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chick by means of a leg band and recording it in a chick index. 

 Later the leg band may be inserted in the wing as shown in 

 Fig. 61, and an adult band placed on the leg, the latter also 

 being recorded in the chick index. Besides this, there must 



Fastening the chick leg band in the wing. (Courtesy of Kansas Experiment 



Station.) 



be a flock breeding record, corresponding to the herd book 

 of the larger farm animals, by means of which pedigrees 

 may be traced. Such a program is within the reach of the 

 breeder who, compared with the producer, deals with fewer 

 numbers and makes a relatively larger profit on each bird. 



