Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station 



BULLETIN No. 288 



OCTOBER, 1932 



The Relation 



of Feather Pigmentation to 



Intensity of Laying in 



Rhode Island Reds 



By F. A. Hays 



Deep rich plumage color and high winter laying intensity in Rhode 

 Island Reds are desirable characters which can be influenced by breed- 

 ing. This investigation was undertalien to determine to what extent 

 both of these characters can be developed simultaneously by the breeder. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



