AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



breeds and varieties, every kind of chickens, tur- 

 keys, ducks, and geese known as standard. All 

 the popular varieties are illustrated with full-page 

 drawings, and each and every variety is fully de- 

 scribed, section by section, from beak to toe-nail. 

 It gives the standard weights of all varieties that 

 have special weights, minutely describes the color 

 and markings of the feathers, and describes and 

 illustrates the correct type and the proper shape of 

 body. This book is often referred to as " the 

 national guide of poultrymen." They use it in 

 their yards in mating their breeders and selecting 

 birds for exhibition, while in the showroom it is 

 the judges' guide and authority in scoring the 

 fowls and awarding the prizes. It should be in 

 the library of every breeder of good poultry. 



The national organization for all classes of 

 poultry keepers is known as the American Poultry 

 Clubs and Association. Nearly all influential 

 Organizations poultrymen are members of it. An- 

 for Poultry- nua j memberships have been discon- 

 tinued, and ten dollars now makes one 

 a member for life. 



There are many local organizations of poultry 

 keepers, while nearly every variety has its specialty 

 club designed to promote interest in the variety 

 whose cause it espouses. Every breeder of stand- 

 ard-bred poultry should belong to his variety's club, 

 as it will keep him posted on the development of 



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