Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . no blacks, as theblack character has been split clean out of the germ-cells fromwhich they arose. There are two classes of the blacks, of which one is twiceas numerous as the other. There are the hybrid blacks formed bythe union of a white and a black germ-cell, and when bredtogether they act like the original hybrids in that a quarter of theiroffspring are whites. The otherclass of blacks consists of thoseformed by the union of two blackgerm-cells. These breed as trueto blackness as the original pureblack grandparent. It is here thatthe gr
Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . no blacks, as theblack character has been split clean out of the germ-cells fromwhich they arose. There are two classes of the blacks, of which one is twiceas numerous as the other. There are the hybrid blacks formed bythe union of a white and a black germ-cell, and when bredtogether they act like the original hybrids in that a quarter of theiroffspring are whites. The otherclass of blacks consists of thoseformed by the union of two blackgerm-cells. These breed as trueto blackness as the original pureblack grandparent. It is here thatthe great practical importance ofMendels discovery lies. When across is made between two purestrains which differ from one an-other in respect of a single pair ofcharacters only, the second gen-eration will contain a definite pro-portion of individuals which breedas true to the characters theyexhibit as did the original parents. mneiffs O mm. a)t» sWHiT^ee/iH BLACK GERM ^ ^ r\ /^WHITE 6£/lH ccumcvoF # ••^xO yculsoraw mBPm;AHtMPUIIBCOHIHAMT BLACK Hen. TuiMimEaitacs fimiBsar THE SECom HYBm CEKERATIOHCOKIiWKOF THUft BlA£) ermMiMPmjoivsmmn 12 POULTRY SECRETS. Secret of Uniform Type and Color in Breeding In selecting a sire, Mr. Felch has learned that he should bewell bred, and come from a line of good ones —and be a coun-terpart of his sire. This gives a double guarantee that he willcontrol the offspring. As a rule, the offspring bred back to thegrandsire, the sire and grandsire being alike, a start is made withan almost certainty of success, if the mating is properly selection having been made the rule must be enforced that nosires w^ill be used for breeding but this one, or males of his get,and none of them that do not assume the likeness of the sire, thusestablishing a line, or strain of blood, which, in a single word,means uniformity. In the hen, secure first, productiveness as to eggs; second, arobust constitution, coming from a long-lived race; third, color;la
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