Show Sexing Baby Chicks e I Creates t No single poultry development in recent years has created such widespread wide spread interest among the hatcher hatchery hatchery- I men and poultry raisers as has the tile announcement that it is possible for fl almost anyone anone to determine the sex il j of baby chicks at the time tim of hatchIng hatch hatch- i Ing lag says Carl exten extension hi sion SIan of the Utah State Slate al Agricultural college 1 I Just what effect the dissemination of or chick sexing information will have on the industry may not be determined for several years loutan lout but butan ut nn an increasingly increasingly- large percentage of or the he hatcheries are arc now mow making pre preparations to sell sexed chicks the coming year I t. t So far the method has not proved applicable to the average farm I 4 flock fiock nor is it considered of practical I cn cal value lin Un the case of heavy breeds that are raised for their flesh Hesh A chick sexing school and de demonstrations de I were held recently a athe at atthe t I the agricultural college at F Logan ogan in n which the breeders breedeN and hatchers I 1 of the state participated The me method t thod of demonstrating how to do termine the sex ot of chicks In tin these e 21 demonstrations is to study wax models showing the genital emin eminence I ence once of the old day chick Each student is then given or more j new newly hatched chicks to sort over overt t and he la is graded according to lo the accuracy accuracy of his selection In mo most t cn ca cases es an accuracy of 7 75 5 to 80 peris per percent cent i is s attained on handling the first chicks and a good student t can an expect to reach 90 per cent after t examining about chicks I A mimeographed pamphlet which gives the ess oss directions has it been Issued and copies ma may be ob ob 1 stained gained from Crom of ot Animal d Ind tr United Stat States Department of Agriculture Washington D. D C C. C The poultry department of or the tite col eoL lege will also supply need needed d in In formation states Mr |