Hubbard's poultry secrets. 47 



In regard to mating for color* be sure that the three birds 

 you are going to line breed from are purchased from a breeder 

 who has bred and raised his own winners. Don't buy them of 

 a breeder who buys his winners and then advertises that he has 

 raised them. There are a great many breeders to-day who are 

 buying their winners and not breeding them. 



The best way to find out whether a breeder is buying his 

 winners or line-breeding them, is to go to the show room your- 

 self. Study the breeder's birds that win the most prizes. If 

 they are line-bred, they will look like one family ; they will re- 

 semble each other. If there is no resemblance, you may be sure 

 that they were bought here and there, and not line bred. 



We will take it for granted that the birds you have selected 

 are line bred. Supposing one hen comes from England, from 

 a winning strain, one hen from Canada, and the male bird from 

 this country. Now, by studying the chart of line breeding, 

 which is on another page in this book, you will see how, in six 

 years, you can combine all of the good qualities of the three 

 birds. They will have the equal blood of the three birds in 

 their veins, and with the good qualities of the three birds com- 

 bined, you will have a family or strain of birds that you can 

 challenge the world with and win. My last three years of win- 

 nings for Foxhurst Farm have proven that this system stands 

 alone. 



On the chart for line breeding, we will call the bird from 

 England, Hen A ; the bird from Canada, Hen B, and the bird 

 from this country, Male C. By naming the birds A, B and C, 

 it will be easier to follow the chart. We will put hen A to the 

 left, hen B to the right, and male C in the center. The first 

 year's mating will be as follows: 



The chickens hatched from hen A, we will call group No. i, 

 which is one-half the blood of hen A, and one-half the blood of 

 male C. The chickens hatched from hen B will be group No. 



Refer to page 51. 



