The Campine history by Gates B. A

Author:Gates, B. A
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Campine chicken
Publisher: Franklinville, N.Y., Campine herald
Published: 1913-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

in the whiten-of l[)\2 in comu'ction \vit!i the show at M;t(hson Scjuare (larden the tciujiorary chil) was niado a iicnnanent chil) and the t<'nipo-rary (jffiers weiv elected to act lor the folloAving year. The ehib has l)een since that time a great factor in informing the American jn^ople as to the (liiahtiesof th(> rV/;/;/;///t'. A stanchu'd lias been drawn up and adopted and wiii without ciuestion ))(> acc(_'])ted hy the American Poultry Association and inc((rj)orated in the 1015 revision of the Amcriran Standard of Pcrlection. Thousands upon tliousands of (Uunp'uics ari' now !nvd annu-

:)ily in A m e r i c a and each year shovvs gnat im-j'rovemerit in color, markiiigs and the hxing of the type. Tlir growth of this dull has !;cen re-niNrkahle and yet not out of i)ro))or-tiun to the growth of interest in Cmn-

At the 1 !) 1 2 m e e t i n g after a tlmrough discussion of the standard re-(piirements of the h]nglish standard it was decided by the chil) to breed and judge according to the standard of the ('ampine Chil) of Great Britain. In England the interpretation of the standard is left very largely with the .iudg(\ In fact strictly speaking the judge is not re(|uired to ])ass strictly upon the standard as an American judge is. IMucli is left to tlie opinion of the judge. So when the Cam-pine Club of Great Britain adopted their standard it was as an Ideal toward which to breed them, and not as a strictly worke<l out ba.sis for judging, l)ut witii the adoi)ting of that standard by the American Cam-pine Club it l)ecame the duty of American judges to judge strictly in accord with that standard.

An effort was mad(^ by the secretary of the clul) to get copies of this clause in the hantls of all the American poultry judges, l)ut in s})ite of this much of judging that year was evidently unsatisfactory and many Belgian ty])e l)irds were awarded first ])rize when really they should have l^een passed entirely. This worked havoc among amateur breeders greatly

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