. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. xi6 THE CALL OF THE HEN. and the Dan en. The latter will be found in nearly all flecks. iThird—to tell those not liable to lay when disposing of old or other hens for the table or market, or for other leasons. Beginning my investigation—as I was compelled to—with birds selected wholly without egg record, I was soon greatly impressed with the dissimilarity of formation of the pelvic bones and surrounding portions of the body, particularly of the former. Some I found nearly closed up, hard and unyielding; o
. The call of the hen; or, The science of the selection and breeding of poultry. Poultry. xi6 THE CALL OF THE HEN. and the Dan en. The latter will be found in nearly all flecks. iThird—to tell those not liable to lay when disposing of old or other hens for the table or market, or for other leasons. Beginning my investigation—as I was compelled to—with birds selected wholly without egg record, I was soon greatly impressed with the dissimilarity of formation of the pelvic bones and surrounding portions of the body, particularly of the former. Some I found nearly closed up, hard and unyielding; others barely admitting one finger between these points; while a very few would easily admit the ends of three fingers between the tips of the pelvic bones, and these were generally thin, tapering and elastic. With this clue I was not long in finding that my great lavers were the latter and my barren and nearly barren ones, the first mentioned. My atttention was next forc- ibly called to this by seeing a long row of dressed pullets and hens in a butchering establishment. Noticing the great differ- ence in the formation I secured the privilege of numbering the hens and having the entrails, as they were removed, left by the. Cut No. 1.—A lieghorn Hen Showing This Development Has the Egg Laying Instinct at its Maximum. 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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