Rural School Leaflet. 



867 



LESSON ON POULTRY 



Color Markings of Feathers 



By James E. Rice 



Fig. 1 9. — I'tppcr-grass 

 (See lesson on weeds^ 



lection the feathers from 

 lections may be framed 

 them for the use of the 

 classes which may fol- 

 low. Feathers may be 

 secured during the fall 

 of the year at molting 

 time about the houses 

 and yards, wherever 

 fowls are kept. 



A. Feather Markings 

 The principal kinds of 

 feather markings, and 

 the breeds of fowls on 

 which .they are found, 

 are as follows : (Fig. 24) . 



(a) Barred (Barred 

 Plymouth Rock, Domi- 

 nique). A feather having 

 bars across the web at 

 right angles to the shaft. 



Object. To teach the pupils to recog- 

 nize the kinds of colors and color mark- 

 ings of feathers which are to be found 

 on the different varieties of fowls. This 

 lesson will provide an interesting and 

 instructive exercise in learning the va- 

 rieties of fowls. 



Materials. A collection of feathers, 

 one from each section of a fowl, and 

 representing as many different varieties 

 of poultry as it is possible to procure. 



If possible visit a poultry^ yard two 

 or three times during the fall to study 

 the feathers as they appear on the 

 fowls, or have a fowl brought to the 

 school at different times. Each class 

 should be able to add to the col- 

 at least one additional variety. These col- 

 and hung in the schoolroom, thus preserving 



Fig. 20. — Crab-grass 

 (See lesson on weeds) 



