October 20, 1987

Dear Mr Plant,

I am glad to hear from you again, and I do hope your problems solved now. I am looking forward to your coming book.

I can understand the needs of an own Standard for Australian breed chicken. Speaking on Pekins, we have in our country no blackred/wheaten or blue red, brown red, splash, barred and columbia. The other colors you mention you have standardised and also pearl-gray (lavender) and blue mottled.

The fancy is very alive and each year during the national show new creations are showed, hoping to be standardised.

This summer my husband was very ill, but is recovered now. Formerly he always accompanied me when I was going to the shows to judge. But this fall after being so ill, he decided to stay home. So I miss my driver and secretary on the shows.

I go by train now, I cannot stay home when I did promise to do the job.

Mr Stromberg is a regular writer now. He is asking a lot about the breeds in Europe, because of his intention to write an Encyclopaedia about chickens of the word. For me a monograph of a breed is more valuable because is a small booklet is always more information of a breed as in Encyclopaedia, in which is only possible a single page and a picture of each breed. But I look forward to that book.

In fact, beside the beautiful American Standard, the rare notes so much chicken manuals with other as standard facts about the breeds. And I miss a good article in the Poultry Press about the breeds.

Best wishes and kindly regards,