. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 77 ings from this type of head would not produce very fertile eggs, and the progeny would deteriorate each year if they were bred from stock with heads like this. If the parents were 200-egg type, their egg-yield and vitality would be reduced each generation of breeding. If they were of the beef type, their vitality and ability to produce flesh economically would diminish with each generation. If they were a fancy type, the breeder would be up against a stone wall of disco
. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 77 ings from this type of head would not produce very fertile eggs, and the progeny would deteriorate each year if they were bred from stock with heads like this. If the parents were 200-egg type, their egg-yield and vitality would be reduced each generation of breeding. If they were of the beef type, their vitality and ability to produce flesh economically would diminish with each generation. If they were a fancy type, the breeder would be up against a stone wall of discouraging Fig. 40—Thumb even with forefinger; indicating she has prepotency small. (See Skull No. 3, Fig. 35.) I would advise the reader to take special notice of Fig. 43, as this cut shows the method of determining prepotency plainer than any of the others. Fig. 41 shows a hen with prepotency full—i. e., thumb Vs of an inch behind forefinger. Sometimes a poultryman will be lucky enough to mate up a lot of pens of the right type for his purpose with heads like Figs. 41, 42, and 43. His business prospers, and his neighbors call him "; While others are going bankrupt raising poultry, he holds his own and is making a good living. Figs. 42 and 43 show a hen with an excellent head for breeding purposes. The thumb in this case is. 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; Quisenberry, T. E. (Thomas E. ), 1875-; American Poultry School. Kansas City, Mo. , American Poultry School
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