. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. )r«⢠' . â ⢠^;5'.â 11=;.'; 'â â â â â¢â â I⢠v>^ Jl8 \ THE CALL OF THE HEN. Skipping a number of years, I,might'say right here that in 1904, I divided the flock of Leghorns, Wyandottes and Ply- mouth Rocks at the Minnesota Experiment Station at Crooks- ton, into three pens. Firstâthe best; secondâmediumâto poor; thirdâvery poor or barren. I was about twenty-five minutes doing this in the presence of Mr. C. S. Greene, at that time the manager whom nearly all the leading poultrymen know; and Mr. T.
. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. )r«⢠' . â ⢠^;5'.â 11=;.'; 'â â â â â¢â â I⢠v>^ Jl8 \ THE CALL OF THE HEN. Skipping a number of years, I,might'say right here that in 1904, I divided the flock of Leghorns, Wyandottes and Ply- mouth Rocks at the Minnesota Experiment Station at Crooks- ton, into three pens. Firstâthe best; secondâmediumâto poor; thirdâvery poor or barren. I was about twenty-five minutes doing this in the presence of Mr. C. S. Greene, at that time the manager whom nearly all the leading poultrymen know; and Mr. T. A. Hoverstad, then Superintendent of the station. These gentlemen then had absolutely no faith in the method! not knowing anything about it; but were assured by me that if the barren pen laid an tgg, or either of the others. CuL No. 3.âHens With this Development are of Little or No Value as Layers. failed to perform as I indicated, they were at liberty to publish the method and me to the world as a fraud. The first day showed pen No. 1, 45 eggs; pen No. 2, 20 eggs; pen No 3, no eggs; and this continued with slight variations, the entire per- iod of the experiment which lasted for weeks; though not a single tgg appeared in the barren pen. The per cent of eggs to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hogan, Walter, d. 1921. Petaluma, Cal. , The Petaluma Daily Courier
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