TO THE POULTRY ASSOCIATIONS 
OF AMERICA. 
Recognizing your loyalty to The American Poultry Asso- 
ciation, and believing that a few general rules will be bene- 
ficial in conducting poultry exhibitions at which The American 
Standard of Perfection is advertised to govern the placing of 
the awards, we submit the following, with the request that the same 
importance be attached to them as to other parts of the Standard : 
Poultry associations at whose exhibitions The American 
Standard of Perfection is used, are requested to give preference 
to judges who are members of The American Poultry Associa- 
tion. Judges who are members of this organization are accredited 
thereby, to the extent of being in good standing, and it is reason- 
able to conclude that they will apply properly the law of the 
Association as contained in its Standard. 
Judges employed by you should be required to follow and 
apply the Standard literally, carefully considering each section 
of every specimen, according to the scale of points provided for 
the several breeds. No section is to be ignored. Each section 
is regarded as important by The American Poultry Association, 
and should a judge pass a specimen without considering all points, 
the exhibitor shall be allowed the privilege of protesting the deci- 
sion, and such protest is to be entertained and properly disposed 
of by the local association. 
Protests are to be entertained by local associations only in 
cases of apparent dishonesty, ignorance or carelessness on the 
part of the judge. In scoring the specimens in dispute, the judge, 
together with the president and secretary of the local association 
(or representatives appointed by the management of the local 
association), shall constitute a committee of three, and the major- 
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