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farmers’ BULLETIN 806 . 
breeds, and for that reason are more easily handled in confinement. 
They mature earlier than the meat breeds, but not so quickl} as the 
lighter egg breeds. In activity and ability to ** rustle for a li\ing 
they are again intermediate between the meat and the egg breeds, but 
are good foragers. Because of the fact that they fatten readily and 
are of a fair size they are very popular with the poultry packer, and 
POINIfi 
hackle 
BACKUP? 
\ ' (Iff/ 
CAWLE > 
FEATHER 
•FLIGHT 
BODY 
FLUFF 
CLEFT 
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rUlU"<4'* , r~ 
SPUR. 
Fig. 1.—Glossary chart giving the names of the various sections of a male fowl. 
sell to better advantage in those localities where the farmer is com¬ 
pelled to look to the poultry packer for a market for his fowls. 
Because of the tendency for the general-purpose breeds to put on 
fat much more readily than the egg breeds, they must be fed more 
carefully when kept in confinement, otherwise there is a tendency for 
them to break down behind,” in other words, to accumulate an ex- 
