| OCR Text |
Show Says Family Important in Selecting Breeders Do not select breeders on the basis ba-sis of each individual's record, advises ad-vises a practical breeder, discussing discuss-ing a "short cut through the maze of Poultry Genetics" In the Rural New-Yorker. Instead use the family fam-ily of full sisters. The family is the important unit rather than the Individual. The great temptation Is to get excited over the daughter of a 300-egg hen, but we do not even bother to trap them unless they have at least five full sisters. In selecting cockerels to head pedigree pens the first choice is the male used the previous year, whose daughters are consistently good regardless re-gardless of the variation in females with which he was mated. Such Is a tested sire and Is the best bet. Second choice is the cockerel whose sisters are all meeting standard requirements re-quirements ; third is a male whose dam sisters and whose sire's sisters are all consistently good. Last on the preferred list is the male who is selected simply on the basis of his dam's record. While the family system of selection se-lection of breeders seems simple, It becomes extremely complicated without with-out a well-organized plan. Without the proper record system, yon will be hopelessly swamped in a sea of figures of little practical significance. |
