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THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



The best known methods of selecting the laying hen without the 

 use of the trapnest is contained in this book. It tells plainly how to 

 weed out the slackers and how to breed to increase egg production. 

 No man or woman can afford to feed a flock of drones at the present 

 prices of feed, but the good layers will make more profit than in any 

 previous year. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



T. E. QUISENBERRY, PRES. 

 AMERICAN POULTRY SCHOOL. 



IT PAYS TO CULL 



TO ELIMINATE INFERIOR BIRDS 

 TO SELECT BEST TOR BREEDIUS 



HOW TO TELL THE 

 GOOD from the BAD 



White \ /Yellow 

 Large > Vent < Small 

 Moist/ \l>ry 



White 

 White 

 White 

 White 



Wide 

 Thin 



Eye ring 

 Ear lobe 

 Beak * 

 Shanks 



Large \ 

 Plump > 

 Bright/ 



Bright \ 

 Bulging/ 



Lean 



Span 



Comb 



Heaa 



Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 



/Harrow 

 \Thiok 



/Small 

 / Shrunk 

 \Dull 



/Dull 

 \Flat 



Plat 



FIG. 4 CULLING IN A NUTSHELL. 



This effective chart was prepared by the New Jersey Experiment Station and puts 

 the principal external characters of good and poor layers in sharp contrast. 



