INDEX TO CHAPTER VII 
Chicks, Cost of, Influence of Pullets for Breeding........ 84 
Breeding Stock.......... 88 Pullets, Maintaining Weight. 89 
Cockerels. How to Judge.... 91 Pullets, Maturity of. 88 
Cockerels, Vigor of......... 90 Pullets, Selection of 93 
Cockerels vs. Cocks... ais 80% ‘Diulleta, Success-as 85 
Cocks, Cost of....... -» 90 Dullets, Vi f 87 
Culling Pullets......... oe O8 Sponge a enieor 
Females, Selection of....... 93 ets, Vitality of 86 
Final Selection 94 Pullets os, Hens. 85 
Males, Cost of er eae ver 90 ce for Breeding, Selec 
Males, Selection of.. QU OR sacs 2 Seices esesedene tcseuae ate 84 
Pullets, Culling 93 Weight, Maintaining....... 89 
CHAPTER VII. SELECTION OF 
BREEDING STOCK 
Breeding from Pullets. From all avail- 
able egg records, from egg-laying contests, 
and from the records kept by the commercial 
poultrymen, it is considered that the hen in 
her first, or pullet, laying year will lay more 
eggs than in any succeeding year. 
If a man were in the poultry business for 
eggs alone he would naturally keep pullets 
and nothing else. But if a man is going into 
the chicken business seriously, and expects 
to stay in it, he must plan to replace his 
stock. Therefore, he is obliged to use some 
