. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. 32 THE CALL OF THE HEN. I segregated them into three divisions, the egg type, the dual purpose type, and the meat type. After that he fed the egg *ype all the grain they could clean up in the scratching shod, and kept a balance ration of dry ground feed before them all ihe time. The dual purpose hens were fed all the grain they could clean up in the scratching sheds with a small amount ot dry ground feed each day. The meat type hens were fed a smaller amount of grain in the scratching shed, with a couple
. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. 32 THE CALL OF THE HEN. I segregated them into three divisions, the egg type, the dual purpose type, and the meat type. After that he fed the egg *ype all the grain they could clean up in the scratching shod, and kept a balance ration of dry ground feed before them all ihe time. The dual purpose hens were fed all the grain they could clean up in the scratching sheds with a small amount ot dry ground feed each day. The meat type hens were fed a smaller amount of grain in the scratching shed, with a couple of feeds each week of dry ground mash, just enough to keep them in condition. After this he had no more trouble with his hens not laying in the proper season, and dying from from being too fat. He would occasionally pick up a hen in the different pens and note their condition and feed them ac- cordingly. He told me later that before he ad taken the les- sons he Had been working completely in the dark, but now he understood the matter thoroughly and knew what to Figure 9.—Showing One Movement That Has Proved an Aid in Testing Type Fig. 9. After examining tiie hen as in Fig. 8, place the hand as in Fig. 9, and hold right hand firmly enough ro pre- vent her from slippmg down. II. 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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