999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 17 



QUESTION What is meant by "faking" in the show room? 



ANSWER Removing or attempting to remove off-color in the 

 face or ear-lobes; removing one or more side sprigs or trimming 

 combs in any manner except the dubbing of games ; artificial color- 

 ing of any feather ; splicing feathers ; plugging up holes in smooth- 

 leg varieties where stubs or feathers have been removed; removing 

 stubs or feathers from smooth-leg varieties; staining the legs, and, 

 in fact, any attempt to deceive the judge and thereby obtain an unfair 

 advantage in competition. 



QUESTION What are the flight feathers? 

 ANSWER The primary feathers of the wing used in flying, but 

 folded up out of sight or nearly so when the fowl is at rest. 



QUESTION What is the fluff? 



ANSWER The soft feathers about the thighs and posterior part 

 of the fowl ; also the soft downy under portion of a feather. 



QUESTION What part of the comb is the blade? 



ANSWER The rear part of a single comb, back of the last well- 

 defined conical point and usually extending beyond the crown of the 

 head. 



QUESTION What is the cape? 



ANSWER The first short feathers on the back, underneath the 

 hackle, shaped like a cape. 



QUESTION What is a good tonic to feed the fowls on exhibition 

 in order to keep up their appetite and counteract the evil effects of 

 continued confinement? 



ANSWER One ounce each of carbonate of iron, pulverized gen- 

 tian root, black antimony, mandrake, ginger, flour of sulphur and 

 powdered charcoal, four ounces of bicarbonate of soda. Mix thor- 

 oughly and place one teaspoonfnl in each quart of soft food. This is 

 an excellent condition pcwder and superior to those advertised under 

 various names. 



QUESTION Can fancy eggs for hatching be packed in any 

 way that will secure safe transportation by mail? 



ANSWER They might reach their destination unbroken, but 

 they would be handled too roughly en route to insure a good hatch. 



QUESTION What amount of space do poultry journals call an 

 inch? 



ANSWER A space one inch deep across one column. 



