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and moping. Feed more chopped onions and give each 

 afflicted fowl a two-grain quinine pill in a piece of fresh 

 beef, night and morning. 



When not attending to his fowls the fancier, of 

 course, makes the most of his opportunity to inspect 

 the other entries and confer with his fellow fanciers. 



ATTENTION AFTER THE SHOW. 



As soon as the show begins to break up the fancier 

 personally attends to the placing of his birds in their 

 own shipping coo ( ps or superintends the operation. He 

 thus avoids all danger of mixing his fowls so that fight- 

 ing and consequent mutilation of the birds will not oc- 

 cur in the coops. 



Having made sure that he has his own orize 

 winners safely cooped, he fastens the front curtain of 

 the coops securely, tags the coops carefully and sees 

 them on board the express wagon. 



ilf possible he takes the train for home that trans- 

 ports his coops of fowls and is at hand to attend to 

 them on arrival at the railway station and soon they 

 are back in their fitting pens. Here the birds should 

 remain quarantined, for at least a week, to make sure 

 that they have brought home no contagious disease. 



If no sickness develops and no more showing is to 

 take place the fowls are removed on a mild comfortable 

 day to their regular quarters. 



If these birds are to be sent to other shows they 

 may be kept in the fitting pens and training coops until 



SCORING OP FOWLS. 



Scoring is a method of deterimining, point by point, 

 how a fowl compares with the standard of perfection for 

 a typical bird of the breed or variety to which the fowl 

 belongs. 



A scale is arranged for each approved variety, 

 giving to each section of the fowl a number of points to 

 express the value of the same as compared with other 



