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Rural School Leaflet. 



Fig. 94. — Wyandotte 



Rose Comb, low, medium, oval, spike 

 following the curve of the head 



fowls, some of which are as follows: 

 Plymouth Rock, Fig. 90; White Leg- 

 horn, Fig. 9 1 ; White Faced Black 

 Spanish, Fig. 92; Black Minorca, 

 Fig. 93; also the Java, Rhode Island 

 Red, Silver Gray and colored Dork- 

 ing, Cochin, Langshan, Orpington 

 and Game. 



Ask the pupils to point out the 

 difference between the Single Combs 

 shown in Figures 90, 91, 92, 93; to 

 count the number of serrations; to note 

 the difference in size between the small 

 comb of the Plymouth Rock, the medium 

 to large comb of the Leghorn and the 

 very large comb of the Black Minorca. 



Request the pupils to name the 

 breeds in which the comb of the fem„ale 

 lops and in which it is upright, as shown 

 in the illustrations. Ask them to draw 

 combs of males and females of the different 

 breeds and then request other members of 

 the class to say which are the males and 

 which are the females and to give the 

 reason. 



The Rose Comb. — A thick, solid comb, 



Fig. 9 5 . — Rose Comb White Leghorn 



Rose Comb, medium to large, flat 

 top, finely serrated, point hori- 

 zontal 



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covered on the top with fine points and 

 terminating in a conspicuous spike in the 

 rear (Figs. 94, 95, 96). The Rose Comb is 

 to be found on the White Wyandottes, 

 Fig. 94; the Rose Comb Leghorn, Fig. 95; 

 the Hamburg, Fig. 96; also on the 

 Dominique, the Rose Comb Rhode Island 

 Red, Rose Comb Black Minorca, White 

 Dorking and others. 



Ask the class, among other questions, 

 to explain the difference in the shape of 

 the comb of the Wyandotte, Fig. 94; 

 the Leghorn, Fig. 95; and the Ham- 

 burg, Fig. 96. Suggest that they 

 draw the three types of combs and name 



Fig. 96. — Hamburg 



Rose Comb, medium to large, 

 flat top, finely serrated, spike 

 inclined upward 



Fig. 97. — Brahma 



Pea Comb, medium, evenly and 

 slightly serrated in three rows 



