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ties he de desIred desired desired sIred and then crossing crossmg them with withother withother withother other pure lInesThis linesThis lines linesThis This obtained the double advan advantage advantage advantage tage of combining combmmg the specifically specificallydesired specificallydesired specificallydesired desired qualit quaM es and at the same sametIme sametime sametime tIme endowing endowmg the offspring offsprmg offsprmgIth \\Ith Ith with withthe \ with/the with the Iththe / the biological quality still not well wellunderstood wellunderstood wellunderstood understood known Imown as h hybrid ) bnd vigor Applied to Animals Ammals AmmalsBreedmg AnimalsBreeding Breeding Breedmg of farm animals ammals such suchas suchas suchas as dairy cattle egg laying laymg chIckens chIckensand chickensand chickensand and meat animals ammals lags far behmd behind behmdcom behindcorn behindcorn com corn breeding breedmg Secretary Siallace Siallacedeclared \ Wallacedeclared allace allacedeclared declared Selecting breeding breedmg stock stockon stockon stockon on the basis of show ring pointsis pomtsIS pomts points IS on a level with the old fasbloned fashioned fasblonedmethods fashionedmethods fashionedmethods methods of corn com judging Judgmg by mdlvld individ mdlvldual individual mdividual ual ears Performance tests based basedon basedon basedon on egg laying laymg and butterfat pro produc production production due duebon bon tion records are somewhat better betterbut betterbut betterbut but are still far short of certamty certainty certaintyin certamtyIn In selection selecbon and transmission of de desITable desuable desirable sITable suable qualities to offspring offsprmg offsprmgWhat offspringWhat offspringWhat What is really needed the speak speaker speaker er hammered home is the selectIon selectIonof selectionof of particular desirable qualities the thefixIng thefixing thefixing fixIng of these in m pure lines lmes of sITes sues sITesand suesand siresand and dams and the uniting unltmg of these thesepure thesepure thesepure pure lines lmes into high production off oft offsprmg oftspring oSspring sprmg spring by crossing crossmg It will be the thehybnd thehybrid thehybrid hybnd hybrid corn techn que applied appl1ed to an anlIDals animals animals animalsCarrying lIDals imals lIDalsCarrymg imalsCarrying Carrying Carrymg of this pure hne lIne method methodof methodof methodof of breeding breedmg into mto application in hu human human human man eugenics did not appeal to Sec Secretary Secretary Seerotary retary Wallace as practicable Neg Negatlve Negative Negalive atlve ative eugenics the attempted ehmi eluni ehmination elunination elimlnation nation of undesirable traits by ster sterihzatlon sterilization sterIhzation ihzatlon ilization programs he considers of ofdubIOUS ofdubious ofdubious dubIOUS ' " workability ark ability Similar SlIDllar tech techmques techniques techniques mques niques tailed failed when applied in m early earlycorn earlycorn earlycorn corn breeding he pointed pomted out . . |