. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Xew Series, November, 1905. 35; Who can tell by the appearance of a feather what part of the bird's body it came from ? Here is a good opportunity for bright eyes to observe common sense styles in hens* clothing. I wanted to help you a little on this question, therefore photographed some feathers. Notice how each kind of feather has a particular utilit}- for which it is perfectly adapted. Xo. 5 is a wing feather. Do you see how strong and broad it is to
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Xew Series, November, 1905. 35; Who can tell by the appearance of a feather what part of the bird's body it came from ? Here is a good opportunity for bright eyes to observe common sense styles in hens* clothing. I wanted to help you a little on this question, therefore photographed some feathers. Notice how each kind of feather has a particular utilit}- for which it is perfectly adapted. Xo. 5 is a wing feather. Do you see how strong and broad it is to enable the bird to fly? Xo. 4 is the beautiful curved sickle feather that adds so much grace and beauty to the fowl. Which has sickle feathers, hens or roosters? X*o. 3 is one of the tail coverts that cover up the wide. Fig. 5.—Tliere are many different kinds of feathers on fcrvls. Haw many can you find on a hen or rooster f Strong main tail feathers that serve as a rudder with which to steer when birds fly. X'o. 11 is a "fluff" feadier. How different it looks? All soft and downv. It came from the under side of the bodv, back of the thieh^ where there is great need of protection against excessive heat and cold, but where there is less danger from injury, because less exposed, than anv other part of the body. Hea\y. hard feathers would be in the way. No. 2 is — Oh! I guess you would better catch a chicken and find out for yourself what part of the body the rest of the feathers shown came from. Do not make the mistake, however, of trying to find all the kinds of feathers on a hen. Try a rooster. Xo. 12 is from the back of a pullet. No. 13 is from the same place on a cockerel. Do you see the difference? There is at least one more good reason wh}- hens have feathers. The photograph shows it. ^^'ho knows what it is ? I will let you think about this until you get your next Junior Xaturalist Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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