Profitable Culling and Selective Flock Breeding Complete Details Regarding the Latest Approved Methods for Culling, or the Selection of Layers Simple Improvement in Egg Production in Any Flock

Excerpt from Profitable Culling and Selective Flock Breeding: Complete Details Regarding the Latest Approved Methods for Culling, or the Selection of Layers Simple and Practical Instructions for Securing Permanent Improvement in Egg Production in Any Flock

The selection of laying hens on-the basis of external characters being so vitally important, and also being now a'well-defined and fairly exact science, it Obviously is highly desirable that all trustworthy information on the subject should be assembled in a permanent and readily available form, not only giving poultry keepers and students a reliable guide to the accurate and rapid cull ing of fowls, but also enabling them to secure a well balanced knowledge of the subject in all its phases. That, in brief, is the object of this 'book. The material used in compiling it has been collected from a. Variety of sources, full credit being given for same wherever possible Only methods recommended and used by the best authorities are.given, and these are presented in so complete detail that anyone should be able to apply them with entire success, without any other instructions.

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