Pedigree Poultry Breeding. 



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through male or female lines. Instead every new mating re- 

 ceives a new mating number. 





PARENTAGE ^ ^°" 



$ No. 



DATE 



PEN NO 



MATING NO. 



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Chick Adult 

 Band No. Band No. 



Sex 



Hatched 



1 Hatch- 

 Matings ing Remarks 

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NOTES ON MATIN( 



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Fig. 10. Facsimile of mating sheet, reduced. 



With the general idea of the purpose of mating numbers 

 in mind the significance of the arrangement of the mating sheet 

 as shown in Figure io is plain. At the top of the sheet there is 

 placed the "Parentage ;" that is, the designating band numbers 

 of the two individuals that compose the mating which is char- 

 acterized in the records by the mating number at the upper right 

 hand corner of the sheet. For convenience an arbitrary rule is 

 made to put the band number of the male bird above that of the 

 female. The date at the top of the sheet is the date at which 

 the mating was made; that is, it is the date on which the two 

 mated birds were put together in the mating pen. There is 

 also placed at the top of the sheet the number of the pen in 

 which these mated birds were kept. Below the horizontal 

 double line on the mating sheet the space is devoted to the 

 progeny which arise from the mating. In the first column is 

 put the chick band number of each chick hatching from this 

 mating. As has been previously pointed out the arranging the 



