THE CALL OF THE HEN. 7 



The interests of the fancier are served through the show- 

 room. If a breeder enters birds in a show-room and is beaten, 

 he tries to improve his flock and perfect it by introducing 

 new blood or by improved methods of breeding and careful 

 selection. If he wins, he tries to keep his flock in that high 

 state of perfection. It is Just as important, and even more so, 

 that he know just what his flock can do in the matter of pro- 

 duction, and he ought to use the same care in trying to per- 

 fect his strain of layers. 



There are exceptions to all rules. You will find some 

 exceptions in selecting, testing, and breeding your poultry 

 according to the method described in THE CALL OF THE 

 HEN; but many breeders have tested it for some six or eight 

 years; many of these have doubled their egg-yield in this 

 time. We feel certain that Mr. Hogan's method of selection 

 and breeding will prove him to be to the poultry industry 

 what'Burbank is to horticulture, Edison is to the electrical 

 world, or Darwin or Mendel to the breeding kingdom. That 

 the mastery of this method of selection and breeding, and 

 sensibly applying the principles revealed herein, will mean 

 much to the poultry industry, is our honest belief. 



AMERICAN SCHOOL OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



Leavenworth, Kansas. 



