Show THE EGG LAYING TYPE OF HEN by seth all V shoemaker director I 1 school of agriculture intel national co ri esponde nce schools pennsylvania unlikely layer good brown leghorn for as long as anyone can remember people have been trying to select iii an egg laying type of hen some of these efforts have been i more successful than others 1 by carefully studying the body formation of the best layers in ili a flock a fair idea of the egg laying type may be obtained pullets that have laid well for 1 a I short period only should not be considered in order to be cans classed ed among the best lasers a fowl should have produced a heavy yield of eggs in one year or more the egg laying tape of hen is endowed with vigor rigor and pos possesses a well developed body in ill which there is ample room for the conversion of food into eggs although a large number of liens of the egg laying type are good layers too much reliance should not lie be placed ou oil type alone for there are many exceptions to tile the rule the keep keeping of careful record both of the breeding i and egg laying performance is a great help in ili getting definite ideas of the type of liens hens best adapted to continuous egg production to keep the identity of each layer in a breeding flock clearly defined identification marks which cannot be easily lost should be used producing egg lavers is quite as important a factor as producing heavy milking cows from dairy stock hens that have a face comb and wattles of tine fine smooth texture and deep red in color possess health and usually visually show an inclination to lay excessive development of feathers comb and wattles or in it fact excessive development of illy any kind is ordinarily detrimental to the production of eggs A rough coarse and general masculine appearance usually indicates poor laying ability in ili the selection of liens hens to perpetuate I a heavy laying strain a combination of virtues should be looked for rather than one prominent good quality unaccompanied by others those liens hens that have all round development are the ones to to choose tor for breeding burp purposes oes o es the biown leghorn in ili file accompanying illustration has a body formation that eliat is desirable in ili ganv ways the hen from which this illus illustration tr atholl was made laid over GOO eggs in two years and nine months hens hells of this tape are quite likely to tran transmit their good laying quaff qualities to their offspring the other hen shown is an all undesirable tape of fowl to keep as a I 1 breeder although it has a breast well developed for the production of table meat it should not be used either tor for the production of breeding stock for eggs or meat the natural lack of symmetrical development in it a fowl of this type indicates a slight ability for producing eggs to succeed in ili establishing a heavy laving strain of fowls no eggs that come from less than eighteen months old should be used for hatching purposes pui poses |