34 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I902. 



EGG RECORDS-Concluded. 

 White Wyandottes. 



3 



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779. 

 7S0. 

 781. 

 7*2. 



783. 

 7-<4. 



785. 

 786. 

 787. 

 788. 

 789. 

 790. 



15 



22 



10 



11 

 8 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 in 

 8 

 16 

 19 

 17 

 11 

 13 

 12 



20 

 22 

 15 

 10 

 ■_'l 

 10 

 L4 

 12 

 It 

 21 

 13 

 16 

 19 



lo 

 15 

 14 

 19 

 20 

 13 

 20 

 2 



13 



•21 



14 



3 



15 



4 

 10 



it 

 2 



Id 



14 

 II 

 12 



5 

 17 



9 

 13 



1 



20 

 16 

 13 



14 

 12 

 11 



4 

 16 

 12 

 23 



7 



25 

 14 



18 

 23 

 s 

 6 

 15 

 12 



12 



* 



12 

 19 

 10 



13 



21 

 16 



17 

 1 

 2 



12 



11 



163 

 183 

 166 



87 

 153 

 161 



60 



£0 

 150 

 112 

 128 

 165 



85 



* Pesul. 

 CONCLUSION. 



This report does not deal with results, for sufficient time has 

 rot yet elapsed since beginning the test to breed birds and test 

 their laying qualities. 



During the three years in which we have been selecting 



1 reeding stock by use of the trap nests we have found 30 



lens that laid between 200 and 251 eggs each in a year. 



Twenty-six of them are now in our breeding pens and constitute 



— until other additions are made to them — the "foundation 



stock" upon which our breeding operations are based. Males 



for our use have been raised from them during the last two years. 



The number of the foundation stock, now secured, makes 



practicable the avoidance of inbreeding, and this is to be strictly 



guarded against, as it is doubtful if the inbred hen has sufficient 



constitution to enable her to stand the demands of heavy egg 



production. 



All of the other breeding stock we are now carrying are tested 



hens that have laid over 180 eggs in a year; pullets whose 

 mothers laid over 200 eggs in one year and whose fathers' 

 mothers laid over 200 eggs in a year ; and pullets sired by cock- 

 erels whose mothers and grandmothers laid over 200 eggs in 

 one year. The size and color of the Plymouth Rock eggs are 

 very fine. The eggs from the Wyandottes are of good shape 

 and size, but as yet too light in color. 



