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AMERICA* POULTRY ASSOCIATION 



Figure 6. 

 Duck Foot (A Defect). 



). The enlargement of the gullet in which a fowl's food is 

 accumulated before it passes to the gizzard. 

 Cushion. The mass of feathers at the rear of back of a fowl, 



partly covering the tail. (See figure 2.) 

 Disqualification. A deformity or serious defect that renders a 



fowl unworthy to win a prize. 

 Disqualified. Applied to a fowl that is un- 

 worthy to win a prize. 

 Domestic Fowl. An individual of the genus 



gallus domesticus. 



Down. The first hairy covering of chicks; 

 also, the tufts of hair-like growth that 

 sometimes are found on the 

 shanks, toes, feet or webs of 

 feet of fowls. 



(NOTE. If the quill and 

 web are discernible to the 

 eye, it is a "feather.") 

 Duck-Footed. The hind toe 

 carried forward. (See figure 

 6.) 



Ear-Lobe. The fold of bare skin just below the ear. (See fig- 

 ures 1 and 2.) 



Edging. A narrow border of white or light color 

 along the side or around the end of a darker 

 colored feather. 



Excrescence. A disfiguring, abnormal or super- 

 fluous outgrowth. 



Face. The bare skin on the head of a fowl 

 around and below the eyes. (See figures 1, 2 

 and 5.) 



Faking. Removing, or attempting to remove, 

 foreign color from the face or ear-lobes when 

 it is a disqualification ; removing one or more 

 side sprigs ; trimming a comb in any manner ; 

 artificial coloring or bleaching of any feather 

 or feathers ; splicing feathers ; injuring the 

 plumage of any fowl entered by another ex- 

 hibitor ; plugging up holes in legs of smooth- 

 legged varieties where feathers or stubs dis- 

 qualify; staining of legs; in fact, any self- 

 evident attempt on the part of an exhibitor to 

 Figure "7. deceive the judge and thus obtain an unfair 



Sections of , . J fe 



a Feather. advantage in competition. 



