Roosevelt Standard | 1936-04-23 | Page 13 | Artificial Breeding

artificial breeding simplified methods for artificial breeding of poultry which in tests produced higher fertility than natural matins mating have been developed by poultry scientists of the united states department part ment of agriculture A 97 per cent fertility of eggs was obtained by these new methods ns as compared with an average of 85 per cent in the natural at the national agricultural research center beltsville Bells ville ud md ordinarily ordina na rily poultry men provide a male tor for each 10 or 15 birds in their flocks I 1 i