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left at that time—especially if he has had 
some experience in culling and has been 
discarding poor layers from time to time— 
will be the best fourth or fifth of the original 
number of pullets set aside in September. 
Conclusion. In conclusion, the poultry- 
man should use pullets as breeders. Pullets 
should have laid five or six months previous 
to the time they are finally selected as breed- 
ers. They should be those which have been 
quick to mature, and which at maturity had 
attained a good size, say four and three- 
quarters to five pounds for Reds and Wyan- 
dottes, five to five and one-quarter for Rocks, 
and three and three-quarters to four and one- 
quarter for Leghorns. This system of se- 
lecting breeding stock may be used continu- 
ously for an indefinite number of generations 
without any danger of depleting vitality. 
