POULTRY NOTES — 1909. 



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Table 2. 



Summary Statement of Typical Condition of Characters of 



Barred Plymouth Rocks and Cornish Indian Games. 



Character. 



Condition in Barred Plymouth 

 Rocks. 



Condition in Cornish Indian 

 Games. 



Comb 



Wattles 



Beak 



Eyes 



Breast 



Back 



Hackle feathers 



Saddle feathers (in male) 

 Body 



Fluff 



Shanks 



Plumage color 



Tail 



Carriage 



Winter egg production . . 



Egg color 



Egg size 



Egg shape 



Chick down 



Skin 



Single 



Moderately long . 



Pea. 



Very scant. 



Yelloiv (sometimes marked i Fe?Zo it' (often marked with 

 with horn colored stripes or| brown or horn colored 

 patches.) \ stripes or patches). 



Bright red or bay Yellow, or approaching pearl. 



Jlfec7i«»i breadth. Sternum rel-: Very broad. Sterum rela- 

 atively io?jfir. Medium amount: t\\Q\j short. Large amount 

 of breast meat. of breast meat. 



Curve from neck to tail slightly. Curve from neck to tail 

 concave. \ slightly convex. 



Abundant, falling well oy^nVRaXher short sluA do. ^ely set, 

 the shoulders and giving the' giving the neck a neat, spare 

 neck a full appearance. appearance. 



Abundant and long 



Relatively long, and flattened 

 in the dorsoventral plain. 



Rather short. 



Relatively s7io)-<, and round. 

 Less flattened. 



Moderately full Not full. Feathers set close 



into body, giving it a neat 

 "tucked up" appearance. 



Yellow, sometimes dusky or 

 spotted with black pigment.. . I'ellow or dusky yellow. 



Barred in all sections. Basic Non-barred. Basic pigments, 

 pigment a bluish black or black, red or bay, mahog- 

 dark slate. See special descrip- 1 any. See special descrip- 

 tion in American Standard of' tion below (p. 86). 

 Perfection, pp. 205-208. ; 



Carried relatively 

 spread. 



high 



wellCarried relatively low. 

 I pact. 



Corn- 



Less erect ' More erect. 



Good, ! Poor. 



Nov.-March mean, 1908-09. 1 Nov.-March mean, 1908-09. 

 26. 53 +.65. 14.92+1.58. 



Deep reddish or pinkish Pure yellowish brown. Less 

 brown. Greater saturation of j saturation of color. 



color. I 



Relatively large 'Relatively small. 



Pullets means: I Pullet means : 



Length=5r).322 + .076 mm. | Length=.52.61 + .35 mm. 

 Breadth=41. 917 .041mm. Breadth=40.43 ~ .23 mm. 



*Volume=51.880 ± .135 c. c. | *Volume=44.84 + .86 c. e. 



Relatively long and pointed Relatively short and round. 



Mean U^nglh-breadth indexi Mean lengtli-breadlh index 

 for pullets— 74.522 ± .120. i for pullets=76.86 - .30. 

 i 

 Black, 01 very dark gray, ■with\Creami/ yellow below, with 



some creamy white parts | well marked mahogany or 



seal brown pattern on back. 



Yellow and relatively thick 'Yellow, and relatively thin. 



♦Calculated from the formula y =4.1888 (J breadth) x (J length), 

 egg 



