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tween the primary feathers and the secondary feathers is a 

 short feather called the axillary feather. The first primary 

 feather to molt is the feather next to the axillary feather. It 

 takes six weeks to molt this feather and grow it again. Two 

 additional weeks must be allowed for the molting and growing 

 of each of the other primary feathers, making twenty-four weeks 

 in all. When one feather is cast in one wing, it is noted that 

 the corresponding feather in the other wing is also cast. 



80. Culls in the Flock. In uncalled flocks, where breeding for 

 high egg production has not been carried on, there will be at 

 least 35 per cent of improfitable fowls to be eliminated from 

 the flock. 



