AGRICU 

 16 BLACKSSURG, . 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



Bulletin No. 316 January, 1935 



Crossing 



Production and Exhibition 



Rhode Island Reds 



By F. A. Hays 



In this five-year study an attempt was made to determine whether, through 

 crossing exhibition-bred and production-bred Rhode Island Reds, the characters 

 necessary for high egg production might be retained without the sacrifice of 

 plumage color. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



