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were too narrow with those that are too deep, too long points 

 with too short, uneven serration with even, bulges in comb with 

 a smooth comb, and vice versa. 



If the second principle was applied, all these defective combs 

 would be offset by one as near perfection as it was possible to 

 procure on a living specimen of the opposite sex, depending upon 

 a constant application of this principle to obtain satisfactory 

 results. 



In some of the previous pages an endeavor has been made by 

 combining illustration and descriptive text to inform the reader 

 in regard to the most common defects of each and every section. 

 The problem for the reader, if he be a breeder, as may be fairly 

 assumed, is not only to acquire a knowledge of the faulty shape 

 in all its different phases, but to become acquainted with correct 

 and reliable methods of eliminating these faults. To make the 



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A female that is decidedly coarse, showing too strongly the Cochin 

 ancestry as being in evidence by loose plumage, short wings, pronounced 

 fluff and side cushion, as well as too deep body and rather short legs. 

 F. L. Sewell. 



