THE CALL OP THE HEtt 101 



months old in the White Rocks, and the greatest weight of 

 meat in the Light Brahmas at maturity. In the process I have 

 run up against two distinct propositions: one was a success 

 from a commercial point of view, and the other, while not a 

 financial success, was a success from an epicurean point of view. 

 I will describe the financial proposition first. 



We will select a pen of hens from our favorite breed, or 

 from W^yandottes, Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, or R. I. Reds. 

 The hens must have large prepotency: they must be six or 

 seven fingers abdomen, and their pelvic bones should be 5-8 

 of an inch thick, in good condition. Now you have hens that 

 should lay 12 dozen eggs their first laying year, and they are a 

 paying proposition. Do not breed from them the first year, but 

 wait until they are over one year old. Then mate them with a 

 mature cockerel or young cock with large prepotency with ab- 

 domen four fingers deep or more, and pelvic bones from one 

 inch, to one and one-fourth inches thick. You should feed the 

 pen for eggs, and keep them as healthy as possible. If they arc 

 fed right, you will get lots of eggs, and good healthy chicks 

 capable of laying on flesh rapidly and fattening very easily. As 

 a paying proposition for market broilers I have never found 

 any combination that would equal it. 



But for my private use without regard to profit I would 

 take the same combination as the above except that the pelvic 

 bones of the hens would be one inch thick, instead of about 

 5-8. This would give a broiler that would put on flesh much 

 faster, consequently it would be more tender. I have raised 

 broilers, the flesh of which would melt in your mouth. I have 

 a few secrets in the raising of them that I have never divulged 

 but may do so in a few years. 



