Excerpt from The American Standard of Perfection, as Adopted by the Association, at Its Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1898: Containing a Complete Description of All the Recognized Varieties of Fowls In Langshans, shanks not feathered down the outer sides, feathers not growing beyond the middle joint of the outer toes. In Silkies and Sultans, shanks not feathered down the outer sides. In all other breeds required to have unfeathered shanks, any feather or feathers, or down on shanks or feet or unmistakable indications of feathers having been plucked from same. 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.