Fig. 9 — The carcass of a White Cornish- 

 New Hampshire cross which laid 

 182 eggs in 10 months. 



carries well to the end of the keel. 

 The keel itself is five inches long and 

 the distance from the posterior end 

 of the keel to a point perpendicular 

 to the ruler in Fig. 9 is eight inches. 

 This certainly indicates that good 

 egg production and superior meat 

 qualities can be combined in one 

 bird. 



Fig. 10 shows a White Cornish- 

 New Hampshire male and Fig. 11 

 a female from this cross. The close 

 feathering shown is typical of the 

 cross. It should also be noted that 

 the birds shown are reddish in color 

 with the normally black areas of the 

 New Hampshire being replaced by 

 white. This indicates the possibility 

 of the presence of that gene which in- 

 hibits black but not red in the strain 

 of White Cornish used. 

 C. W. Hess 



After desirable and uniform fami- 

 lies are obtained, this stock will be 

 made available to New Hampshire 

 poultrymen. With this in mind, 366 

 backcross chicks were produced this 

 year by mating four purebred New 

 Hampshire females with each of the 

 six Fj males. These backcross 

 chicks were heavier at 10 weeks than 

 the Fg chicks and they were looser 

 feathered (resembling more the fe- 

 male parent) than the Fg chicks. 

 The backcross chicks were broader 

 breasted and apparently carried 

 more meat than the straight New 

 Hampshires, but they were not as 

 satisfactory as the Fg birds in these 

 respects. 



The White Cornish-New Hamp- 

 shire cross made last year seems very 

 promising. Egg production is ex- 

 ceptionally good, one hen having 

 laid 224 eggs in 11 months. Fig. 9 

 shows a hen which had laid 182 

 eggs in ten months, or the equivalent 

 of 218 eggs in 12 months. It can be 

 noted that the anterior width of the 

 breast is approximately four and 

 one-half inches and that the width 



Fig. 10 — ( ahove ) A male from a White 

 Cornish-New Hampshire cross. 



Fig. 11 — (below) A female from a White 



Cornish-New Hampshire cross. 



Note the wing badge which is used to 



identify the bird while trapnested. 



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