FANCIERS' JOUR 



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 BIRD 



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POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



Vol. I. 



PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 5, 1874. 



No. 6. 



AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 

 PROCEEDINGS, 1874. 



(Continued from No. 5.) 



Report on White and Black Cochins read, accepted and 

 adopted. Committee discharged. 



Eeport of Committee on Silkies read and accepted. 

 Adopted, and this committee not yet discharged. 



Committee on General Shape of Cochins directed to fur- 

 nish a report. 



Report of Committee on Plymouth Rocks read, accepted, 

 adopted, and committee discharged. 



Report of Committee on Dominiques read, accepted, and 

 adopted, and committee discharged. 



Report of Committee on "White Leghorns read and ac- 

 cepted. 



Mr. Warren moves to reconsider. 



Carried and postponed till to-morrow. 



Report of Committee on Hamburgs read. 



General shape accepted and adopted. 



Names changed from " Penciled Golden," &c, to "Golden 

 Penciled," &c. 



Vote of thanks passed, on motion of Mr. Warren, to Messrs. 

 Skinner, Wright and Butterfleld, for their services during 

 their attendance. 



Mr. Sweet authorized to furnish the press with items from 

 the proceedings of the Convention. 



Reports read by J. M. Wade, Secretary. 



The following Committee of six were appointed to revise 

 the reports on the Standard, and prepare for publication and 

 publish : J. M. Wade, W- H. Churchman, C. A. 'Sweet, 

 A. B. Estes, W. H. Lockwood, and H. H. Stoddard. 



Committee appointed to fix the salary of the Secretary. 



The following committee was appointed to revise the Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws: Warren, Estes, Todd, Stoddard, 

 Sweet, Felck, Hudson, Wade, and Griffith. 



Adjourned to Saturday, 2 p.m. 



January 17th, 2 p.m. 



Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 



President Churchman in the chair. 



Mr. C: A. Sweet made remarks in support of a motion to 

 adjourn (made by I. K. Pelch), until evening. Mr. A. S. 

 Warren also made remarks in support of the motion, and, 

 being seconded, was voted and carried, thus giving the time 

 of the members to the Western N. Y. P. Society for the 

 purpose of completing the judging. 



A motion was made by Mr. Warren to rescind the motion 

 to keep out local reporters. 



The Secretary proceeded to read the report of the Com- 

 mittee to revise the Standard of the Silver, Golden, Black 

 and White Hamburgs, on motion, it was accepted, adopted, 

 and the committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on White Leghorns was also re- 

 ceived and read, and, on motion, it was adopted. 



The report of the Committee on Dominique Leghorns was 

 received and read, and, on motion of Mr. Stoddard, it was 

 adopted, and committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on Black Leghorns was received 

 and read, and, on motion of E. P. Howlett, it was adopted, 

 and committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on Brown Leghorns was received 

 and read, and, on motion of E. P. Howlett, the report as 

 read was adopted, and committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on Andalusians was received and 

 read, and, on motion of D. Allen, it was adopted, and com- 

 mittee discharged. 



The report of Committee on Russians was received and 

 read, and, on motion of J. C. Long, Jr., it was adopted as 

 read, and committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on General Shape of Cochins 

 received, read, and, on motion of W. H. Lockwood, was 

 adopted as read, and committee discharged. 



The report of Committee on Dorkings was received, read 

 and adopted (on motion of Rev. Wm. Atwood), and com- 

 mittee was discharged. 



The report of the Committee on Plymouth Rocks was re- 

 ceived, read, and, on motion, adopted, and committee dis- 

 charged. 



The report of the Committee on Polish was received, read, 

 and, on motion, it was adopted as read, and committee dis- 

 charged. 



Mr. P. Williams, from Committee on Bantams, reported, 

 that owing to press of work on other committees, the com- 

 mittee were not ready to report. 



Mr. A. D. Warren made remarks as to adopting a coop as 

 a show coop (naming the Lawrence coop); also as to allow- 

 ing local societies to join as societies (not as individuals), 

 they to pay a stated sum, and to be governed by the rules 

 and laws of this Association. 



Mr. P. W. Hudson, from Committee on Game and Game 

 Bantams, presented and read their report, but, on motion of 

 C. A. Sweet, it was laid over to Monday. 



Adjourned to Monday, 19th, at 1Q a.m. 



January 19th, 1874, 10 a.m. 



Convention met pursuant to adjournment, the President, 

 W. H. Churchman, in the chair. 



On motion of A. D. Warren, it was 



Resolved, That in order to expedite business and to avoid 

 the liability of any errors, that all resolutions to come before 

 this Convention be reduced to writing. 



The Committee on Revision of Standard on Turkeys pre- 

 sented report, which was adopted. 



The Committee on Revision of Standard on Rumpless and 

 Frizzled Fowls presented their report, and it was adopted 

 as read. 



P. W. Hudson, from Committee on Games and Game 

 Bantams, read their report, and, after considerable discussion, 

 it was adopted as read. 



