INTRODUCTION TO THE 1910 REVISION. 
The constitution of The American Poultry Association 
provides that "A general revision of The American Standard 
of Perfection shall take place once in five years and not oftener" 
(Article X, Section 1, Constitution). In pursuance of such purpose 
the Association at its thirty-third annual meeting at Niagara Palls, 
New York, August 11, 1908, by resolution appointed a committee, 
to be known as the Revision Committee for 1910. The committee 
was empowered to revise and change such of the text and illustra- 
tions contained in the Standard of 1905 as it wished to recom- 
mend in the form of a report. 
A general invitation was extended through the poultry 
press by the president of The American Poultry Association to 
every fancier, who had bought a copy of the Standard of Per- 
fection, to offer criticisms and suggestions. The secretary- 
treasurer mailed to all members of the Association, including 
life, annual, associate, club and society members, letters asking 
each member to offer criticisms and suggestions as to both the 
text and illustration of the then present Standard of Perfection 
for incorporation in the new revision of the Standard. A vast 
amount of useful and helpful material was in this way furnished 
the committee, which at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, April 6-21, 
1909, and at Niagara Falls, August 9-10, 1909, carefully con- 
sidered every proposed change, omission and addition. The 
decisions arrived at were embodied in a report to the Association 
at its thirty-fourth annual meeting, August 10-12, at Niagara 
Falls, New York. All members had been given notice by mail 
ninety days before the meeting, of the proposed changes. The 
report of the committee was taken up in detail by the Association 
and, after amendment and correction, was adopted as herein pub- 
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