. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 552. Skeleton of cock. 1, Cranium; 2, septum interorbitale; 3, beak; 4, mandible; 5, cervical vertebrae; 6, scapula; 7. humerus; 8, radius; 9, ulna; 10, metacarpal bone; 11, "thumb" bone; 12, "middle" finger; 13, "third " finger (rudimentary); 14, furcula, fork bone or "wish-bone"; 15, coracoid bone; 16, sternum; 17, crest or keel of ster- num; IS, ribs; 19, pelvis; 20, caudal vertebra?; 21, femur; 22. patella; 23, tibia; 24, fibula; 25, metatarsus; 26, spur; 27, hind toe with two join
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 552. Skeleton of cock. 1, Cranium; 2, septum interorbitale; 3, beak; 4, mandible; 5, cervical vertebrae; 6, scapula; 7. humerus; 8, radius; 9, ulna; 10, metacarpal bone; 11, "thumb" bone; 12, "middle" finger; 13, "third " finger (rudimentary); 14, furcula, fork bone or "wish-bone"; 15, coracoid bone; 16, sternum; 17, crest or keel of ster- num; IS, ribs; 19, pelvis; 20, caudal vertebra?; 21, femur; 22. patella; 23, tibia; 24, fibula; 25, metatarsus; 26, spur; 27, hind toe with two joints; 28, inner toe with three joints; 29, middle toe with four joints; 30, outer toe with five joints. (After Ellenberger.) from their annual molt, and until chicks have be- came mature in form, size and feather, the score- card, accurately applied, would show such low scores that exhibitors could not be induced to come forward with their birds. Formerly all entries were made in pairs, a cock and a hen, or a cockerel and a pullet constituting a pair. This method still prevails in some fall shows or in out-of-the-way places. It cannot be discon- tinued too soon. A poor, or even a disqualified specimen may chance to be mated with the choicest bird of the opposite sex in the class, but the hand- icap is so heavy that the " best bird " wins nothing. Single entries, single and uniform cooping, and the entries so classified that all cocks of the same variety shall be adjacent to each other, likewise the hens, cockerels and pullets,—this is the only method that permits a judge to do his best work by this method. The birds being all in their places, each coop bearing a distinct coop number, then, and not until then, is the judge ready to take his first look at the competitors. Suppose the judge finds twenty cock birds in the first class. It will take him but a minute or two to pass up and down before them and mark on his memorandum ten birds that he thinks are "not in i
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