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 cei.ts. It is a. case where money talks and outweighs fads 

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

 of the man who is v/inning be a help, and take the short road to profit. 

 It is generally more profitable to keep bu' 

 one breed of fowls, and much care shoul 

 be exercised and investigation made regard 

 ing the stock for the climate and locatioi 

 instead of going into the business blindlj 



DIFFERENT BREEDS--The spac 

 in this little book will not allow us to full 

 describe all the different breeds of fowl; 

 Every poultryman should procure a copy o 

 "THE AMERICAN STANDARD 01 

 PERFECTION," which gives the weigh' 

 shape, markings, and color of ■each bree 

 for male and female, as well as all point 

 for judging value. This book, which i 

 published by the American Poultry Associa- 

 tion, is the guide for all poultry judges in Illustration No. 14. 

 the awarding of prizes. It is revised every Cochin — Asiatic, 

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

 just now seem to 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, 

 m 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 "LASS— Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen, Cayuga, Call, East India, 

 Crested, Muse vy, Indian Runner, Swedish. 



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

 dian, Egyptian. 



16 



Illustration No. 15. 

 Orpington— English. 



