Excerpt from The American Standard of Perfection, as Adopted by the Association, at Its Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1898: Containing a Complete Description of All the Recognized Varieties of Fowls<br><br>In Langshans, shanks not feathered down the outer sides, feathers not growing beyond the middle joint of the outer toes.<br><br>In Silkies and Sultans, shanks not feathered down the outer sides.<br><br>In all other breeds required to have unfeathered shanks, any feather or feathers, or down on shanks or feet or unmistakable indications of feathers having been plucked from same.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.