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find that temperament is 

 correlated with egg-lay- 

 ing- qualities. The good 

 layer has an active, ner- 

 vous temperament. She 

 moves around quickly, 

 and is ' ' on the go ' ' more 

 than the poor layer. She 

 doesn't pose well either 

 in the exhibition coop or 

 before the camera. She 

 will be found scratching 

 and hunting for food 

 after the poor layer has 

 gone to roost, and she 

 will usually be at work 

 early in the morning. 



First Year's Production the 



WHITE LEGHORN HEN E248 



302 eggs in a year; dam C516; sire's dam, 

 Oregona. 



WHITE LEGHORN HEN C516 



267 eggs in a year; 421 eggs in two years. 

 Note high tail and erect comb. Mother of 

 E248 (302 eggs) and other good layers. 

 (Oregon Station.) 



Best. Where fowls are 

 kept under the same con- 

 ditions each year and 

 come to laying maturity 

 in the fall, the produc- 

 tion in the first or pullet 

 year will exceed, on the 

 average, the production 

 of any subsequent year. 

 Occasional individuals 

 lay more the second than 

 the first year, but this is 

 exceptional. The pro- 

 duction of a flock of 

 fowls in the first and 

 second years is shown 



