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Show (TLLIXG AND FEEDING Frequently culling increases the percentage of egg production in th" Hock very materially.. Some of our record Hoc!; keepers cull out poor birds whenever they discover them. Others cull the whole Hock systematically system-atically once a month from June through September or October. We find that many flock owners are not culling because they lack confide nee this should not hold you back. It is very easy for you to check up on your work. The birds culled out. can he kept separate for a week or more and given the same care that the rest of th (lock is receiveing. You will probably be more than pleased with the results of your first attempt. A reader asks, "What is a cull?-' A cull is a lien which is incapable of laying nough eggs to pay for her keep. Hens which laid well in the past, but which are now broken down physically, diseased or seriously crippled crip-pled come, in this class. A breeder is a ben capable of laying 125 eggs or more in a year and approaching the standard in shape and color closely enough to be considered a good specimen speci-men of her breed and variety. Those hens which are neither culls nor breeders can be kept in the flock as layers. In practically every unculled ffock there is a certain per cent of real culls birds incapable of profitable profit-able production under any kind of management. |