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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Tlie Ijreeder's goal is not so much "Imw inan>" as "how 

 good." Pe(hgTee hreeihng is a necessity in selecting for 

 fecuiKJit.N' or hatching power. There cannot he the best 

 progress along pro(hiction lines witlmiit it. 



Tig. .59 



\\ingliaiiii ;i^ i1 appuar^ in 1 lir wiiii^ "I tlii' a<liilf lowl. li Ik ai> ilie }"car 



date of hatching as wcH as tin; (--luck's niiiniirr. As if nanains in place 



throughout life, Iho'aec n[ the lurd can al\va\s \n- Inld. (('(jurtcsy of 

 Kansas .Agriciiltuial I''xp(ainicnt Station.) 



The general |)roihi(a'r, ho\ve\'i'r, ilesitcs iiniiiliers and sells 

 on a coni])aratively nai-row margin, hence the time element 

 involved is too great to make pcdigreeing ]iractical. He 

 must look ti' the production lireeder to do this for him. 



Breeding Record Blanks.— An indiNiihial's lucrthiiu' recoi'd 

 is started when it is hatched. .\s sdcm a^ it is well dri<'d oif 

 it is waiigliandcd or Icghandrd. The nniiilnf im this htind 



