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this, there must be a flock hreediii^ reeoi'd, corres])on(lino; 

 to the henl hook of the hirger farm animals, l)\' means of which 

 pedigrees may be traeeth Sucli a jirogram is w ithin the reacli 



Fig. 57 



Making (he incision for the wing b.ind in the web of the wing of a newly 

 hatched cliiclt, (Courtesy of Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.) 



Fiu. .58 



The wing liiuil in pi i i ou i u \h li il( lied ehicli. (Courte.sy of Kansas 

 Agrieiilturai E^pciimrnt Station.) 



of the breeder who, compared witli tlie producer, ch'als with 

 fewer inimbers and makes a rehitixely larger jirofit on each 

 bird . 



