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of Dr. F — for their first study of the fowls uninstructed. When 

 these sketches were brought in and the memory drawings made, 

 I found that the chickens could all be criticized for short tails, 

 stubby bills, small heads, etc. In fact, there were no drawings 

 showing what we woiild recognize as a good looking hen or rooster. 

 There being a similarity in the papers of the class, I went at once 



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to Dr. F — 's fowls with a critical eye and I must confess that I 

 discovered at once that there were chickens and chickens as varied 

 in character as humans. We had a good laugh over our homely 

 models and after school we went around the neighborhood inspect- 

 ing different broods and making a selection of good models for 

 study. 



The next problem was a series of sketches showing a hen feed- 

 ing, sitting, walking, running, etc., and the students were surprised 

 at their own ability to work these problems out from the knowledge 

 they had gained of balance of parts, proportion of body, etc. 



