. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. OIMfilN AM) \AI!IETIKS OK l-Aini IIIIUjS. [12:^ lll|l. portions foi- food ;iic tlic lircast. llic tliijrii, tlii' Ic^j-, tlic neck iiiid llic \vin<^. Tilt! hiii'U and rump )-4 inehes. U—The neck, length ^ l-'6 inches. C—The hack or spine. D—The hip> bones, (tlie hack and hips comprise from the slioulder to tlu' tail.) length I) ti-lO inclies. ^'—Hump or eor-cygis, length, 1 1-2 inches. /'—.Shoulder- l)lade or .':houlder. G—Collar hone; or 'merry-thought.' //—Chest or thoiax, composed of th(! si
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. OIMfilN AM) \AI!IETIKS OK l-Aini IIIIUjS. [12:^ lll|l. portions foi- food ;iic tlic lircast. llic tliijrii, tlii' Ic^j-, tlic neck iiiid llic \vin<^. Tilt! hiii'U and rump )-4 inehes. U—The neck, length ^ l-'6 inches. C—The hack or spine. D—The hip> bones, (tlie hack and hips comprise from the slioulder to tlu' tail.) length I) ti-lO inclies. ^'—Hump or eor-cygis, length, 1 1-2 inches. /'—.Shoulder- l)lade or .':houlder. G—Collar hone; or 'merry-thought.' //—Chest or thoiax, composed of th(! sides and breast-bone (l)one of the throat); it contains lli iieart, livei', etc. 7—The l)reast-l)onc length a litlh? o\ei- ;') 1-2 inches. •/— The wing bones, as will ))C seen, are composed of the humerus or shoulder- bone of th(! wing, length H 1-7 inches ; also the radius and tin; cubitus, the fore- arm or pinion, length 2 '4-i inches; the tip of the wing, ini'hes ; y—th 1-7 inches; 7—tiie claw-, that of the middle, lengtii 2 \-y> inclies; tin; tu'o to the right and left, length 1 Ci-lO inches ; that of the back, length ^-10 inches ; k ?—tli(! patella or knee ; i—tlio os calcis or heel. Tli(! foot as shown in Fig. 2, is all that ])art (f) from (fj) to (/"). The hen—like nearly all four-footed animals, and unlike man—walks on the toes. If the hen walked on tiie foot, all that jxntion fi'om the toe nails up to «, would rest on the ground, and hence the position of the rear to(! would Ik; different. As it is placed, it supports the other toes m walking and especially when on the perch, at night; for all land breeds are p(!culiar in this, that when they are at rest, they I'etain tlicii' jjosition securely by the simple weight of the body, whic^h causes tlie siiu^ws and muscles to contract and tliiis draw the toes firmly around the object grasped. Some fowls liav(! five, and even six toes, Imt fouronlv ai-e used to advantage—tiiree before
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