MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



Bulletin No. 377 October 1940 



Inheritance of Broodiness in 

 Rhode Island Reds 



By F. A. Hays 



This is an attempt at a sounder basis for the elimination of broodiness 

 in poultry through the selection of breeding stock and to discover whether 

 sex-linked genes are concerned. 



AIASSACHUSETTS STATE COELECiE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



