Show culling standard and mixed breeds of cf poultry compared in knox knes county ind half the number of flocks of hens culled under the supervision of the courry agent emp employed loved cooperative by the united states department of agriculture the state agricultural college and the county were stan dard b bred ed an and d the other half mixed meds so their comparative merit could be considered through culling I 1 he 9 standard bred flocks num bared 1 while the 9 mixed fleice flocks s numbered 1 or 16 more hens the week before culling the stan dard bred hens laid 2 eggs and the arted ad breeds 2 or less in culling standard bred and mongrel hens bon swine removed im from the 11 flocks 1 leaving ing stand ard bred and mongrels mon grels or 2 bred two otti owners r of the standard bred f looks flocks being beeders b culled much closer than the owners of mixed flucks flocks abe wee week after culling u the standard bred hens ens laid ad the te morg reli 2 eggs the figures show that among the 1087 standard bred hens there them were 41 less culls than among the 11 1103 03 of the mixed flocks and ad that I 1 they ey laid more mom eggs the week before calin culling gand and more the I 1 week after |