Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . are is also the case with Reds and many other breeds. Thebaby feathers do not have that correctness of marking thatthe same bird will in its mature plumage. We should there-fore not be too hasty in discarding our promising youngstersuntil we have had time to see the adult plumage. White Leghorns.—In selecting the Single Comb White Leg-horn attention should be given to the proper weight. Toooften in selecting for the fixing of the laying character andother important items the subject of weight is entirely over-looked. A bird should possess prop
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . are is also the case with Reds and many other breeds. Thebaby feathers do not have that correctness of marking thatthe same bird will in its mature plumage. We should there-fore not be too hasty in discarding our promising youngstersuntil we have had time to see the adult plumage. White Leghorns.—In selecting the Single Comb White Leg-horn attention should be given to the proper weight. Toooften in selecting for the fixing of the laying character andother important items the subject of weight is entirely over-looked. A bird should possess proper weight and not allowof the tendency toward a bantam type. The cockerel should THE PROBLEMS IN MATING AND IN EGG PRODUCTION 95 be of proper proportions, head up, active and alert, ready tobanter and to crow. His plumage should be pure white andfree from brassiness. Utility Classification.—Birds are classified as being of eggtype, meat type, or dual purpose. Browns method ofdetermining whether a bird is of any certain one of these. Fig. 38.—A Single Comb White Leghorn heu of laying tj-pe. Note thewedge-shaped body as indicated by the lines, also long back and keel, headerect, eyes alert, legs wide apart, of medium size, free from coarseness, andof fine texture. (Rancos.) types is to draw a perpendicular line transversely throughthe body of the fowl on a line with the legs. If the greaterbulk of the body lies in front of the line the fowl may be classedas among the meat type. If the greater bulk of the body liesbehind this imaginary line it is classified as belonging to theegg-producing type. If the bulk on either side the line isequal then it is classed as a dual purpose fowl. 96 POULTRY CULTURE The fixing and intensifying of the egg-laying characters is beyond the experimental stage. While the jungle fowl Ban-kiva only layed one or two clutches of 12 or 15 eggs eachyear, the present Leghorn, as well as some carefully selectedand bred fowls of other breeds, lay close to
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