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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODVCTION 



The fact should be reahzed that no fowl is perfect, no 

 matter how well bred, and that in selecting birds for the 

 show it is a matter of picking those with the fewest defects 

 and the most desirable points, the latter of course being 

 in the majority. The standard requirements as given in 

 the American Standard of Perfection for the breed and 



Figure 261. — Examining tlie feet and shanks for stubs and down. 



variety concerned as well as the disqualifications should be 

 kept constantly in mind. These points, together with health, 

 vigor, general appearance, and bearing of the bird should 

 be the deciding factors in selecting the birds that are to be 

 conditioned for the show. 



Conditioning birds. Conditioning and training as de- 

 scribed herein do not in any sense infer misrepresentation 

 nor should such practices usually known as faking be tol- 



