PROBLEM OF HIGHER FECUNDITY 



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THREE CORNELL LONG-DISTANCE LAYERS 



Cornell Supreme, 665 eggs; Lady Cornell, 648 eggs; Madam Cornell, 539 eggs 

 in three years. 



of the great cost of incubating and rearing the chicks. The 

 first result would be a reduction of the number of market 

 chickens, as with half the number hatched there would be 

 half the number of surplus cockerels and half the number of 

 hens sold. But poultry producers would find a better 

 market for meat chickens, the production of which would 

 develop into a more specialized industry. 



LADY MACDUFF 



Oregon Station hen CS21. Photograph 

 taken day after she laid her 303d egg. The 

 world's greatest layer so far as authentic 

 trap-nest records show. She laid 303 eggs 

 in 12 months; 512 eggs in 24 months; 679 

 eggs in 36 months. 



THE 303d EGG OF LADY 

 MACDUFF 



Weight of first year's eggs 

 approximately 42 pounds. 

 Her three years' production. 

 95 pounds. Weight of hen, 5 

 pounds. 



