Show 2 FARM ARM TOPICS 1 I epics CULLING PULLETS PULLE TS FOUND profitable send birds lacking vigor to market by F r P jeffrey instructor in poultry Il new jersey college of ag agriculture ure service in selecting pullets lor for the laying house the has only a few criteria but they are useful and should be observed carefully culling III all pullets which show lack of vigor and selling them for meat instead of housing them as layers Is imp important octant to attaining good production selection on the basis of body weight among pullets which are firmly healthy unfortunately r has but little value in respect to the number cumbe r of eggs laid per year in case the has an excess of healthy pullets however he might still profitably discard the smallest birds tor for two reasons in the first place there is a well marked relationship between body weight and egg weight in other words the small pullets will tend to produce the smallest eggs during the year in the second place it has been observed in flocks bred for high egg production that there is a slight tendency for the large birds to show higher livability ability hv during the pullet year jt it is a well recognized tact fact that the ryman doing his own breeding should at all times avoid small body size when choosing birds for the breed breeding ng pens the reason for such selection select on is that body size is ingerl in herl J ind and by eliminating small birds from the breeding pen the body size of the entire flock will profit |