Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station 



BULLETIN No. 307 APRIL, 1934 



Breeding for Egg Production 



By F. A. Hays and Ruby Sanborn 



During the last twenty years the Poultry Husbandry Department has con- 

 ducted numerous investigations to determine the influence of various factors, 

 controllable through breeding, on the egg-producing ability of Rhode Island 

 Reds. This compilation of results obtained up to the present date is intended 

 as a guide to assist the poultry breeder in directing his operations. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



