CHAPTER XLI 

 CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK 



The relationship of form to function with fowls has re- 

 ceived a great deal of attention in recent years. Careful 

 study of egg production by individual fowls, as explained in 

 chapter XL, demonstrates that the most productive layers 

 possess certain characteristics which are associated with the 



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Figure 231. A culling demonstration by Prof. E. L. Dakan on an Ohio farm. 

 Photograph from Ohio State University. 



laying habit. If one seeks egg production in a flock, it 

 is very important to make practical application of this 

 knowledge and cull out all birds that do not measure up to 

 the desired standard or that are lacking in vitality. So 

 important has this subject of culling out the undesirables 

 become, that demonstrations on this subject have been held 

 in many communities in the United States east of the 

 Mississippi river, and hundreds of thousands of persons have 



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