Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — Line Breeding. [ARTICLE]

Line Breeding.

Line breeding as practiced by pouL trymen Is simply carefully, conducted inbreeding, females being continually mated back to the best male specimens of direct descent from the original male ancestor. The practical application of the system varies according to the ideas and needs of the various fanciers, There is no fixed rule.- - Use only male birds of the direct male line from which you are breeding. Select breeding birds for health, vigor and quality. Pullets may be bred back to sires, grand sires or great-grandsires or to other good males of direct descent from the original male ancestor. It Is preferable to mate pullets with cocks and hens with yearling cocks or cockerels instead of mating pullets and cockerels together.