"Breed American" | By L. Armitage
Article from American Canary Magazine, July 1941 Issue
The early emigrants who arrived in America sought the opportunity to put into effect their ideals of law for a free and honest nation. That spirit has now become universally knows as our American ideal.
How like those early settlers are we American bird fanciers! Our shows for caged birds consisted almost entirely of foreign types, with only a sprinkling of American birds looking for recognition as the real McCoy. then from obscurity came the builders from other sections of our land and proclaimed their freedom from the old concepts of fancydomland and brought out the American Singer.