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