THE POULTRY ASSOCIATION.

Evening Star, Issue 4190, 1 August 1876, Page 4

THE POULTRY ASSOCIATION.

To the Editor.

Sir,—Will you kindly permit me space to reply to “C’s” letter of last night. “C.” talks about pouts. It must be very evident to any fancier who even only knows a little about poultry that “0.” does not know what he is talking about. The scale of points in the two books is totally different; indeed Wright characterises that used by Tegetmeir as “absurd.” L t anyone look at the plates in the two books, and if he does not at once acknowledge the immense differ-

ence, he cannot see, and had better never > attempt to breed fancy poultry. I think Mr Wright would not be at all flattered if lie saw your correspondent's statement that his (Wright’s) book was a revision of Mr Tegetmeir’s ; nothing could be further from the truth ; in fact they hardly agree about anything, and this is why I and others are ■dissatisfied with the change of standard without due notice having been given. ■“C.” says in his first letter, “Why ■should the Dunedin Association continue to 4ise a standard somewhat out of date ? The -effect of thefr doing so would be to prevent •exhibits being sent either to or from Dunedin.” I again say the effect would not be go, as witness ,the success of last year’s show, when the standard was this rather old-fashioned one ; so that I still assert that ■“ C.’s ” former statement is without foundation. What “ 0.” meaus by continually harping •on one string lam at a loss to know. No one, so far as I am aware, denies the superiority of Wright’s book ; but let me agaiu . inform your correspondent it is the taking it as the standard when only a select few were aware of the contemplated change of which w6 complain. Your correspondent asks me if Wright’s book has not been in use in Victoria “ the last four or five years” Surely your correspondent has never seen the hook in question, or else to little purpose. Why, sir,- some of the plates are portraits of birds that took prizes in 1873. I think that fact speaks for itself. “ C.” perhaps may hot believe that nearly L 7 10s has been paid for birds “other than those bred up to the mgtiest standard,” but I can assure him that it has been paid for birds very unlike those pourtrayed in Wright’s look. In conclusion, let me tell “ C.” thr’t if the judges adhere strictly to “Wright’s book” in their decisions at the forthcoming show very few prizes will be awarded, and this is more particularly true of the game classes.— 1 am, &c., One or Them.

Dunedin, August 1

To the Editor. Sib, —Several letters have appeared of late 0.1 the above subject in your columns, to which,, with your permission, I will say a few words in reply. Firstly, as a breeder of forty years I. object to books altogether. Competent judges need no books for their guidance, but can tell whether a fowl has Sis right properties to hold the class for which he is entered or not. Four years ago when I showed at Ballarat, no books or standards were used, or even required. The judges were competent men, and used their own experience to guide them in their judgments. If the Dunedin Poultry Association were to adopt the same plan, greater satistion would be given to all parties concerned. —Yours, &0., Asothr.R BrErTiRR, Punedin, August 1.