Poultry Notebooks : Poultry breeding notebook '01 I 433-619' [1901 notebook I]

Poultry Notebooks

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Laboratory notebook containing records for poultry breeding lines W 433-624 (birds which hatched between February and June 1901).</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The notebook begins with lists of breeding lines and progeny [<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(4);return false;'>pp. 1r-3r</a>] followed by full page entries for individual birds. Entries include notes on colour, comb and other physical characteristics, state of health, and cause of death, etc. Also included are drawings of chicken heads [pp. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(43);return false;'>28v</a>, <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(50);return false;'>33v</a>, <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(67);return false;'>48v</a> and <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(111);return false;'>85v</a>], a feather [<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(106);return false;'>page 81v</a>], and feet with extra digits [pp <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(182);return false;'>142v</a> and <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(221);return false;'>178v</a>]. W 558 is labelled 'very important bird' [<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(168);return false;'>page 129v</a>].</p>