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POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



give a good foundation for future work, and the 

 best cockerels from this pen are the sons of high 

 producers that are needed to head next year's breed- 

 ing pens. Breeding a good laying strain is just a 

 matter of raising the egg record a little every year. 



The average 

 production of the 

 farm flock the 

 country over is 

 less than 100 eggs 

 per year. It 

 should be easy, by 

 careful selection 

 and buying a good 

 male of a differ- 

 ent strain every 

 two years, to add 

 new blood, to 

 raise the average 

 production to 120 

 eggs. 



Line Breeding 



Line breeding 

 is almost the ex- 

 act opposite of 

 breeding for 



eggs. In breeding for egg production we begin 

 with poor or mediocre stock and by careful 

 selection for vigor and laying qualities breed up a 

 heavy laying strain. In line breeding we begin with 

 the two most perfect birds we can find, and by proper 

 mating for type and color establish a strain which 

 has the characteristics of the original parents. We 

 may, now and then, produce a more perfect bird, but 

 this we do not expect. 



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FIG. 27 FELCH LINE BREEDING CHART 



