Show SMALL MALL EGGS ARE DIFFICULT SALE best plan to cull hens laying undersized product by tha united states state department of f agriculture poultry broye gr r s usually dellene that any ny ben 1 laying azo eggs n year la Is it good one on e and a record or of soo egg in 1 year Is unusual except in a relative y small number of highly bred glocka flocke alch are fed and cared for by skill ful ul poultry specialists at the beltsville experiment form farm of she he united states department of agri aarl culture last year one lion anode a record of eggs I 1 alid id in days but she went to the butcher tile poultry esperia of tho the bureau of animal mal industry made no apology for what would seella a to many this hen laid eggs that were undersized poorly shaped and below standrd rd weight they would have culled her before the year ended but for the flip fact that her record was needed for comparison with her easters in a study of jn inheritance her eggs were numerous but her 25 dozen eggs did not weigh more or have more food value than 18 t to 0 20 dozen standard eggs she lid did in fit fact lay a greater weight of eggs than the average of many high producing flocks bocks dut but even 30 she was not considered von a desirable breeder abe departments part ments studies of inheritance show it Is much more difficult to breed into ft a flock of chickens tilt factors resl on sible for size and quality of eggs than it Is to breed merely for numerical production in the interest pst of the industry which should endeavor to meet the demand for quality products the department has set a minimum standard for the heni it will use in breeding experiments they must produce eggs weighing not less than two ounces each or a pound and it a half to the dozen they recommend this standard to poultry growers |