SCIENTIFIC BREEDING AND HEREDITY.
Mi D. P. Laurje) tho South Australian iPtfnltsy-Efcpert, opens up a sab-.icctUsrftto-.'/rtogieas.??) of vital interest- to -the- ponltry industry of Australasia. Jt/has been very wisely remarked that amongst poultry-keep-irs there are- twb'^jlasses'.to be pitied — thoee -who- u'nde'rstaiid: the managomont of £.a3rl&£sii&. - who treat the birds as tfoy-^lwjftl'be treated, but who: owiiig" S-^s&g'procured birds from indi&ieni^ayipg grains, cannot hope 'io lie* "suceeHsf i«l while they have their .present;; stqck; and those who have good layers but ao not know how to:tre4t-them.. It ia the latter class who unwittingly cause the trouble, ana'soJne «dttcational influence will-ia^eto get to'Tfoik quickly if we desire tomsintaitt pur standing as Breeders of. utilitarian, poultry. Our eggJoyinigi competitions'; iaye in a sende revdlu'tionisei *jie r industry andbro4gl»t to tl»s fore inaoy breeders who have -.very Uttle experience, a fs.et that-.must eventaaUy bnng that like b'e^Bto like. liayera are liable to thiowjindifferent; layew, and this r can 'oxJy.'be asoert*ip€d by ttaing |the stock' «»d I bVeediug only from birds two 'yearaold;an<rover. To maintain a laying. *tfaiJi / with eatisfaoinon line-breeding ' jiust be iesorted to * and: lineibrfeding can ontv be Wked: on- scisnti§e> liawfc It >» well know* 1 that spmet of our mpss sucoeseful fanciers work on thesg line!, and wouli-fieieiOrieam of intrq-. diiong 'strange -blooV >, possibly 3eoiar^se-3h%-cSgft4fe?JBtics h&vp spent s^f^3^?T ?p^%^^
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 30 January 1909, Page 1
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216SCIENTIFIC BREEDING AND HEREDITY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 30 January 1909, Page 1
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