14 LE55ONS IN POULTRY KEEPING SECOND 5LRIL5. 



A male from No. 13, which is 13-16 the blood of the original sire No. 2, mated to females 

 -from No. 10, which are 5-16 the blood of the original sire, No. 2, gives us group 17, which is 

 9-16 the blood of said sire. 



While in No. 16 we have the new strain and in No. 18 the strain of our original sire, No. 2, 

 we have three distinct strains, and by and with this systematic use we can go on breeding for 

 all time to come. Remember that each dotted line is a female selection and each solid line the 

 male selection. 



To make all this plain to the novice, I shall, in showing by the pedigrees of individual fowls 

 how to follow my diagram, number both males and females by the number of the group as 

 seen in the chart, they being of that group; while in the list of names will be added = , f, J, 

 etc., as the case may be, the fraction showing the extent of the preponderance of the blood 

 of the strain, the balance of the unit being the percentage of the strain mated: all names 

 commencing with A being of Honest Abe, No. 2 strain ; all names commencing with W having 

 in excess the blood of Lady Washington and her strain; other names representing one-half 

 the blood of each of these two strains. This middle ground or reservoir of blood, we create 

 of our two strains, that we may both preserve line breeding as applied to the individuals, and 

 when we see fit to break the individual line, may still maintain the line breeding of the strains. 



We now proceed to name the individuals and create tbeir pedigrees. 



The Male List. 



Honest Abe, No. 2, our original sire. 



Adam Wall, No. 3, (i) ; sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Walsingham, No. 4, (|) ; sire, Adam Wall, No. 3; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Advocate, No. 5, (|) ; sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Julia, No. 3. 



Warwick, No. 6, () ; sire, Walsingham, No. 4; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Acrobat, No. 7, () ; sire, Advocate, No. 5; dam, Lady Wiley, No. 4. 



Aaron Burr, No. 8, () ; sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Anna, No. 5. 



Waldermier, No. 9, (13-16) ; sire, Warwick, No. 6; dam, Lady Wiley, No. 4. 



Albert, No. 12, (11-16) ; sire, Aaron Burr, No. 8; dam, Calve, No. 7. 



Gen. Adams, No. 13, (13-16) ; sire, Aaron Burr, No. 8; dam, Anna, No. 5. 



Gen. Walker, No. 14, (21-32) ; sire, Waldermier, No. 9; dam, Kate, No. 11. 



Wallace, No. 15, (9-16) ; sire, Albert, No. 12; dam, Winfred Lass, No. 9. 



Gen. Arthur, No. 18, (21-32) ; sjre, Gen. Adams, No. 12; dam, Kate's sister, No. 11. 



The Female List. 



L*ady Washington, No. 1, original dam. 



Julia, No. 3, (4) ; sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Anna, No. 5, (|) ; sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Julia, No. 3. 



JLady Wiley and sisters, No. 5, (|) ; sire, Adam Wall, No. 3; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Lady Weeks, No. 6, (J) ; sire, Walsingham, No. 4; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1. 



Calve, No. 7, (i) ; sire, Advocate, No. 5; dam, Lady Wiley, No. 4. 



Winfred Lass, No. 9, (13-16) ; sire, Warwick, No. 6; dam, Lady Wiley, No. 4. 



Lady Wallace, No. 10, (11-16) ; sire, Acrobat, No. 7; dam, Lady Weeks, No. 6. 



Kate, No. 11, () ; sire, Aaron Burr, No. 8; dam, Lady Weeks, No. 6. 



Lady Wade, No. 15, (9-16) ; sire, Albert, No. 12; dam, Winfred Lass, No. 9. 



Countess, No. 16, (4) ; sire, Albert, No. 12; dam, Lady Wallace, No. 10. 



It now becomes easy to mate up our pens. 



Pen No. 1 sire, Honest Abe, No. 2; dam, Lady Washington, No. 1, produc-s group No. 

 3, half-bloods. 



Pen No. 2 sire, Honest Abe, No. 2 ; dams, Julia, No. 3, and sisters, by Honest Abe, No. 2, 

 produces group No. 5, three-fourths blood of Honest Abe, No. 2. 



Pen No. 3 sire, Honest Abe, No. 2 ; dams, Anna, No. 5, and sisters, by Honest Abe, No. 

 3J; 2d dam, Julia, No. 3, by Honest Abe, No. 2; 3d dam, Lady Washington, No. 1, produces 

 group No. 8, seven-eighths blood of Honest Abe, No. 2. 



