November
24, 1977
Dear
Mr Plant,
A
quick answer to your newsy letter of November 16. Look right away in that 1888
Standard. If it has line drawings, profiles of various breeds, it is rare and
valuable. That one was with drawn and one without illustrations issued. Many
breeders had objected to the drawings and raised a howl in the APA Convention.
As
you may know the 1st Standard, 1874, is unobtainable in original form, but in 1906-07 a
fac simile was issued by the then-President of APA. It, too, is scarce &
rare, but some do appear. Probably very expensive. Kansas State University at
Manhattan, Kansas, is thought to be the only owner of a complete set,
including the 1st; a little paper bound pamphlet.
Your
information about the Micajal Cock book
is correct: I believe the Dock Workers strike is over, but the Post Office
hasn’t gotten around to lifting the Embargo, large
bodies move slowly.
I
thank you very much for the Pekin Bantam
Newsletter. What a lot of work it takes you!! I hope you are appreciated?
Today
is the great American Turkey Day.
But I am invited to dinner so do not have to cook. But must sweep my walks, we
had a big storm and all the leaves, & some branches, fell.
All
the best.