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juggles of words to avoid infringement of its copyright. While the Standard 

 was subject to revision every five years, many small breeders felt it a hardship 

 to buy a book which might soon be of no value. Now that the Standard is 

 practically a permanent one, they may purchase it confident that changes 

 made in future will not make obsolete the book they possess. 



98. Abbreviations of Names of Varieties. The abbreviations used in 

 poultry papers and by poultrymen in correspondence often puzzle those not 

 familiar with the names of varieties. Abbreviations are sometimes partial, 

 sometimes complete. The most common are : Light Brahma, Lt. Brahma, 

 or L. B.; Partridge Cochin, P. Cochin, or P. C. In names of Plymouth 

 Rock varieties the Plymouth is often omitted, and sometimes the breed is 

 spoken of simply as Rocks. Fully abbreviated, Barred Plymouth Rock 

 becomes B. P. R.; White Plymouth Rock, W. P. R.; Buff Plymouth 

 Rock, Bf. P. R. (The advent of some of the new buff breeds has caused 

 confusion in some minds, as, for instance, whether B. P. R. referred to 

 Barred or to Buff Plymouth Rocks ; B. Leghorn, to Brown or to Buff Leg- 

 horn. In all cases of this kind, common usage gives the abbreviation to the 

 name of the variety for which it was first used, and puts the distinguishing mark 

 on the abbreviation of the new name). The word Wyandotte is abbreviated 

 to Wy., W., or to 'Dottes. Silver Wyandotte is abbreviated to S. Wy. ; 

 Golden Wyandotte, to G. Wy.; White Wyandotte, to W. Wy. S. C. 

 B. L., stands for Single Comb Brown Leghorn; S . C. W. Z., for Single 

 Comb White Leghorn; R. C. stands for Rose Comb. W. C. B. P. is 

 the abbreviation for White Crested Black Polish; G. S. H., for Golden 

 Spangled Hamburg; S. P. H., for Silver Penciled Hamburg; S. G. D., for 

 Silver Gray Dorking ; B. B. R. G., for Black Breasted Red Game ; C. I. G., 

 for Cornish Indian Game usually applied only to the dark variety ; B. M., 

 for Black Minorca, etc. 



