LAWS GOVERNING THE BREEDING 
I shall explain the method of using the system 
which dates back since man first raised fancy 
chickens. Sebright bantams first brought it to 
my notice and after a prolonged trial with Polish 
fowls to a success I concluded it was applicable to 
any breed and so it has proved. 
First and foremost, dear reader, to make the 
right start, buy the very best male and female 
possible for your line-breeding. This pair are 
your ideals to work from and the best is only good 
enough for such a start, and then again, contrary 
to popular belief, you should breed from an ideal 
as well as up to an ideal. The first year’s results 
from your ideals contain half the blood of the sire 
and half the blood of the dam. (See chart on 
page 15.) Now the next step is to take the best 
pullet from this mating and breed her to her sire 
and the best cockerel should be bred to his dam. 
For convenience sake we will say this is 1911 
mating. Next take pullet from 1911 mating and 
use again on first sire; this pullet being grand- 
daughter of her sire and containing three quarters 
of his blood. Take cockerel from the mating of 
1911 with dam and do likewise; this cockerel now 
carries three quarters of the blood of dam. The 
next mating carries us to 1912. The young from 
these matings carry seven-eighths of the blood 
of original sire and dam respectively. 
To protect the line from the effects of too close 
inbreeding one should no longer breed back to 
original sire or dam. The 1912 mating back to 
original sire contains only one-eighth of the blood 
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