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more cents discrimination in most large markets in favor of 



the large white eggs as compared to the brown or mixed eggs. 



There is a relation between the size of the comb and the 



size of the egg. The size of the individual governs to a certain 



f\w yiMffmrm-mDiBMONGRas. 



THE 



ni^sTU^y^y 



CROSS 



'.CW LEGHORN 



LIGHT BRAHMA 



mSULT T/RGT rno^c, Cf: GENERATION) 



1^. RESULT fi GFMRATION CROSS qcm m VON) j 



Fig. 51. — Showing the effects of cross breeding and the progeny of the 

 breeding of the cross. (Buss.) 



extent the size of the egg; and the comb, an index to sexual 

 development, governs the size of the egg. The Minorca has 

 a large comb and lays a large egg. The Hamburg has a small 



