PKI-;KIMN<; AND SKI.KCTION. 1!) 



(D.) LEGS AND FEET. 



The legs and feet of a bird should be of strung bum- .-md good quality to allow 

 of good exercise, with scales evenly placed upon the leg. indicating good quality. 

 The bone must be strong, but not coarse. The nearer to the kid-glove finish, we can 

 find by rubbing the thumb and fun-linger >i]> and down the leg, the better the quality 

 of the houo. Strength of bone, however, must always be present in the fowl one 

 wishes to breed from. 



I. THIGHS. 



A thigh of medium length that is plump and well muscled is required on a fowl 

 that will take plenty of exercise, which is essential to their good health and 

 condition. 



II. LEGS. 



The legs should be straight and medium to short in length. They should be 

 well set apart, indicating a wide and deep body. The legs should be of the repre- 

 sentative breed colour. 



Selection should In-Kin from the timo 1h> 

 chicks are hatched. 



III. TOES. 



The toes should he medium in length and strong, showing good scratching 

 ability, with claws that are well worn, proving that the fowls are taking plenty of 

 exercise to keep them in good health and condition. 



DISQUALIFICATIONS. 



Disqualifications are really indications in commercial fowls of birds that should 

 not be bred from. Decidedly crooked breast-bones and keel-bones are generally 

 inherited eharaeterislies. and one should always endeavour to keep such out of their 

 flocks. 



The other disqualifications mentioned when found on a bird would certainly 

 prove detrimental to males or females for breeding purposes. 



VICTORIA, B.C. : 



I'l-infed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the Kind's M-.sl K\i-i-lU-nt Majesty. 



1917. 



