First Lessons in Poultry Keeping

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Excerpt from First Lessons in Poultry Keeping: First Year CoursePrimarily the objections to inbreeding are based, as has been stated, on social and religious arguments. As these can apply in a question like this only in so far as it can be shown that they affect physical condition we need not enter into them here. It is sufficient to consider the subject solely from the physical standpoint, and as it practically concerns the poultry breeder.It is claimed by those who oppose inbreeding that it produces certain and rapid physical deterioration. That it leads inevitably to degeneracy and sterility They will admit that by inbreeding some superficial, fancy points may he obtained in greater perfection, but claim that inbreeding cannot be carried beyond a very few generations except at the expense of vigor, stamina, size, productiveness, and that if persisted in it leads surely to the extinction of the line. In support of their position they refer to instances cited by early writers of the Darwinian school, to the conclusions of leading investigators of that period, to occasional experiences with or experiments in inbreeding poultry, and to the very evident fact that a great many stocks of pure bred fowls are deficient in stamina and practical qualities. The fact that many mongrel stocks on farms and elsewhere which breed indiscriminately, quickly deteriorate is also cited in this connection.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.