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They did not know what the feeding was. The two lots of 

 eggs were simply sent with the request that they use them and 

 advise if they found them different. There was always a report 

 favorable to the cabbage. As to the analysis, they did not 

 show a great difference but there was no taint in the eggs from 

 the fowl fed with cabbages. Many of the housekeepers re- 

 ported that they found that the flavor of the cabbage eggs 

 was strong. They did not describe the cabbage flavor. 



Professor Graham. I think what Professor Brooks says is 

 absolutely correct. Now, I don't know whether you have in 

 your locality here a trade for certified eggs such as there is for 

 certified milk. I am under the impression that if that trade 

 ever develops, the hens w^ho lay those eggs will have to be kept 

 indoors all the time. You will have to feed them right up on a 

 diet arranged by a practical dietician, because there is no doubt 

 that people who are not living an active life are mighty par- 

 ticular about the flavor of the eggs and the color of the yolk. 



Mr. H. K. Proctor. I would like to ask about the fertility 

 of hatching eggs. 



Professor Graham. Do you mean fertility or hatching 

 power? 



Mr. Proctor. Well, hatching power. Which would be 

 better, to put, say, four or five males with a flock, or alternate 

 them one each day for five days and then repeat? 



Professor Graham. I think from my experience the answer 

 to that question would depend upon the range and the style of 

 house in use. That is to say, if you had 5 males in the flock 

 and 100 females there, or 75, and a house 20 feet square and 

 the birds fastened inside, you would get better results to use 

 the males a half day each, one in the morning and one in the 

 afternoon, or one a day. But if the birds can get outside, or if 

 the birds are in a long house in which there are partitions 

 going three-quarters of the way across, then I doubt very much 

 whether you would get actual results for the labor of cooping 

 these males. 



Mr. Proctor. Once in a while there is a cockerel who will 

 give his head a little shake. He seems to be vigorous and all 

 right in every way. I would like to know if that is a bad 

 habit. 



