October
4, 1983
Dear
Mister Plant:
Congratulations
on finishing The Pekin Bantam in
Australia. I shall look forward to receiving it.
The
American Standard of Perfection (1983 edition) has just been
delivered to the printer. I served as editor so can appreciate your feeling of
both accomplishment and relief at having completed your project. Our new
Standard will have 464 colored plates and 231 pages of text.
I
know we will have stirred some controversy but trust that the percentage will
be favorable.
Our
national show will be held next month at Columbus, Ohio. The report is that
there will be 15,000 entries. That makes it almost too large to view
comfortably in the length of time available.
My
feather factory netted a couple of promising youngsters this year
and with the increasing costs of feeds I’m not keeping a large number around
just to look at.
Sincerely
yours,
John
Skinner
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