120 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 
make-up and behavior. In these notes distinguish between 
original observations and secondhand information. 
The record of the second part of this study, the comparison 
of breeds, may conveniently be made in the form of a table, 
provided with column headings as follows: 
Name of breed (Plymouth Rock, bantam, etc., if a table 
of common fowl). 
Average weight. 
Average egg production (get data from poultry-yard 
records). 
General color. 
Special ornamentation. 
Comb (make a simple diagram of it). 
Feet (size, color, spurs, feathering, etc.). 
Peculiarities of behavior. 
Other peculiarities. 
Number males kept. 
Number females. 
Kept where. 
