ok, here is an article by Hurst, who states in an earlier post here that his and Smart's works can't be compared because they have different basic parameters.
Smarts' basic parameters are somatic and Hurst's and Pearls' are genetic.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009126076
Transactions...
Modern poultry keeping. v.4 July-Dec. 1921.
Page 404, November 9th, 1921
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924081082251;view=1up;seq=390
| Genetics of Egg Production. |
|[ By Major C. C. HVRST, J.P. ~_
Major Hurst has kindly sent the following replies
to letters relating to his...
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=Oscar;id=coo.31924003148370;view=plaintext;seq=52;start=1;sz=10;page=root;num=48;size=100;orient=0
The Croad Langshan ("Beauty based upon utility") Embracing
... Hancock, Sardius, ed.
Published by Feathered World (1920?) 93 pages.
Excerpt from Page 48:
"Mr...
More than welcome , Marvin. I especially liked the one article about how to start a strain or breed in a small flock. the one with the letters AB AC AD ABD, etc. I wish I had had that info several years ago when I made a breeding mistake. But you can see what I mean about gleaning the good from...
I can eventually put all the article page numbers in here if ya'll want. But keyword searching the volumes themselves is probably easier. Oscar wrote for at least 2 other magazines. I will look them up as I can. It's late and time for sleep.
Karen
Remember these writings are over 100 years old. Some breeding advice is timeless. Other advice is archaic, proven wrong, etc. It behooves the reader to sift thru this knowledge for quality info. There are multiple issues with Oscar Smart's column in each volume. He wrote both the "Breeder's...
I know. It's going to take a few days. I am just learning Windows 10 on this new laptop and it works a bit different from my usual way of doing things,
Best,
Karen
Oscar Smart was a highly regarded poultry Biologist near the beginning of the last Century. He was a Brit and considered one of the leading experts in that field in his time. In the U.S.A. his counterpart was Raymond Pearl. Both men disagreed with each other on several points in this field of...