The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . inspiration and discoverycame within a few hours; but it has reached this workable and abso-lutely reliable form by a costly analytical and experimental processextending through years. After the underlying principle had been found,it had to be tested and proved to my own satisfaction. Then the variousobjections and criticisms, which will occur to many readers, had to beanswered or met by actual practical experiences. 106 THE CALL OF THE HEN. The method enables one: 1. To easily and without error weed ou
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The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . inspiration and discoverycame within a few hours; but it has reached this workable and abso-lutely reliable form by a costly analytical and experimental processextending through years. After the underlying principle had been found, it had to be tested and proved to my own satisfaction. Then the variousobjections and criticisms, which will occur to many readers, had to beanswered or met by actual practical experiences. 106 THE CALL OF THE HEN. The method enables one: 1. To easily and without error weed out all the worthless birdsfrom a flock; those that do not lay at all, also those that lay so little thatit is a loss to keep them. This alone means millions to this country._ 2. To separate just as unerringly all pullets before they begin tolay; indicating the coming great layers, the fair layers, the very poor, and the barren. The latter will be found in nearly all flocks. 3. To tell those not liable to lay when disposing of old or otherhens for the table or market or for other reasons.. Cut No. 2—This is a hen of minimum development. She is a fair 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