62 TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPIXO 



The resvilts of this method, which is called line breeding, 

 are likel.y to be good ; for, while the fowls are of the same 

 blood, they are distantly related. 



REVIEW 



1. What is the yolk of an egg for? 



2. When should the baby chick be fed? 



3. WHiat sliould its first feed be? 



4. How should grit l)o given? 



5. Explain the changes in the feed ration for the first two months. 



QUESTIONS 



1. How can the flock be improved? 



2. What is the most important point in selecting breeders? 



3. Does the movement of a fowl tell anything of its vigor? 



4. Name some points of a good fowl. 



5. Name some points of an inferior fowl. 



6. What is the egg-producing shape? 



7. What is the meat-producing shape? 



8. Sliould breeds and varieties be crossed? 



9. What is the breeding tendency of fowls whose color is black- 



and-white? 

 10. What is "double mating?" 



HOME WOKK 



Select and mark some good breeders and some poor breeders and 

 write out 3'our reasons for the selection. 



