. American poultry world . -ing to conform to shape of skull. This is as it should be,and makes the Wyandotte comb a unique feature of thebreed. It does away with the Hamburg type of comb andits large spike, a change that all lovers of the Wyandottewill hail with satisfaction. Wattles are changed to:moderately long, nicely roundedat lower edges; equal in length, fine in texture, free fromfolds or wrinkles. This is perhaps more explicit than theold description, especally the latter part of the sentence re-ferring to folds and wrinkles. Earlobes are now described as follows: oblong, welldefined,
. American poultry world . -ing to conform to shape of skull. This is as it should be,and makes the Wyandotte comb a unique feature of thebreed. It does away with the Hamburg type of comb andits large spike, a change that all lovers of the Wyandottewill hail with satisfaction. Wattles are changed to:moderately long, nicely roundedat lower edges; equal in length, fine in texture, free fromfolds or wrinkles. This is perhaps more explicit than theold description, especally the latter part of the sentence re-ferring to folds and wrinkles. Earlobes are now described as follows: oblong, welldefined, hanging about half the length of wattles, gives a clearer idea of the size of the lobe than in theold description which read: oblong in shape, well devel-oped, smooth. The description of neck remains the same except thatthe words flowing well over shoulder are added tohackle, abundant. Saddle feathers, abundant,, is added to back breast section remains the same except that the(Continued on page 45).
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