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I like this idea. What about using the term "Traditional" for the time set you are currently describing as "modern"? They were the breeds traditionally kept in towns, on farms and small holdings throughout Europe and the colonial Americas, for the most part the result of a regional adaptation, certainly before anyone "industrialized" or otherwise "modernized"poultry keeping.
Reserve the use of the word "Modern" for breeds created after 1940, where it more logically applies. (to me anyway)
I've actually been thinking lately along the same lines. I was thinking: Ancient, Old (I like your traditional better) and Modern, but I complete understand why you want to go with Modern from 1940 onward.
The only thing is this, from just before 1900 there was enormous excitement generated across the US and Canada with 'egg-laying' competitions. The resulting birds were then the base for the modern commercial egg industry. The breeds included were all the Medit. breeds and many birds from the American and English classes: including the Wyandotte and the Orp. If that isn't modern what is?
Not all the Mediterranean breeds; being well represented in egg competitions doesn't change the fact that several of those breeds handily predate early 20th century attempts at improving them. I'd think that special competitions held on this continent aside, most people keeping chickens in the early part of the last century were not doing it to win prizes, but rather, to provide eggs and meat for their tables with perhaps a bit left over for market. They were very "traditional" about their poultry, both in the breeds they kept (economy ruled), and they circumstances they kept them under.
But then, if we were going to classify breeds according to the most up to date, scientifically advanced system available at the time regardless of how the vast majority of birds were being raised at the time, we should remember that the ancient Romans had built hatcheries capable of producing 10,000 chicks. As you said, if that isn't "modern", what is?
I like this idea. What about using the term "Traditional" for the time set you are currently describing as "modern"? They were the breeds traditionally kept in towns, on farms and small holdings throughout Europe and the colonial Americas, for the most part the result of a regional adaptation, certainly before anyone "industrialized" or otherwise "modernized"poultry keeping.
Reserve the use of the word "Modern" for breeds created after 1940, where it more logically applies. (to me anyway)
I've actually been thinking lately along the same lines. I was thinking: Ancient, Old (I like your traditional better) and Modern, but I complete understand why you want to go with Modern from 1940 onward.
The only thing is this, from just before 1900 there was enormous excitement generated across the US and Canada with 'egg-laying' competitions. The resulting birds were then the base for the modern commercial egg industry. The breeds included were all the Medit. breeds and many birds from the American and English classes: including the Wyandotte and the Orp. If that isn't modern what is?
Not all the Mediterranean breeds; being well represented in egg competitions doesn't change the fact that several of those breeds handily predate early 20th century attempts at improving them. I'd think that special competitions held on this continent aside, most people keeping chickens in the early part of the last century were not doing it to win prizes, but rather, to provide eggs and meat for their tables with perhaps a bit left over for market. They were very "traditional" about their poultry, both in the breeds they kept (economy ruled), and they circumstances they kept them under.
But then, if we were going to classify breeds according to the most up to date, scientifically advanced system available at the time regardless of how the vast majority of birds were being raised at the time, we should remember that the ancient Romans had built hatcheries capable of producing 10,000 chicks. As you said, if that isn't "modern", what is?
