122 THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



in getting out this work. I must confess that the title, "The 

 Call of the Hen," was suggested while on a visit with Comrade 

 Jack London, and that is all I have been able to find that has 

 aided me in this case. Mendelism may be found an aid along 

 the line of feathers, but I doubt if there is anything in it that 

 will aid the poultryman in the selection of breeders for type, 

 stamina, and the production of eggs or meat. It may be that, 

 having eyes, I fail to see it. Even if there should be anything 

 of value in Mendelism, it would take two or more years to get 

 it out, while "The Hogan Test" indicates the value of a bird 

 in a few minutes, at most. It looks to me as if the poultrymen 

 will have to look at the trap-nest and "The Hogan Test" to 

 develop and maintain the high-scoring meat- and egg-produc- 

 ing hen. The best pullets can be selected at maturity by "The 

 Hogan Test" and then trap-nested when the poultryman is 

 breeding pedigreed stock; while the culled pullets, lacking in 

 prepotency and other points, can be kept as market-egg pro- 

 ducers. In this way it will be necessary to trap-nest only the 

 cream of the flock, and thereby save an immense amount of 

 labor. The cockerels can also be selected at three months of 

 age and the most promising saved from slaughter. By this 

 method poultry-breeding will be reduced to a science and be- 

 come a pleasure, where now it is a brain-racking proposition. 



A TRAP-NEST OR THE HOGAN SYSTEM. 

 By Charles IL Parker. 



March 21st, 1916. 

 To the Editor, 



The Poultry Item, Sellersville, Pa. 



Dear Sir : Some seven months ago I saw an advertise- 

 ment in the Poultry Item about the Hogan system. I at 

 once wrote for a copy and after reading it carefully was so 

 much impressed with the principles upon which it ,was based 

 that I determined to give it a thorough trial. The enclosed 

 article gives the results of my six months' test of the system; 

 these results are so striking that I have ventured to send 

 them to you for publication in your paper. I hope you will 

 be able to use it as getting these facts has involved a great 

 deal of close personal attention and effort. 



