I'LV.MOI.'TH ItOCK STANDARD .I.V/> HRKKD HOOK '.\\ 



CHAPTER III. 



CUTTING FOR DEFECTS 



These cuts should not be confused with nor take precedence 

 over the valuation given each section in the Scale of Points of 

 all varieties. 



Judges, in applying the score card, are to discount for the 

 more common defects, as follows : 



Frosted combs ^2* 



Too many or too few point on single combs, each y 2 



Thumb mark on comb, not less than 1 



Rear of comb turning round ^2 to 1 



Coarse texture of comb ^ to 1 



Gray or white in any except disqualifying sections 



of plumage of Partridge Plymouth Rocks J4f 



Coarse texture of wattles ^ to 1 



For missing feather or part of feather in primaries 



or secondaries, where foreign color disqualifies 1 to 3 



Where feather is broken, but not detached, in pri- 

 maries or secondaries, where foreign color dis- 

 qualifies l / 2 



For broken or missing feather or feathers in pri- 

 maries or secondaries of buff or parti-colored 

 varieties, where foreign color does not disqualify y 2 to 1 

 Absence of sickles, where foreign color disqualifies, 



for each sickle 1 to \y 2 



Absence of sickles, where foreign color does not dis- 

 qualify, for each sickle , 1 



Absence of one or more main tail feathers in vari- 

 eties subject to color disqualifications, each 1 



Absence of one or more main tail feathers, when not 



a disqualification, each y 2 



For twisted feather or feathers, in wing or tail of 



any variety 1 to 2 



Brassiness in all varieties, in each section where 



found 1 to. 2 



Creaminess of plumage or quill in White Plymouth 



Rocks, in each section where found y\ to \ l / 2 



Purple barring in plumage of any variety, in each 



section where found y 2 to 2 



