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The Journal of Heredity 



ON ANY PRODUCE MARKET THIS HEN WOULD BE CLASSED AS A MONGREL 



A pullet from pen 9, which was the mating in 1914 of pullets from pen 18 with a male from pen 

 22. See Kigs. 8 and 9. Here again are Dominique markings. She is far from that, however, because 

 her ancestry is known and her heredity admits combinations which will help in the solution of the pres- 

 ent problem. (Fig. 15.) 



an occasional bird having these mark- 

 ings from our purest flocks of the latter 

 breed. 



As the breeding progressed, less and 

 less off colored birds were obtained ini- 

 til, as will be seen by the accompany- 

 ing description for offspring of the past 

 year, practically only white birds were 

 obtained, with the exception of a few 

 showing the buff markings and with an 

 occasional bird showing some black 

 splashing or ticking. The color of 

 plumage therefore may be .said at the 

 present time to be cjiiite well fixed. In 

 color of ear lobe there has been a wide 

 and troublesome variation. At first 

 the j)reponderance of white Iol)es was 

 marked and for several generations 

 very few solid red lobes were obtained. 



It was necessary therefore in selecting 

 the mating to use both males and fe- 

 males which had only partially red 

 lobes, in tuany instances the red con- 

 stituting no more than one-fourth the 

 lol)e. In spite r)f this, however, the 

 number of solid red lobes obtained has 

 increased until at the present time a 

 considerable number show this char- 

 acter, although many partially white 

 lobes in varying proportions of color 

 still occur. It should be stated in this 

 <-onni'Ction that it has been difficult to 

 maki- accurate observations regarding 

 the color of ear lobe. This is esju'ci-illy 

 true of birds which were culled or which 

 died before they were mature. In fe- 

 males particularly, the lobe may be 

 pale or even appear white when with 



