24 POULTRY CULTURE 



Green Bone. Bone that is fresh-cut, not cooked. 



Green Goose. A gosUng that is ready to be, or has been, "killed off 

 the grass." 



Gullet. The passage in the neck through which food passes to the 

 stomach. Esophagus. The loose part of the lower mandible. 



Hackle. The neck feathers of either se.x. 



Hatchability. The number of fertile eggs capable of hatching. 



Hangers. The shorter sickle-like feathers at base of cock's tail. 



Hard Feathered. Feathers having a hard, close-fitting appearance — 

 on birds carrying little fluff. 



Heavy Breeds. The sitting, as distinct from the non-sitting varieties. 



Hen. A female bird over one year old. 



Hen Feathered. A male bird without sickle featheres and thus re- 

 sembling a hen. 



Hock. The first joint above the foot. 



Intestine. That part of the alimentary tract extending from the 

 gizzard to the cloaca. 



Jaw. The upper or lower mandibles. 



Kilogram. Abbreviated Kilo. A metric weight amounting to 2.2 

 pounds. 



Knee-joint. A term sometimes applied (though wrongly) to the hock- 

 joint. 



Laced. A feather in which the body differs from the edge color. 



Lacteal. Minute tube of the villus for the purpose of absorption of the 

 chylous or milky emulsified fluid fat from the intestines. 



Lay-Bones. The pubic bones. 



Lateral Sternal Processes. The thin flat bones projecting backward 

 from the body of the sternum or breast bone. 



Leaf-comb. Consists of two small single combs serrated at the free 

 borders. 



Leg. The shank, tibia, and thigh. 



Leg-feathers. As in Asiatics, where the feathers grow on the outside 

 of the shank. 



Legumes. A plant that belongs to the family Leguminacea. A pod- 

 bearing plant, as the clover, beans, and peas. 



Lesser Sickles. Tail coverts or the sickle feathers, except the two 

 central large ones. 



Levulose. Invert sugar obtained from dextrose. 



Lopped Comb. The comb falling over to one side. 



Lymph. The colorless fluid of the lymph-vessels. 



Lymphatic System. A system of tubes or vessels like blood-vessels, 

 carrying the lymph. 



Mash. A mixture of ground grains or of by-products fed either dry 

 or wet. 



Mating. The putting together of birds by selection for breeding 

 purposes so as to accentuate the good points and correct the bad points 

 of such parents mated. 



