Excerpt from The American Standard of Excellence as Revised by the United Poultry Fanciers of America: Convened Under the Auspices of the American Poultry Association, at Their Convention Held in Buffalo, N. Y., January 15, 1874; Giving a Complete Description of All the Recognized Varieties of Fowls In case of a tie in number of points, the preference shall be determined by a careful comparison of the several sections, and the preference given to the fowls possessing the greatest number of points in the particulars most vital to the repro duction of their race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.