April 20, 1978

Dear Mr Plant:

Your newsletter and the Cochin Bantam History arrived last week. I enjoyed reading both very much.

The comment you made about calling the bantams Cochins instead of Pekins because they were miniatures of the big Cochins is interesting. Here many of us admit we are not picking the same type in bantams as in large fowl. In the bantams we are picking a bird of lower station, shorter legs and a nearly square appearance when viewed in profile. By this I mean the length and height are about equal. In the large fowl the preferred is taller than its length and the legs keep the body off the ground.

Sincerely yours,

John L. Skinner
Poultry and Small Animal Specialist