CHAPTER IV 



POULTRY TYPES 



Without attempting to include every type and 

 variety of fowl, we may give a general view of the 

 different breeds which find favor, here and there, 

 among poultry men, which will prove of interest 

 and value. 



The American Poultry Association includes in 

 its official list those birds which the Association 

 think worthy of recognition as pure bred poultry. 

 It publishes a book, The American Standard of 

 Perfection, in which these breeds are carefully 

 described. A scale of points is ^iven by which the 

 fowls may be rated and compared. 



AMERICAN CLASS 



The important birds in the American class, — 

 the Rocks, Reds, and Wyandottes, have already 



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