This is a reprint of an article by John Robinson from the Reliable Poultry Journal on the Origin of the APA: The real beginning and origin of the APA antedates by nearly a quarter of a century the events described as official records of organization. The first poultry show in America was held at Boston […]
This article on APA Standard changes is being reprinted from February 1923 Reliable Poultry Journal. The first compilation of standards for all breeds of recognized breed character was made by the London Poultry Club in 1865 or 1866. The exact date is not obtainable from any source of information accessible in America. Presumably some copies
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This is a reprinting of an article by Mr. H. H. Stoddard regarding the history and his views on the Standard of Perfection Through the years there have been several milestones in the history of the Standard of Perfection. Some have generated controversy, some have corrected previous wrongs and some were simply updates from prior
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Depicted here are the covers of the APA Standards. You will notice there are a few missing APA standard pictures, these are rare items and will be added as pictures become available. Should you have one of the missing ones, please notify us! Occasionally you will find APA standard with a different colored binding. There
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From Proceedings of the American Poultry Association held January 17, 1900 on the origin of the APA The Origin and Subsequent Meetings of the Association Mr. William H. Churchman, of Wilmington, Delaware, the first President, writes under date of November 30, 1898 on the origin of the APA: “If my memory serves me, I talked
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From the November 1913 issue of The Farm-Poultry magazine regarding the first poultry show in America: On the 8th of October, 1849, Dr. J. C. Bennett, of Plymouth, Mass., wrote to Mr. James Pedder, editor of the Boston Cultivator, as follows: “Mr. Editor:-Permit me, through the Cultivator, to say that, as many persons have been
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Taken from the April 1908 issue of The Poultry Fancier about the Plymouth Rock Breed Standard being the first single breed standard. Secretary Hallock of the American Poultry Association announces that the Plymouth Rocks will be given the first Breed Standard under the resolutions adopted at the Niagara Palls meeting last summer. He states that
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Republishing of an article by Arthur C. Smith on the 1923 Standard of Perfection Unquestionably, the new Standard will be more eagerly sought and more generally sold than any of the preceding editions. This will not be due merely to two most obvious facts: specifically, that more people in the United States and Canada are
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Sixty years ago this month the greatest poultry artist passed away. Arthur Oscar Schilling died on June 21, 1958 at the age of 76 in Rochester, New York. He was born in Germany on May 14, 1882. Close friend Ben Ricketts reported that even though he had been in very poor health for the last
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Harry Smith, W. was born December 23, 1875 in Brent, County Devon in England. After immigrating to the U.S. he lived predominately in Massachusetts and died there in July 10, 1951. Until I started researching history of the APA, I had made the assumption that W. Harry Smith was an artist hired by the A.P.A.
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