The Farm-poultry . Farm-Poultry. March 1 Is This ^Mendelian? 1^1 the last report of the secretary of tlieBlue Andalusian Club, we find thefollowing quotation from a letter re-ceived by him from a member of theclub:— ? There is one matter that seems to bethe stumbhng block for most p>eople inbreeding Andalusians, and will haTS to bein some measure gotten over before thebirds will ever be as popular as they to be. That is the matter of few people care to breed a lot ofbirds and have them come all colors, be-cause it is so hard to explain to theirfriends that they are all


The Farm-poultry . Farm-Poultry. March 1 Is This ^Mendelian? 1^1 the last report of the secretary of tlieBlue Andalusian Club, we find thefollowing quotation from a letter re-ceived by him from a member of theclub:— ? There is one matter that seems to bethe stumbhng block for most p>eople inbreeding Andalusians, and will haTS to bein some measure gotten over before thebirds will ever be as popular as they to be. That is the matter of few people care to breed a lot ofbirds and have them come all colors, be-cause it is so hard to explain to theirfriends that they are all thoroughbreds. I believe, however, that by carefulselection and observance of which femalesthrow the most sports, that they can intime be weeded out. It is probably afact that the male also has a large influ-ence in the matter, but I have some fe-males from which I liave selected quite agood many eggs, and hatched clilcks,none of which were either black or white;other females of practically the samebreeding, and with the sa


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