. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. but I shall certainly try the experiment again. 1 am now trying the same theory upon ducks' eggs. A Westchester, Pa,, man gives the results of his experiments as follows: Last Summer I hatched 122 chicks from eggs selected on this principle, Il'J of which were pullets. I al- ways select eggs of medium size, believing them to be the best for this purpose. I then get a large kerosene lamp and take an egg in my right hand, between the thumb and two forefingers, big
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. but I shall certainly try the experiment again. 1 am now trying the same theory upon ducks' eggs. A Westchester, Pa,, man gives the results of his experiments as follows: Last Summer I hatched 122 chicks from eggs selected on this principle, Il'J of which were pullets. I al- ways select eggs of medium size, believing them to be the best for this purpose. I then get a large kerosene lamp and take an egg in my right hand, between the thumb and two forefingers, big end uppermost, and hold it as near the light as possible; then hiy the little finger of the left hand across the middle of the middle of the egg. This will throw the light in the egg; then turn it around slowly, and you will perceive a dark spot the size of a three-cent piece, directly in the center of the large end, or on one side. As I raise poultry for eggs and for market, I of course set only eggs for pullets, with a few for cockerels' to replace the cocks of last year. It would be well for an amateur to break a few eggs, empty out the contents, and examine the large end, where the air chamber in the dif- positious will be distinctly seen. The principal points by which to discern the quality of the iiesh in a fowl are, says the Cottage Oardener, the color of the feet and the kind of skin. The yellow foot generally in- dicates a fowl with tough flesh, heavy bones, and yellow fat. It is very rare that this color does not show itself in the skin. However, it does not exclude certain qualities of the flesh in the pure descendants of the two exotic races. Cochin China and Brahma Pootra. With the exception of yellow and green, which can never be recommended, all other colors, from black to white, are equally indi- cations of an excellent flesh. When the skin, and, above all, that of the sides and breast, is of a fine tissue, delicate and easily extend- ed, also having a rosj'-pe
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