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of the eye, the short, stout neck, the great width of the breast, the 

 fulness caused largely by the breast bone extending- well forward, the 



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Fig. 13. 



short, stout legs (straight under the body), and the width between the 

 legs. There is an expression about this chicken that indicates health 

 and the essence of vig-or. 



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Fig. 11 



Fig. 15. 



The back should be broad, to give lung and heart capacity; and 

 the width should extend well back to the tail-head. We do not want 

 the wedge-shaped back, as seen in some fowls that have great width 

 at the shoulders and taper rapidly toward the tail-head. 



