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of that mating will reproduce one-fourth, yellow cocks the same 

 as their fathers if mated to yellow females and the yellow cocks 

 will reproduce both males and females if mated to yellow males. 

 On the other hand, the red females whether from impure red 

 cocks mated to red females or from yellow cocks mated to red 

 females will always be color pure, hence the color of any red 

 female's offspring will not be influenced by their yellow or 

 red parentage. 



What is true of red and yellow matings as explained above, 

 is also true of the black and dun matings and blue and silver 

 matings. This applies to all breeds of pigeons and all colors 

 and all combinations of colors, also to birds of any of these 

 colors mixed with white in large or small proportions. 



Pure red males, if mated to pure red hens will produce pure 

 red males and females which in turn will produce pure red off- 

 springs of both sex. Pure red males mated to yellow females 

 will produce one-half pure red males, one-fourth pure red fe- 

 males and one-fourth yellow females, therefore it is possible to 

 produce yellow males from pure red males and it is impossible 

 to produce dun males from pure black males or silver males 

 from pure blue males. 



By studying the following diagrams, one will be able to more 

 closely comprehend the intricate explanations made above and 

 more readily grasp the results of certain matings. 



The following table shows how to produce impure red males 

 that will, when mated with yellow females, reproduce yellow 

 mates an average of one out of every four. 



Pigeons will not produce with a limited number of hatchings 

 exactly according to this table, but in time they will average 

 exactly as the table shows: 



Pure Red Male "^ f Impure Red Mf .e 



J Impure Red Mpie 

 j Red Female 



Yellow Female I I Red Female 



and > Produce 



Yellow Male ") f Impure Red Male 



J Impure Red Male 

 j Yellow Female 



Red Female I I Yellow Female 



and V Produce 



