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Aveeks later, these bands should be removed and placed about the 

 ligament of the wing web close to the "wrist" joint and fastened. 

 At maturity, additional hen-size bands may be put on the legs. 

 Keej) records of these mjirks and numbers. The pullets from 

 these chicks should be put into a pen by themselves and at least 

 a pen egg record kept. If these birds do better than the rest 

 of the pullets from the flock matings that have otherwise 

 been treated the same, progress has been made and the plan 



should be contin- 

 ued. The cockerels 

 from this 1920 mat- 

 ing, if good indi- 

 viduals, can then 

 be used on the rest 

 of the birds in the 

 flock matings the 

 following Spring. 

 For the second 

 year's, or 1921 

 "seed-plot" breed- 

 ing pen, use the 

 same old male with 

 about a dozen of 

 his daughters. 

 Test the pullets 

 from this mating 

 in the same way. 

 If this old male is 

 known to have 

 come from an ex- 

 ceptionally good 

 hen this mating is 

 particularly desir- 

 able. The third, 

 or 1922 season, the 

 same original male may be used upon his granddaughters if 

 the 1921 mating has proven successful. A cockerel from the 

 first, or 1920 mating, could be used on these 1921 pullets, or 

 a cockerel from the 1921 mating could be used on the original 

 hens of the first mating. This latter would be particularly 

 desirable if the hens in this first mating were better than the 

 male. Many matings, and the progeny from them, may have 

 to be discarded as breeders and new starts made from the 



Fig. 131. — A poor capacity bird and early moulter. 



