The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . air layer. Beginning my investigation, as I was compelled to, with birdsselected wholly without egg-record, I was soon greatly impressed withthe dissimilarity of formation of the pelvic bones and surroundingportions of the body, particularly of the former. Some I found nearlyclosed up, hard, and unyielding; others barely admitting one fingerbetween these points; while a very few would easily admit the end ofthree fingers between the tips of the pelvic bones, and these were generallythin, tapering, and e
The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . air layer. Beginning my investigation, as I was compelled to, with birdsselected wholly without egg-record, I was soon greatly impressed withthe dissimilarity of formation of the pelvic bones and surroundingportions of the body, particularly of the former. Some I found nearlyclosed up, hard, and unyielding; others barely admitting one fingerbetween these points; while a very few would easily admit the end ofthree fingers between the tips of the pelvic bones, and these were generallythin, tapering, and elastic. With this clue, I was not long in findingthat my great layers were the latter and my barren and nearly barrenones the first mentioned. My attention was next forcibly called to thisby seeing a long row of dressed pullets and hens in a butchering estab-lishment. Noticing the great difference in the formation, I secured theprivilege of numbering the hens and having the entrails, as they wereremoved, left by the side of each bird. In every instance I found my THE CALL OF THE HEN 107. Cut No. 3—Hens of this development are of little or no value as layers.
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