CHAPTER HL 
BREEDING. 
fHB PLOHAGB.— IDEAL SHAPE. BREEDING TO TYPE.— — DISPAUTT IN SEIM. 
HATING. BREEDING GRADES. 
In the breeding of poultry it is absolutely necessary that the breeder 
have a good and clear idea of the points of fowls. For this reason we 
give a series of illustrations showing the entire fowl, and also others 
accurately figured and explained, so no reader can err. It is absolutely 
necessary to a correct understanding of any business or profession that 
a correct knowledge of the technicalities connected therewith be had. 
The poultry breeder must not only understand how to feed and rear 
chickens but he must have a nice discrimination as to plumage, the chief | 
characteristics of the several breeds of fowls, and their peculiarities of 
constitutional vigor, style, carriage, etc., but he must also understand 
something of the anatomy of the fowl, their points, and also those relating 
to outwai'd pai’ts, and the technical tei'ms used in describing the seveial 
parts. In addition to what follows we have prepared a pretty complete 
glossary which will be found at the end of the chapters, so that any person 
may easily inform himself as to the several terms used by the fanciers 
and breeders. The technical terms used by poultry fanciers, in describe 
tog the points of a fowl, are not always understood by the uninitiated* 
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