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of the third. These last two may be called the "cross tables." 

 The sums of the totals of these partial tables will give the total 

 ^^ , ^ ■ — q.^ values for the successive generations. 



The formation of the tables on this plan may be illustrated 

 with some examples. These examples will also show the skele- 

 ton method of writing pedigree elimination tables, which saves 

 much labor. This was referred to, but not significantly illus- 

 trated, in the earlier bulletin. It consists simply in doubling 

 the total of the column for each generation rather than the 

 separate items. 



