Show WJ WALL SMALL EGGS ARE DIFFICULT SALE best plan to cull hems lay ing undersized product prepared by the united kitten 0 f agriculture poultry growers g usually usually belleve that tny any lien laying eggs a year Is a H good one and a record of buu eggs in i 1 year Is unusual except in H y small number of highly bred floski which nrc are fed and aired for by bv ul tul poultry specialists at the beltsville farm of 0 lie je united states department of agri culture last year one jien lien ande a record of eggs fad it ld in days cut but she ahe went io 10 the hie butcher the poultry experts of tile the bureau of aill mal dial industry made no apology for to I 1 what would seem baem a to ninny rills hen laid aid eggs cogs int were vere undersized poorly shaped and below standard they mould have culled her before the tha year ended but for the fact that her record was needed for comp comparison arlson with tier lier sisters in I 1 n a study of inheritance I 1 her eggs were numerous but her 2514 dozen eggs did not weigh more or have more foods food value than IS 18 to 20 dozen standard eggs she lid did in fact lay a greater of eggs than the average of many high producing flocks but even sa jo she was not con ion eldered a desirable bl bleder eder the dopart apartments menta ments studies of inheritance show it Is much more difficult to breed into it flock of chIchen fl thu the factors responsible for size and qu quality allty I 1 of eggs than it la Is to breed merely ely for numerical production jn in the interest of the industry which should endeavor endea to meet the demand for quality iu alty products the department hag set a minimum standard fir the hecq it will use in breeding expert experiments experiment ment s they must produce P eggs weighing not nat less than two ounces each I 1 or ii a pound and a half to the dozen they recommend this standard to poultry growers |