Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 54 | Hen's Heredity Studied to Get Superchicken

HENS HUS' HEREDITY TO Tn GH I f ed Expert Seek Way to Breed Best Egg Producers BELTSVILLE Md Id AP APA AP-A A A taw law of heredity that explains why parents parents par par- ants of a a eyed brown-eyed child both mays may havo blue ey eyes s is Sa being tested for practical act cal values by a a. scientist of th the tho department of ot agriculture Gr Gregor gor f fend Mendel fendel 1 a monk based he law that bears his name on eight years eau of ot experimentation with garden garden gar gar- den peas Dr Morley A. A Jull Jul ted red eral poultry husbandman is carry earlY lag Ing ng on research in n the animal kingdom king king- dom with chickens A complete portion of ot tho the project project proves pro the tho validity of the fundamental fun tun- principles observed by Mendel that in cross breeding there thera are certain characters which aro are dominant and oth others rs recessive Dr Jull Tun demonstrated the m mech mechanism mech ch- ch of ot the tho law by crossing white and black bantams All AJI of ot the first generation were black but when mated among themselves one q one r. r ter of his second generation wera white White id la the recessive character charS which will riot not appear if It the tho Indi Individual vidual l carried also tho dominant gene geno for or black The rhe white bantams mated among themselves prod produced ced no black offspring two out of ot three blacks were carriers of of white while enc one was pure Th Tho remaining p portion of the project which amounts to a a- quest for tor super super breeds must progress for several years before r results will Ill willbe willbe be evident Dr Jull said His main plan is to determine the tho Inheritance of ot egg production whito leghorns and Rhode Island reds having been crossed for five years There Thero aro are three allied studies studies of of r size in e eggs s. s of at shape hape in eggs and of at size In body weight Bantams and barred Plymouth rocks Jocks h have va been crossed for new hew facts on body size white leghorns and silver r pencil Plymouth rocks are mated In tho the study of at egg cg shape and barred Plymouth rocks and ad white l leghorns arc aro crossed in re reSearch re re- Search earch on eg egg size