INDEX TO CHAPTER VIII 
Body, Shape of, as Guide.... 100 Lay Bones, How to Judge... 101 
Breeding, Hens vs. Pullets... 104 Pelvic Bones, How to Judge. 101 
Broodiness, Use as Guide... 103 Pigmentation, How to Judge 99 
Culling, How to do.. ++» 99 Pullets, How to Cull....... 98 
Culling, Importance o! -- 96 ghanks, How to Jud, 
. i [<n 102 
Head, Shape as Guide. ..,.. 102 Shape of Body, Use of...... 100 
Hens, How to Choose for Span, Use of...........-.- 101 
Breeding.............05- 104 Spring Selection........... 97 
January Selection.......... 98 Summer Selection.......... 98 
CHAPTER VIII. CULLING 
Reasons for Culling. The average pro- 
duction of a flock of fairly good pullets is 
one hundred and twenty eggs per hen, per 
year. In any such flock we may safely 
assume that 25 per cent of these birds will 
lay approximately one hundred and eighty 
eggs, or 50 per cent more than the average; 
that 50 per cent of the birds will lay around 
the average, or from one hundred and ten to 
one hundred and thirty; and 25 per cent will 
lay sixty eggs, or 50 per cent less than the 
average. With such conditions prevailing it 
is plain to see that culling in order to elimi- 
nate poor producers is absolutely necessary. 
