ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF FOWLS 3 



and eggs, it was necessary to keep Loth classes of birds — 

 which meant, as may readily be seen, a great deal of trouble 

 and inconvenience. 



In order to do away with some of this unnecessary 

 trouble, there was developed in America a new class of fowls 

 called dual purpose fowls, because they combined the q\iali- 

 ties of the two original classes, producing both eggs and 

 meat. This new type of birds was developed by crossing 

 and recrossing Mediterranean and Asiatic breeds. Some 

 of the principal breeds thus produced are the Plymouth 

 Itocks, the AVyandottes, and the Rhode Island Iveds. These, 

 with some others, form the American class of fowls. 



It is not necessar)' now to go into the origin of our 

 domesticated turkeys, ducks, and geese. Their line of 

 descent, like that of the chicken, can be traced back directly 

 to wild fowls of more or less remote times. 



QUESTIONS 



1. When were iioultvy first tamed? 

 '2. Why were fowls tamed? 



3. How were fowls tamed? 



4. Where were the large, meat fowls originated? 



5. Where were the small, egg fowls originated? 

 0. E.xplain the meaning of " class." 



7. Explain the meaning oi the terra " dual purpose fonds." 



8. Where and liow were the dual purpose fowds developed? 



9. Name the classes we have studied. 



10. Name some breeds of fowls included in each class. 



