agricultural experiment station 

 Massachusetts 



BULLETIN NO. 443 JULY 1947 



The Inheritance of Intensity 



of Laying in 



Rhode island Reds 



By F. A. Hays 



Intensity of laying is one of the most important characters associated with 

 high fecundity. Particular attention is given in this report to different methods 

 of measuring intensity and to evidence regarding its inheritance. 



UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



