Illustration No. 14. 

 Cochin Asiatic. 



him. He is a good talker, believes in himself and his hobby, and is forever 

 seeking converts to his wonderful ideas. Follow the advice and methods of 

 the man whose ideas are paying him and whose experience is showing in 

 actual dollars and cents. It is a case where money talks and outweighs fads 

 and fancies. Experience is often an expensive teacher, so let the knowledge 

 )t tne man who is winning be a help, and take the short road to profit. 

 It is generally more profitable to keep but 

 one breed of fowls, and much care should 

 be exercised and investigation made regard- 

 ing the stock for the climate and location, 

 instead of going into the business blindly. 



DIFFERENT BREEDS--The space 

 in this little book will not allow us to fully 

 describe all the different breeds of fowls. 

 Every poultryman should procure a copy of 

 "THE AMERICAN STANDARD OF 

 PERFECTION," which gives the weight,] 

 shape, markings, and color of each breed 

 for male and female, as well as all points 

 for judging value. This book, which is 

 published by the American Poultry Associa- 

 tion, is the guide for all poultry judges in 

 the awarding of prizes. It is revised every 



five years and sells for the uniform price of $1.50. The most popular breeds 

 J U i St ?o s eem t be . the Leghorns, Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode 

 Island Reds and Orpingtons. But we must not infer from this that there 

 are not other breeds with qualities equally good. According to The Standard 

 of Perfection, the different classes of fowls may be noted as follows 



AMERICAN CLASS Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Javas,' Domi- 

 niques, Rhode Island Reds, Buckeyes. 



ASIATIC CLASS Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans. 



MEDITERRANEAN CLASS Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, Anda- 

 lusians, Anconas. 



ENGLISH CLASS Dorkings, Redcaps, 

 Orpingtons. 



POLISH CLASS Polish. 



DUTCH CLASS Hamburgs. 



FRENCH CLASS Houdans, Creve- 

 coeurs, La Fleche, Favorelles. 



GAME AND GAME BANTAM 

 CLASS Games and Game Bantams. 



ORIENTAL GAME AND BAN- 

 TAM CLASS Indians, Sumatras, Ma- 

 lays, Malay Bantams. 



ORNAMENTAL BANTAM CLASS 



Sebrights, Rose Comb, Booted, Brahma, 

 Cochin, Japanese, Polish. 

 MISCELLANEOUS CLASS Silkies, Sultans, Frizzles. 

 In the Standard of Perfection the above classes are again subdivided into 

 the several different varieties of each particular breed, but our space allows 

 us only to mention them in a casual way. 



DUCK CLASS Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen, Cayuga, Call, East India, 

 Crested, Muscovy, Indian Runner, Swedish. 



GEESE CLASS Toulouse, Embden, African, Chinese, Wild or Cana- 

 dian, Egyptian. 



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Illustration No. 15. 

 Orpington English. 



