PROBLEM OF HIGHER FECUNDITY 



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THE LONG AND THE SHORT WAY 



In breeding for eggs slower progress is made in reaching the goal if various 

 other points are bred for at the same time. 



the production of each hen in the first year it is good busi- 

 ness to kill off the poor layers at the end of that year. 

 Further corroborative data are given on this subject in 

 chapter on incubation. 



RECORD OF A FLOCK OF 43 FOWLS 



At the Oregon Station for two years, showing that, on the average, the best 

 layers in the first year maintain the distinction in the second. 



