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PERFECT JUDGE'S 

 SCORE SCORE 



Size: Of medium size, female ranging 

 from 3 l / 2 to 6 Ib. ; male, from A l / 2 

 to 7 Ib 5 



Eggs: Eggs to be of good size, weighing 

 not less than 26 oz. per doz. ; must be 

 uniform in shape, size, and color; 

 white eggs to have the preference 

 over brown or tinted eggs, other things 

 being equal; eggs not to be consid- 

 ered unless all flocks are laying 

 during the competition 10 



Uniformity: Flock is to consist of 6 

 females and 1 male; females should be 

 as nearly alike as possible in type, 

 size, plumage, etc.; male should be 

 of same color as females 10 



Disqualification: Any evidence of dis- 

 ease or low vitality, scaly leg, de- 

 stroying the natural color of the 

 shank, roach back, or wry tail. Fowls 

 badly infested with lice shall also be 

 disqualified. 



POULTRY SHOWS AND 

 ASSOCIATIONS 



BEGINNING OF POULTRY SHOWS 



The first poultry exhibition is thought to have been 

 the one held in the Zoological Gardens of London, 

 England, in 1846; the first poultry show held in Birming- 

 ham, England, was in 1849. The first poultry exhibition 

 held in America is accredited to Boston in 1849. The 

 first American poultry show to attract world-wide at- 

 tention was held in the American Museum, New York 

 City, in February, 1854, under the management of P. T. 

 Barnum. The second show was held a year later at 

 the same place. This show was really the beginning of 

 live interest in the breeding of fowls for exhibition in 

 America. 



