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THE AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 



Mendelism, 48 

 Missouri Fluffs, 248 

 Molt, 96 



of pullets, 99 



Neck, 72 



Opportunity for breeders, 35, 52 

 Origin of the fowl, 5 



Partridge Cochins, 157, 220 

 Partridge Plymouth Rocks 



mating, 161 



origin of, 155 

 Partridge Wvandottes 



beauty of, 211 



correct color of, 218 



great improvers of, 215 



introduction of, 212 



mating, 219, 220 



name selected, 215 



originators of, 213 

 Pedigree breeding, 252 

 Penciling, 89 

 Plumage, 58, 59 



beauty of, 79 



colors found in, 86 



growth of, 95 



male, 84 



patterns of, 88 



texture of, 85 



utility of, 81 

 Poultry products 



demand for, 33 

 Poultry shows, 41 

 Prepotency, 47 

 Prices for purebred stock, 34, 52 



Rliode Island Reds 



color of, 243 



early history of, 240 



improvers of, 242 



mating of, 244 



size of, 240 



type of, 239 

 Rhode Island Whites 



egg value of, 247 



mating of, 248 



origin of, 247 



Score card, 61 

 Selection, 43 



natural, 44 



to produce heavy layers, 65 



Shape 



body, 60 



for meat production, 66 



of good layers, 62 



typical, 60 



typical of breeds, 67 

 Silver Laced Wyandottes 



early popularity, 179 



English blood in, 181 



dark fad in, 181 



mating of, 185 



naming tlie, 173 



theories of origin, 174 

 Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks 



decline of, 152 



mating of, 153 



origin of, 149 



Iver Penciled Wyandottes, 



color of, 223 



mating, 22b 



origin of, 223 

 Size, relation to type, 57 

 Strain, building a, 43 

 Symmetry, 68 



Tail, 72 



Toe marking, 252 



Trapnests, 252 



Type 



breed, 55 



dual purpose, 29 



future of dual purpose, 31 



judging, 55 



Variation, 46 



Washing white fowls for exhibition, 199 



Wattles, 77 



White 



color, 86 



in'iicritance of, 87 

 White Plymouth Rocks 



as a Standard variety, 137 



mating, 140 



modern, 139 



origin of, 131, 133 

 White Wyandottes 



defects found in, 198 



early history of, 193 



mating of, 198 



prominent breeders of, 196 



washing for exhibition, 199 

 Wings, 73 



