MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



BULLETIN No. 301 NOVEMBER, 1933 



Characteristics of Non-Broody 



and Intense Broody Lines 



of Rhode Island Reds 



By F. A. Hays 



The practical poultryman is interested in decreasing broodiness in his 

 laying flock. The data presented here show to what extent this can be 

 accomplished by ordinary selection methods without the use of tested 

 males. There is included also a comparision of fecundity characters and 

 of egg records of non-broody and broody lines. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



