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BESSIE NOTES 



tion was from 5 to 25, with an average of 13.57, as compared 

 with a range of 1 to 11 and an average of 3.48 in the last genera- 

 tion in alcohol. The average length of life, 5.70 days, had 

 increased very little over the average of 5.62 days in the last 

 isolation. Individuals reared continually in malted milk showed 

 at this time a range in egg production from 4 to 29, with an 

 average of 18.56, and a range in length of Ufe from 2 to 7 days, 

 with an average of 5.56 (table 4). 



TABLE 5 



A comparison of the egg production and length of life of all isolations made of lines 

 subjected to J per cent and | per cent alcohol and controls 



* Indicates time when alcohol cultures were transferred to malted milk. 



Thus, individuals of the second generation after the return to 

 normal conditions showed a marked increase in egg production; 

 in other words, only a partial retention of the influence of the 

 alcohol; and the averages for the generation whose ancestors 

 were subjected to alcohol approach those individuals continually 

 reared in malted milk. 



Isolations of the third generation made under the same condi- 

 tions as have just been described at the beginning of the twenty- 

 seventh week, show an average egg production of 21.80 for de- 

 scendants of individuals subjected to j per cent alcohol, and 19.92 

 for those subjected to | per cent, as compared with an average 



