PROGRESSIVE POULTRY CULTURE 235 



APPLYING THE SCORE CARD 



Following is a sample score card. 



NEBRASKA SCHOQlTOF AGRICULTURE 



Official Score Card of the American Poultry Association 



Date - Variety.. 



Owner ... Sex 



Address.-- -__ Band No. 



Entry No Weight.- 



Total Cuts Score 



*Applies to Games and Game Bantams, 

 f Applies to Crested Breeds 



Name of Judge 



Secretary 



The scorer begins with, the bird standing before 

 him in its natural poise. Having the typical shape of 

 the breed in his mind's eye and the standard of perfect- 

 ion for the bird in his memory he first looks at the 

 specimen as it stands or moves about and studies its 

 symmetry. He determines to what extent, if at all, the 

 bird lacks in perfection of proportions or in harmony 

 of parts, viewed as a whole, considering the type of the 

 breed to which it belongs. If no decided defect appears 



