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Careful marking of each chick and keeping the 

 records of each pen and its offspring is absolutely 

 necessary in line breeding. 



Director Quisenberry of the Missouri Station, in 

 "The Poultryman's Guide," gives these instructions 

 for line breeding, which are simpler and easier to 

 understand than the Felch chart. 



1912 Mating 



Pen No. 1 — Ideal cock to ideal hen. Result of this 

 mating contains V2 blood of original male and y% 

 blood of original female. 



1913 Mating s 



Pen No. 2 — Male from No. 1 to original female — 

 % original female and % original male blood. 



Pen No. 3 — Females from No. 1 to original male — 

 % original male and % original female blood. 



191b Mating s 



Pen No. 4 — Females from No. 2 to males from No. 

 3 — V2 original male and y% original female. 



Pen No. 5 — Males from No. 2 to females from No. 

 3 — y% original male and V2 original female. 



Pen No. 6 — Males from No. 2 to original female — 

 % original female and Vs original male. 



Pen No. 7 — Females from No. 3 to original male — 

 7 /s original male and x /% original female. 



1915 Matings 



Pen No. 8 — Males from No. 7 to females from No. 

 6 — V2 original male and V& original female. 



Pen No. 9 — Females from No. 7 to males from No. 

 6 — y% original male and V2 original female. 



Pen No. 10 — Males from No. 6 to females from No. 

 2 — 13-16 original female and 3-16 original male. 



Pen No. 11 — Males from No. 4 or 5 to females 



