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POULTRY 



For Asiatic fowls, the Cornell score runs : Symmetry, 8 ; weight 

 or size, 6 ; condition, 5 ; head, beak and eyes, 3 for shape and 3 for 

 color ; comb, 8 ; wattles and ear-lobes, 5 ; neck, 4 for shape and 6 

 for color ; wings, 4 and 4, back, 4 and 5 ; tail, 

 4 and 5 ; breast, 5 and 5 ; body and fluff, 5 

 and 3 ; legs and toes, 8. (The reader may 

 wish to compare these categories with scores 

 for other live-stock in Chap. XXI.) 



Eggs 



Scoring and judging one dozen eggs (Cornell). 



Disqualifications. — Extremes in size and 

 shape ; very rough, freckled eggs in extras 

 and firsts, dirty, or cracked shells ; badly 

 spotted interior, or eggs having a noticeably 

 loose content. 



The entire dozen is discarded when more 

 than two eggs are disqualified. 



Eggs weighing one-half ounce more or less 

 than the average for that dozen shall be 

 disqualified for extras and firsts. 



When two or less eggs are disqualified, de- 

 duct from the final score or the dozen, 8 

 points for each egg disqualified. A disquali- 

 fied egg is not scored with the remainder of 

 the dozen. 



(7m^?es. — " Extras " (XXXX). Large 

 and uniform in size and color, weighing 26-30 

 ounces per dozen, and scoring 90 points. 



" Firsts" (XXX). Good size and uniform 

 in size and color, weighing 24-26 ounces per 

 dozen, and scoring 90 points. 

 Weighing 20-24 ounces per dozen, and scoring 



7. — Skeleton of cock. 



1, cranium; 2, septum inter- 

 orbitale; 3, beak; 4, man- 

 dible; .5, cervical vertebrae; 

 6, scapula; 7, humerus; 

 8, radius ; 9, ulna ; 10. met- 

 acarpal bone; 11, thumb 

 bone; 12, middle finger; 

 13, third finger; 14, furoula 

 or wish-bone; 15, coracoid 

 bone; 16, sternum; 17, crest 

 or keel of sternum ; 18, ribs ; 

 i;», pelvis; 20, caudal ver- 

 tebra;; 21, femur; 22, pa- 

 tella; 23, tibia; 24, fibula; 

 25, metatarsus; 20, spur; 

 27, hind toe ; 28, inner toe ; 

 29, middle toe; 30, outer 

 toe. — Cyrln. Amer. Ayric, 

 after Ellenberger. 



" Seconds 

 80 per cent. 



" Thirds ' 

 per dozen. 



Each grade allows the possibility of a 100 per cent score 



'(XX) 



(X). No weight clause required 



Standard 24 ounces 



