AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
breeds and varieties, every kind of chickens, tur- 
keys, ducks, and geese known as standard. All 
the popular varieties are illustrated with full-page 
drawings, and each and every variety is fully de- 
scribed, section by section, from beak to toe-nail. 
It gives the standard weights of all varieties that 
have special weights, minutely describes the color 
and markings of the feathers, and describes and 
illustrates the correct type and the proper shape of 
body. This book is often referred to as “‘ the 
national guide of poultrymen.”” They use it in 
their yards in mating their breeders and selecting 
birds for exhibition, while in the showroom it is 
the judges’ guide and authority in scoring the 
fowls and awarding the prizes. It should be in 
the library of every breeder of good poultry. 
The national organization for all classes of 
poultry keepers is known as the American Poultry 
Clubs ana --A8SOciation. Nearly all influential 
Organizations poultrymen are members of it. An- 
for Poultry- nual memberships have been discon- 
a tinued, and ten dollars now makes one 
a member for life. 
There are many local organizations of poultry 
keepers, while nearly every variety has its specialty 
club designed to promote interest in the variety 
whose cause it espouses. Every breeder of stand- 
ard-bred poultry should belong to his variety’s club, 
as it will keep him posted on the development of 
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