999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



Special Questions for the Fancier. 



QUESTION What is the single mating plan of producing Barred 

 Rocks? 



ANSWER By single mating is meant the selection of a Stand- 

 ard colored male mated to Standard colored females with a view to 

 producing both males and females of Standard color from the one 

 mating. A mating of this kind usually produces males that are too 

 light in color and females that are too dark. 



QUESTION What is the double mating plan of producing 

 Barred Rocks? 



ANSWER It is the system of using birds of different shades of 

 color to produce Standard colored birds. In order to produce Stand- 

 ard colored exhibition males, a male bird of Standard color is mated 

 to females a few shades darker than Standard. The males from 

 this mating will be good in color and the females very much too 

 dark. To produce Standard colored exhibition females a male a 

 few shades lighter than the Standard is mated to females that are 

 Standard. The females from this mating will be of the proper color, 

 but the males will be much too light. 



QUESTION Is double mating practiced with other breeds than 

 the Barred Rocks? 



ANSWER Yes, nearly all parti-colored breeds have some friends 

 who believe in double mating. 



QUESTION What is meant by "culls"? 



ANSWER The term "cull" is given to fowls that are from the 

 best breeding, but are lacking in strong development of one or more 

 features which must be present to make them good exhibition speci- 

 mens. 



QUESTION How is the score of a pen of birds in the show 

 room determined? 



ANSWER An exhibition pen consists of four females and one 

 male. The scores of the four best females are add'ed and this total 

 divided by four. To the amount thus obtained is added the score of 

 the male, and this total is score of the pen, 



