| Show EN RE THE HEN Can you look in a hen in the face and tell whether or not she has been beena a good layer or is going to be It Itis Itis Itis is very simple if you ou know how according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording cording- to Professor Byron Alder the author of a circular recently published by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station entitled How to Cull a Flock of Hens Egg laying strains of poultry are highly bred animals but low ing birds are constantly appearing in flocks The financial success success' of the depends de in a large measure on eliminating such birds before they consume all the profits of the business Star boarders the birds that produce 50 or 60 GO e eggs gs should be sold and those that produce produce pro pro- duce greater amount should bo be kept Trap nets and other methods have been developed to secure this thi information information information mation but all are expensive His circular states in iii part Bart art The general a. a appearance and of ofa a a u fowl are ir it estimating ting her value walue as ns i u 1 layer Th Tho poor laye's layes laye layes lay- lay e es e's s pre Ie lazy inactive spend considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable time on the an and at nt food time tim stay on too tv farther side of f the flock as s though ashamed to be seen The good layer is healthy healthy heal heal- thy and active has a good appetite is not nervous or flighty comes comesup comesup comesup up close at feeding time is usually singing and happy and wants to be appreciated The color of the sh shanks beak beak comb and wattles the spread l of or orthe the pubic bone and abdominal abdominal ab ab- ab domi al capacity are some some of the theother theother theother other qualities ties which are us used d in spotting the l poor layers |
