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original cock (blociv 1). The Isest male in blocli 3 is mated bade 

 to the original ben (lilock 2). Tbe youngsters from tbese mat- 

 ings are reprosentiMl in blocks i and 5, tbe dotted lines in tbe 

 chart in every case representing tbe female blood and tbe solid 

 lines tbe male blood. Tbese youngsters in 4 and 5 are % 

 blood of tbe original pair, those in 4 being % blood of the 



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original cock and those in 5 being % blood of the original hen. 

 Here again we select tbe best young hen and cock and mate 

 tbe young heii liack to ber grandfather antl tbe young cock to 

 his grandmother and we get youngsters from these niatings 

 as shown in blocks G and 8. These are ;§ blood of tbe original 

 pair. This fraction % is arrived at as follows. The original 



