CULLING FOWLS ON BASIS OF PRODUCTION 



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Possible Errors in Culling.— It has been frequently suggested 

 that the practice of culling as soon as a hen ceases to produce will 

 result in the disposition of many good hens which will lay only a 



Fig. 232. — Correlation table showing relation of length of rest period to amount of 

 production. 



short time in early summer and then start again in late summer 

 and lay well during the fall and early winter. 



A careful study was made of the 1,000 birds at the Vineland 

 Egg Laying and Breeding Contest to determine just what the loss 

 would have been through eggs laid by birds culled early due to 

 their having come into laying again later in the summer. The 

 above correlation table shows these results. (Fig. 232.) 



