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The Journal of Heredity 



APPROACHING THE TYPE DESIRED 



The preceding pictures show the material which the breeder has used, step by step. The combina- 

 tions often have curious results, many of them disappointing, but each ser\-ed its purpose. When the 

 breed structure begins to assume shape, the anxieties of the past can be forgotten in the contemplation 

 that the present is bringing forth the hoped for results. The pullet shown in this picture was hatched 

 in 1918. She has a red ear lobe. (Mg. 23.) 



Lobe color: This year 140 came with 

 red ear lobes out of 520 observed and we 

 had 15 females having red ear lobes 

 that laid white-shelled eggs. 



1918. Plumage color: 296 out of 479 

 specimens obscr\-ed came with white 

 plumage. 



Number of toes: 470 out of 516 came 

 with 4 toes on each foot. 



Leg color: 445 out of 500 had yellow 

 leg color. 



Lobe color: 119 out of 479 observed 

 had red ear lobes. Of the females 

 having red ear lobes we secured but 3 



that laid white-shelled eggs. I am 

 unable to account for this seeming re- 

 version to the tinted color of the eggs 

 laid by the females of this year's breed- 

 ing, except that the white shell color 

 had not become well enough fixed to 

 remain constant. 



1919. Plumage color: 390 out of 436 

 came white. 



Number of toes: Of 437 chicks ob- 

 served 428 had 4 toes on each foot and 

 9 had 5 toes on each foot. 



Leg color: Of 435 chicks 397 had 

 yellow leg color. 



