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from No. 6 — 11-16 original female and 5-16 original 

 male. 



Pen No. 12 — Females from No. 4 or 5 to males 

 from No. 7 — 11-16 original male and 5-16 original 

 female. 



Pen No. 13 — Males from No. 7 to females from No. 

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



1916 Mating s 



Pen No. 14 — Females from No. 8 or 9 to males 

 from No. 10 — 21-32 original female and 11-32 origi- 

 nal male. 



Pen No. 15 — Females from No. 8 or 9 to males 

 from No. 13 — 21-32 original male and 11-32 original 

 female. 



Pen No. 16 — Females from No. 11 to males from 

 No. 12 — y<i original male and y% original female. 



Pen No. 17 — Males from No. 11 to females from 

 No. 12 — y% original male and Vk original female. 



Pen No. 18 — Females from No. 10 to males from 

 No. 12 — 9-16 original female and 7-16 original male. 



Pen No. 19 — Males from No. 13 to females from 

 No. 11 — 9-16 original male and 7-16 original female. 



Cross Breeding 



There is absolutely nothing to be gained by cross 

 breeding, except perhaps in producing capons, and 

 everything to be lost. A cross of a lightweight 

 male on heavy females is sometimes advocated for 

 broilers, but it would be hard to prove that the 

 broilers produced in this way grow more rapidly 

 or are better in any way than a pure-bred bird. In 

 many cases they do not grow as fast. The bird 

 produced by crossing will be larger than the one 

 parent but smaller than the other. 



At the Cornell Experiment Station experiments 

 were tried in crossing White Leghorns and Barred 



