30 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION What should be the cut for coarse texture of wat- 

 tles? 



ANSWER One-half to one point. 



QUESTION What should be the cut for each missing feather in 

 primaries or secondaries where foreign color disqualifies ? 

 ANSWER One and one-half points. 



QUESTION What should be the cut where a feather is broken, 

 but not detached, in primaries or secondaries, where foreign color 

 disqualifies ? 



ANSWER One-half point. 



QUESTION What should be the cut for each broken or missing 

 feather, in primaries or secondaries, of all buff or parti-colored vari- 

 eties, where foreign color does not disqualify? 



ANSWER One-half point. 



QUESTION What should be the cut for absence of sickles where 

 foreign color disqualifies? 



ANSWER One and one-half points for each sickle. 



QUESTION What should be the cut for absence of sickles, 

 where foreign color does not disqualify? 

 ANSWER One point for each sickle. 



QUESTION What should be the cut for creaminess of plumage 

 or quill of all white varieties, except Ducks? 



ANSWER One-half to one and one-half points in each section 

 where found. 



QUESTION Are not the wing-bows on Buff Rock and Buff 

 Wyandotte males inclined toward red? 



ANSWER Yes. It is excedingly difficult to get a buff wing- 

 bow on males. 



QUESTION What is the proper shade of buff as demanded by 

 the Standard for buff fowls ? 



ANSWER It is impossible to describe in words just what this 

 buff should be. The Standard calls for a rich golden buff, and that 

 means a medium between a lemon buff and a light cinnamon buff. 



QUESTION Is there any danger of fowls dying in the tub while 

 being washed? 



ANSWER Yes. They should not be immersed too suddenly. 

 'Phe shock affects the heart and rnay result fatally, especially if the 

 bird is overfat 



