Show POULTRY rl TS POULTRY BREEDS AND HOW CLASSED Chickens are divided dl Into classes breeds md and varieties Birds with the same general characteristics are placed In one class Classes are then divided Into breeds Each breed ot of poultry is 19 distinguished from flom other breeds ulC by differences differences' In type Breeds are separated Into varieties ferent varieties ot of the stone sarno breed are ure designated by differences In comb orl or I II l I color A AU H varieties of the same breed should have hu the same general t type Pe There 81 are tour four general classes ot of chickens that are common and other classes less common I The American class consists of birds bids that lire are of the general purpose 1 type pe they have ha yellow skin and I Il legs l gs re red ear lobes and legs free from feathers The rhe breeds that male make lip up this class are PI Plymouth Rock Imn I Dominique Rhode Island H Red Rhode Island White Buckeye Jersey and The class dass are smaller small small- er than the A American class and lIre are often known as the egg breed breeders rs They r y are nervous In dIsposition disposition- er fiery active compactly hunt hullt have white earlobes ear ent lobes anti clean clenn I g legs The hl breeds that male make up this class are Leghorn Minorca l Spanish and K Ancona ionn I s thi that t m make ke up up the Asiatic class are large and clums clumsy have ha red I ear lobes and fea feathers feather's on their I legs 1 They are r f to us as till th meat ment breeds Coch Ins and make up the breeds breed In this class The English clan not as common as the other three already dv refell referred to probably rank fourth JI n popularity These birds are In sizE ho e red ear lobes clean clenn Je legs s that are pi pink II I. I In the huff hufT and white varieties s nail In the hInd black n a. a The breeds making tutu class are tons Dorkings s Red RedCaps Caps Sussex und and Cornish |