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Hamburg, French and Ornamental classes. The breeds or 

 varieties of these classes, while not generally raised in this 

 country to a great extent, occupy a place of considerable eco- 

 nomic importance in their respective native countries. For 

 example, in France all the breeds of the French class which 

 includes the Houdan, Crevecoeur, La Fleche, and Faverolles 

 are most generally raised and are decidedly in favor as pro- 

 ducers of both eggs and meat. To a certain extent the 

 same principle holds true with both Polish and Hamburgs 

 in some of the central European countries. The more pop- 

 ular breeds of this class as determined by their distri- 

 bution in this country are the Houdan, Polish and Hamburg. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the six classes of fowls? 



2. In a given class what constitutes a Breed? A Variety? A 

 Strain? 



3. Why are standard-bred fowls more desirable and profitable 

 than mongrels? 



4. Name the general-purpose breeds and state for what object 

 they are raised. 



5. Name four varieties of the Wyandotte. 



6. If you wanted to keep fowls for the production of white-shelled 

 eggs, what breed and variety would you select? Why? 



7. In what three countries did our most popular egg breeds 

 originate? 



8. Which breeds of the meat class have feathered shanks and 

 which have clean shanks? 



9. What two varieties of the meat breeds are the greatest in 

 weight? 



10. Name two varieties of Games, three breeds and varieties of 

 the Ornamental Bantams, and three French breeds. 



SUGGESTIONS 



1. After making observations for a period of a week, classify 

 as many breeds and varieties as you have seen raised in your com- 

 munity, grouping them under their proper classes as given in the 

 American Standard of Perfection. 



2. When making these observations, list the number of flocks 

 of standard-bred fowls and the number of mixed and mongrel flocks. 

 Which list contains the greatest number of flocks? 



3. If there are more standard-bred flocks than mongrel in vour 

 community, do you not think it would be an easy task to organize a 

 club of breeders of standard-bred fowls and in that way interest those 

 who raise mongrels? 



