Poultry Notebooks : Poultry breeding notebook '03 V 942-46' [1903 notebook V]

Poultry Notebooks

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Laboratory notebook containing 1903-1904 records for various poultry breeding lines. Entries begin with records for birds labelled W 942-999 <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(6);return false;'>[1v]</a>, followed by a new series for birds W 1-46 <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(64);return false;'>[30v]</a> (both sets hatched between May and June 1903). These are followed by 1904 records for various Malay breeding lines <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(111);return false;'>[54]</a> and for birds B 53-57 <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(118);return false;'>[61r]</a>. Individual records for each bird include notes on colour, comb and other physical characteristics (e.g. small foot), state of health, and cause of death, etc. The entry for bird B 53 includes a drawing of its head and comb <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(119);return false;'>[61v]</a>.</p>