98 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



The average production of the dams was 202 eggs in a 

 year. Their sires were from dams, one with record of 218 

 eggs, the other 169. In the sixth year there were 160 pul- 

 lets which averaged 176.5. Their dams averaged 187.9, 

 sires' dams 219.8 and dams' dams 211.7. Hens that died 

 are eliminated in the calculation for each year. 



No "new blood" was introduced during the six years, 

 but inbreeding was avoided. The parent stock was selected 



A122 MOTHER 



Laid 259 eggs in a year. Some of her daughters and granddaughte 

 shown on following pages. All of medium size and, with one exct 

 are short in body. 



rs are 

 exception, 



each year on the basis of trapnest records, no attention 

 being paid to shape or type. The breeding fowls, however, 

 represented fairly well the general characteristics of the 

 breed. 



"Were further evidence needed as to the inheritance of 

 fecundity it is brought out in the table on p. 102 compiled 

 from the Oregon experiments, in which it will be seen that 

 the progeny of selected high layers produced 207.3 eggs per 

 hen, while the progeny of selected poor layers averaged 

 138.1 eggs. Male X of unknown ancestry, mated to poor 



