tions to Judges" the most important laws which govern the 

 selection of prize winners, while under "Cutting for Defects" 

 and "In Applying the Comparison System," rules are laid 

 down for the judge's guidance when examining and adjudi- 

 cating all specimens in whatever classes they may be as- 

 signed to. 



The foundation of American poultry culture rests upon the 

 American Standard of Perfection and every poultry judge 



