Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . to the right and left, length1 6-10 inches ; that of the back, length 8-10 inches ; h—the patella or knee ; i—the os calcis or heel. The foot as shown in Fig. 2, is all that part (/)from (g) to {i). The hen—like nearly all four-footedanimals, and unlike man—walks on the toes. If thehen walked on the foot, all that portion fr
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . to the right and left, length1 6-10 inches ; that of the back, length 8-10 inches ; h—the patella or knee ; i—the os calcis or heel. The foot as shown in Fig. 2, is all that part (/)from (g) to {i). The hen—like nearly all four-footedanimals, and unlike man—walks on the toes. If thehen walked on the foot, all that portion from the toeaails up to e, would rest on the ground, and hence the position of theirear toe would be different. As it is placed, it supi)orts the other toes miv^alking and especially when on the perch, at night; for all land breedsare peculiar in this, that when they are at rest, they retain their positionsecurely by the simple weight of the body, which causes the sinews andmuscles to contract and thus draw the toes firmly around the objectgrasped. Some fowls have five, and even six toes, but fouronh sire usedto advantage—thiee before and one behind. The rest are really super-uumerary—as much so as two timmbsi on h luan^ band ANATOMY OF THE HEN. (Fig 1).. :Fig. 2). CHAPTER n. BAHN-YARD FOWLS. I. ENGLISH BREEDS—DORKING FOWLS. II. SILVER GRAY DORKINGS.^—HI. OSAT DORKINGS. IV. FAWN-COLORED DORKINGS. V. BLACK DORKINGS. VI. BOLTON GRAYS, OR CREOLES. VII. FRENCH FOWLS—HOUDANS. VIH. LA FLECHE FOWLS. IX. CREVE CCEURS. X. BREDA OR GUELDER FOWLS. XI. SPANISH FOWLS. XII. HAMBURG FOWLS—BLACK HAMBURG. XIII. PENCILED HAMBURGS. XIV. LEGHORN FOWLS. XV. AVHITE LEGHORNS. XVI. AMERICAN BREEDS. XVII. DOMINIQUE FOWLS. XVIII, OSTRICH FOWLS. XIX. PLYMOUTH ROCK I. English Breeds—Dorking Fowls. Of the distinct English breeds of bam yard fowls, the Dorking«, intheir varieties, confessedly stand first. The old White or Surrey Dork-nig is the original type from which the other
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