JUDGING 35 



In five-toed breeds, more or less than five toes on either 

 foot. 



Legs and toes of color foreign to breed. 



Entire absence of main tail feathers. 



Some defects are not serions enough to disqualify the 

 specimen. For these, a percentage is deducted from the 

 grade, or score. In applying the score card, judges are to 

 discount for the more common defects as follows : 



Too many or too few points on comb, eacli % jioint. 



Rear of comb turning around ',{> to 1 point. 



Coarse texture of comb Y^ to 1 point. 



Coarse texture of wattles 'i to 1 point. 



Missing feather or part of featlier in primaries or 



secondaries where foreign color disqualifies .... 1 to 3 points. 



Irregular barring in Barred Plymouth Rocks, in each 



section where found y, to 1'/;. point. 



Tail in any variety showing not to e.xceed % develop- 

 ment 3 points. 



Crooked toes, each ij to 1 point. 



The greater number of fowls score between 85 and 05. 



