The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-05
DEPARTMENT
BY L Witch Jr:. Secretary NEscambia County
II Poultry Association

anyone infringing on their copyright,
so l cannot use their wording in this
article, but | will try to show how
to select the specimen. in my own
words. First, / will take up the
cock.
The head should be fairly large
and broad across the top with sin
gle comb set firmly on the head and
proportionate to the size of the speci-
men. The comb should have five dis
tinct. points evenly separated, those
in the middle being a little longe"
tina nthe' ones at the end, and the
blade which is the back end of the
comb, must be free from points. The
beak should be rather stout and
short. The eyes should be red or
bay and prominent. The wattles
should be comparatively long, free
from wrinkles, well rounded at ends
and of smooth texture. The ear
Iobes should be comparatively small
and oblong, without wrinkles. The
neck should be in length proportion
ate to the size of the specimen with
an abundance of haci1le which should
flow we'll over the shoulders.
Cock should have a long, broad
back which should rise slightly to-
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point where back and tail meet. The
back should have d slight concave
appearance when viewed from the
side. The saddle feathers, which are
the long feathers which hang on each
side. of the body in front of tail
should be plentiful and should hang
over the ends of wings, so that when
the bird is viewed from above he
should be about the same width
across the back in front of tail as
across the shoulders.
The breast should be broad and
full and nicely rounded, neither fat
nor pointed.
While the body should be rather
long and broad, it should be deep,
that is, from back downward to keel
bone, so that when viewed from side
! the body should be about twothirdS
as deep as it is long. The keel bone
| (the bone on under part of body
should be straight and extend we'll
| forward. The fluff (the soft feathers
on side of legs and lower part of
| body behind) should be fairly full.
| The wings should be of medium size
and held so that neither the front or
| tips show, the fronts being covered
! by the breast feathers and the tips
! covered by saddle feathers.
| The tail should be rather short in
proportion to the size of the bird and
| should be carried at an angle of fifty
| degrees from the horizontal (the re
! vised Standard which is not yet oui
has changed this to an angle of forty
five degrees). The sickles (the curv
ed feathers in tail) should be rather
short and curve well over the end o.
the mail tail feathers. The lesser
sickles ~{the curved feathers on eacl
side of taiD should be plentiful Sc
as to almost hide the stiff tail feath
ers. The main tail feathers should
| be well spread, so that when viewed
from behind it has the appearance
of the gable roof of a house.
The thighs upper leg) should BIZ
medium in length; the shanks dove
legs) should be also medium il
length and very stout, they should b.
smooth and we'll apart at the knee
joints. The toes should be Of medium
length and well spread. From thu
knee joint down the legs should b,
free from feathers or down
The above describes, as best I can
the shape of all the Plymouth Rock
as well as the disqualification, an(
in the next issue I will take I'D tbs