Show COMPARE MERITS OF BREEDS REEDS In Culling Operations In Indiana Standard Bred Hens Show Superiority Over Mongrels Prepared t by br r the United States slate Department D nt of ot Agriculture In Knox County Count Ind half the number num num- her ber of flocks of hens culled under the Ule supervision of ot the county agent alent employed em- em ed co co operatively by the United States Department of Agriculture the State Agricultural college coele and the tho county count were standard bred and the theother theother theother other half haIr mixed breeds so their comparative com corn merits could be considered through culling The f 9 standard bred flocks numbered 1087 1037 while the 0 of mixed flocks numbered numbered num num- bored 1103 or 16 10 more hens The vv weel eel before the standard bred bied hens laid 2900 2000 eggs and the mixed breeds 2547 or less In culling standard stand stand- ard aid bred and mongrel hens were removed from tho the flocks leaving standard bred and mongrels or 35 more standard Two vo owners of ot the standard bred flocks being breed- breed C lt A rt r ry y 1 4 Mixed Flock of Hens ers culled cuned much closer than the owners owners owners own own- ers of the mixed flocks The week after culling the standard bred hens laid 2724 and the mongrels 2433 eggs The figures show that among the 1087 standard bred hens there were 41 less culls than among the 1103 of of the mixed flocks and that they laid lala more eggs the tile week before cull cullIng Ing and more the week after |