Show DEVELOP FOR EGGS no hen lives long enough to produce more than small Pe of undeveloped eggs automatically every normal lien would appear to be fitted to become a good layer certain it Is that no lien hen lives long enough or remains in condition long enough to develop all or more than a small percentage of tile tho undeveloped eggs on lier ter ovary in counts mado made nt at maine experiment station from to undeveloped eggs were found in the ovaries of some ac 15 liens examined arid only those visible to to alid unaided eye were counted three liens showed better than 1000 each five showed better than 1500 undeveloped eggs each five better than 2000 each and one yielded a count of undeveloped eggs in the investigations it was shown that the number of visible on the ovary boro bore no definite or constant relation to 0 o the actually realized egg production of the specimen apparently actual egg production depends upon many things besides hereditary redi tary characteristics and anatomical differences it Is easy to understand that influences which affect tho the individual specimen may play a very largo large part in producing conditions favor favorable favorably ablo to maturing the undeveloped eggs of the ovary and tile the actual laying of ame potentially from an anatomical standpoint almost every it lien en Is a thousand egger or better it remains for us to develop and obtain tho the eggs of course nanny many never develop and mature ilens iiona which have made a record of booc 1000 eggs in their lifetime are still rare birds |