204 POULTRY SHOWS AND ASSOCIATIONS 



Rhode Island Red Club of America, W. H. Card, 

 Secy., Manchester, Conn. 



Silver Penciled Wyandotte Club, G. S. Boiler, Secy., 

 Little Valley, N. Y. 



Silver Wyandotte Club, Henry Steinmesch, Secy., 

 220 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Waterfowl Club of America, Mrs. W. P. Mastern, 

 Secy., Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 



Western Black Minorca Club, O. H. Wilson, Secy., 

 1268 So. Logan Ave., Denver, Colo. 



White Plymouth Rock Club, Charles H. Ward, Secy., 

 Bethel, Conn. 



STANDARD WEIGHTS OF POULTRY 



The accompanying table gives the standard weights 

 of all poultry having standard weights, the average 

 weight of those standard fowls that do not have 

 standard weights, and the average weights of non- 

 standard poultry. At the end of the table is a list 

 of notes giving, among other things, the disqualifying 

 weights of bantam fowls. 



The weights given for non-standard fowls and for 

 fowls that do not have standard weights have been 

 gathered, so far as possible, from records printed in 

 countries where the fowls have originated and where 

 they are best known and most plentifully bred. Fowls 

 of all breeds that are intended to be of a medium size 

 or larger average heavier in weight in England than in 

 America. The Mediterranean, the American, the English, 

 and the French fowls average heavier in England than 

 in America. The English prefer general-purpose fowls 

 and select to have them as heavy as possible consistent 

 with the dual purpose of table poultry and egg pro- 

 duction. In America, the Mediterranean fowls have 

 been kept within the weights considered best suited for 

 fowls bred for egg production. The American breeds 

 have been controlled- within the proportions considered 

 best suited for general-purpose breeds. 



