. The Farm-poultry . fore he gets through he eliminates the second and third ofof these, gives doubtful value to the first,a rather problematic value to the fifth,and resolves his system of selection intopractice based either upon time of reach-ing laying maturity or upon a trapnestrecord for a very brief period. The av-erage reader, after going through thearticle and picking up here and there anitem of information easily detachablefrom the context, is likely to take as thefinal advice of Mr. Dryden the statementin the last paragraph that the use of thetrap nest for one month is the most ac-cu
. The Farm-poultry . fore he gets through he eliminates the second and third ofof these, gives doubtful value to the first,a rather problematic value to the fifth,and resolves his system of selection intopractice based either upon time of reach-ing laying maturity or upon a trapnestrecord for a very brief period. The av-erage reader, after going through thearticle and picking up here and there anitem of information easily detachablefrom the context, is likely to take as thefinal advice of Mr. Dryden the statementin the last paragraph that the use of thetrap nest for one month is the most ac-curate method. PRICES ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE Are what we are now offering in breed-ing cocks, hens, cockerels, and pullets,both for exhibition and utility. Extranice cockerels at $5 each. Hich col-ored, fine shaped males at $8 to $10. At Springfield, Mass.: All firsts onS. C. Brown Leghorns; our only showthus far this year. Barred Plymouth Rocks Single Comb Brown Leghorns GROVE HILL POULTRY YARDS Box 666, WALTHAM, What will probably make the nextmost lasting impression upon him is thedelightfully simple rule that hens thatbegin to lay in less than 201) days willaverage 200 eggs a year, while those thatdo not lay under :i()0 days will lay only100 eggs a year. To complete this rule,it should be stated that hens, to lay 300eggs a year, must begin to lay within 1(K»days of the date of hatching. Mr. Dry-den, in his treatment of the subject,seems blissfully indifferent to the incon-sistency of using averages as he does toprove what he wants to in matters de-pendent upon performance and of us who work more with flockin breeding and producing and deal withflocks as units, are entitled to use aver-ages, (especially if we eschew trap nests),but the poultry investigator who basis hisconclusions on trap nest work is not atliberty to switch ott into this method ofusing statistics as Mr. Dryden does. Trapnesting and pedigree breeding are notprofitable unless it can be pl
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