CONTENTS xv 



XXVI. APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF POULTRY BREEDING 475 



Adaptability of poultry breeding Length of life and breeding 

 value, 476 Relative value of male and female, 477 Selection, 

 478 Poultry standards, 479 Relative value of characters in 

 selection, 480 Systems of selection, 481 Essential characters 



Substantial characters, 482 Superficial characters, 483 



Collective selection and compensation in breeding, 484 Inbreed- 

 ing and line breeding Close breeding, 485 The rule of good 

 practice, 486 Danger of new blood Age and breeding'quality, 

 487 Ratio of females to males, 488 Period of fertility, 489 

 Regulation of sex, 490 Mating systems Details of matings, 

 491 Mating for egg production, 492 Mating for table poultry, 

 495 Selection for shape in mating Standard poultry, 504 

 Color matings of poultry, 507 



PART IV 



THE POULTRY FANCY 



XXVII. POULTRY EXHIBITIONS 535 



Primary poultry exhibitions, 535 Modern poultry exhibitions, 

 536 Educational aspects of exhibitions, 537 Nature of corn- 

 petition, 538 Financing a show, 539 Management of a show, 

 540 Quality of exhibits Judges, 541 Methods of judging 

 Classification, 542 Sweepstakes prizes Special exhibits, 548 



Balancing exhibits Practical exhibits, 549 Suggestions 

 for improving shows, 550 Institutes at poultry shows, 552 

 College poultry exhibitions, 553 



XXVIII. FITTING AND EXHIBITING POULTRY . . . . . . 554 



Selecting for exhibition, 554 Conditioning, 555 Grooming 

 and faking, 557 Ethics of conditioning Details of artificial 

 fitting, 560 Shipment to shows, 563 Care of birds at shows 

 Returning birds from shows, 564 



XXIX. JUDGING 5 66 



Judging defined Objects of judging, 566 Methods of judging, 

 567 Factors in score-card judging, 568 Limitations of the 

 score card, 569 Use of score cards, 571 Uniformity in judging 



Recognition of utility values in judging exhibition poultry 



Judging poultry products, 574 



