Show IMPORTANCE OF MALE BIRDS Exert Much Influence In Producing Qualities of Offspring Two Offspring Two Classes of Hens Doctor Pearl formerly of the Maine experiment station makes mention of the fact that among the high producIng producing producing ing hens there are two classes one class having the ability to their high laying qualities to their daughters and the other class being p poor or breeders It simply amounts to the time selection by br means of the trap nest net of th the high la layers ers These in turn are mated to sons of hl high h layers ers and the progeny of the mating Is again test tested d as ns to egg production It Is 18 agreed by hy bythe hythe the most careful observers tha that t the male bird exerts a aery very ery Important In Influence influence In- In fluence In the producing qualities of the offspring and that a n good hen mated to a poor male would likely give very Indifferent results I |