366 MAINi: AGRICUI^TURAl^ EXPERIMENT STATION. I912. 



matings were with C.I.G. 5 5 of constitution fUL. PUk. The 

 results were as follows : 



S 576 //./... /LJ= X fhk. Fkh. 



? Progeny 



Winter Production: Over jo Under 30 Zero 



Observed 3 i 



020 



Total observed o 5 i 



Total expected 1.5 s 7.5 



Mean winter production of ? ? 



in indicated class 11.80 eggs eggs 



The numbers here are too sinall to give definite results, but 

 there is nothing incompatible in the observations, having regard 

 to the smallness of the numbers, with what would be expected. 



Matings of $ Pi ^j/ with Barred Plymouth Rock females. 

 There were three matings of this sort, but the families were all 

 small. The females used were of class 2 (table 6). The results 

 were as follows : 



<S S77 fhk. fUL. X flnU. Pink. ■ 

 ? Progeny 



Winter Production: Over jo Under so Zero 



■ (5 1118) I o 



(2 F350) li li 



(? F235) I 2 01 



Total observed 23 . 42 o 



Total expected 3.5 3.5 o 



Mean winter production of 5 ? 



in indicated class 35.00 eggs 11.25 eggs 



Again the numbers involved are too small to be of any par- 

 ticular significance when taken by themselves. They are in 

 conformity, however, with all the other data and therefore have 

 cumulative value. 



Matings of Pi $ 577 zvith Cornish Indian Game females., 

 Tv/o matings only of this sort got adult female progeny.- The 



