. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. he main prin- c i p1e onwhich this should bedone. We haveevidence that thischart has actuallybeen of practicalbenefit to several well-known breeders inEngland, even as thenpublished ; but insome subsequent cor-respondence very kindlysent us an improvedform of it, which wehere reproduce, witha little further modi-fication to make its meaning more clear. Wesuppose the strain to originate in two indi-viduals only, though in the case of fowls, ofcourse, several hens or pullets might be use
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. he main prin- c i p1e onwhich this should bedone. We haveevidence that thischart has actuallybeen of practicalbenefit to several well-known breeders inEngland, even as thenpublished ; but insome subsequent cor-respondence very kindlysent us an improvedform of it, which wehere reproduce, witha little further modi-fication to make its meaning more clear. Wesuppose the strain to originate in two indi-viduals only, though in the case of fowls, ofcourse, several hens or pullets might be usedas one of the units. In that case, however,all should be of the same breeding.* Thetwo original units must, of course, be perfectly * It need hardly be pointed out that in this the schememay be carried out with less in-breeding at the first stages, as acockerel might be bred to an aunt of to the unless tlie hens or pullets are full sisters, the result will notbe the same or have the same certainty. Hence the utilitysf the recording nestboxcs mentioned farther FB- 79-—^f. Felchs Breeding Chart vigorous and healthy, and either unrelated oronly distantly related in blood. They shouldaKvajs be from different yards, for it is foundthat even change of ground has some effect inproducing that different blood which has somuch to do with avoiding constitutional our two original units, then, Mr. Felchschart shows how they may be bred so as tomaintain health and vigour. In reailiiig this chart, every dotted linemeans a female— a hen or pullet, and everyunbroken line a two suchlines meet at a pointthe circle at that poinidenotes the produceof tlie mating, bearinga number distinguish-ing it as a group orproduct; while thefraction outside thecircle denotes themixture or proportionin that product of theblood of the twooriginal units fromwhich is bred thestrain. The first year,for instance, theoriginal pair producegroup
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