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This much we know, however, that there are ways 

 of increasing fall egg production and that the first 

 of these is breeding for eggs. It is possible by se- 

 lecting year after year the hens that as pullets laid 

 well in the fall and the males that are known to be 

 sons of high producers, and breeding from them, to 

 produce a race of hens that will lay in the fall. This 

 has been done in many cases. It is done systemati- 

 cally on all commercial egg farms. It will be done 

 more and more by amateurs as the principle becomes 

 more widely understood. Perhaps the time will 

 come when all hens will lay in the fall as they now 

 lay in the spring. Then there will be no more high 

 prices for fall eggs, and we shall all be trying to 

 change nature again. 



