Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 259 December, 1929 



Rate of Growth 

 in Rhode Island Reds 



By F. A. Hays and Ruby Sanborn 



In selecting birds for various purposes, poultrymen make extensive use 

 of body weight as an index of the characteristics desired. The weight 

 records presented in this report cover an eleven-year period on all living 

 individuals in a flock bred primarily for high fecundity, and show some- 

 thing of their significajice. The results may serve as guides to the weights 

 which may be expected in this breed if high fecundity is the chief goal, 

 when methods of management and climatic conditions are comparable. 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



