1064 Rural School Leaflet. 



A STUDY OF THE TYPES OF COMBS OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL 



(For advanced pupils) 



James E. Rice 



Illustrations by W. C. Baker 



The object of this study is to show how the comb may enable a person 

 to recognize many of the principal breeds of fowls. 



Material. — i. One male and one female of as many breeds of fowls 

 as it is possible to procure, to illustrate the different types of combs. 

 Two or three breeds studied in the schoolroom will be good prepara- 

 tion for more extended study in the poultry yard. 



2. Suitable coop, or coops, with food and water, for exhibiting the 

 fowls. 



3. Drawing paper, pencils, eraser, tracing paper, pair of scissors, 

 blackboard, and color crayons. 



4. A large collection of clippings from poultry papers, catalogues, 

 and the like, representing the head parts of the principal breeds and 

 varieties of fowls. 



5. A small table covered with carpeting, on which the fowls can 

 rtand without slipping. 



Method. — The teacher should show the class each of the different 

 types of combs, give its name, point out how it differs from the other 

 types and give the name of the principal breeds of fowl on which it may 

 be found. 



The pupil should be asked to draw on the blackboard or on paper the 

 outlines of each of the different types of combs and to write the name 

 of the breed to which it belongs. 



The pupils may be taught to recognize the different types of combs 

 by asking them to make tracings of the illustrations shown in this lesson. 

 If the best tracings which the pupils make are kept in the school museum, 

 interest will be developed through the spirit of competition. 



After the lesson has been learned, an interesting examination may 

 be given to. test the pupils' knowledge by asking each one to bring a 

 collection of clippings from poultry papers, showing the head parts of 

 a large number of breeds of fowls. These should be numbered, the name 

 of the breed removed from the clipping, and a record made of the names 

 of the breeds and the corresponding number of the clipping. The 

 clippings should then be thoroughly mixed and the pupils asked to draw 

 out several from the miscellaneous collection. They may then be 

 asked to write on a sheet of paper the number of the clipping and try 



