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be of proper proportions, head up, active and alert, ready to 

 banter and to crow. His plumage should be pure white and 

 free from brassiness. 



Utility Classification.— Birds are classified as being of egg 

 type, meat type, or dual purpose. Brown's method of 

 determining whether a bird is of any certain one of these 



Fig. 38. — A Single Comb White Leghorn heu of laying tj-pe. Note the 

 wedge-shaped body as indicated by the lines, also long back and keel, head 

 erect, eyes alert, legs wide apart, of medium size, free from coarseness, and 

 of fine texture. (Rancos.) 



types is to draw a perpendicular line transversely through 

 the body of the fowl on a line with the legs. If the greater 

 bulk of the body lies in front of the line the fowl may be classed 

 as among the meat type. If the greater bulk of the body lies 

 behind this imaginary line it is classified as belonging to the 

 egg-producing type. If the bulk on either side the line is 

 equal then it is classed as a dual purpose fowl. 



