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tions, together with proper care and feeding, will build up 

 a strain of heavy egg producers in any variety. 



The fact that the Leghorn breed is regarded as typical 

 of greater egg production is due largely to the fact that since 

 its body is too small to be profitable for the production of 

 meat,, the tendency of its breeders has been to improve it& 

 usefulness for egg production. Its nervous, energetic 

 disposition has made it a good forager and a constant exer- 

 ciser, which in turn have given it stamina and health. 



Characteristics of the Heavy Layer. 



First of all, the productive hen must have strength and 

 health. Without these she cannot stand the physical tax 

 that accompanies the production of one hundred and fifty 

 to two hundred eggs per annum. This strength and health 

 come only as the legacy of vigorous ancestors. 



Again, the heavy layer must be active and energetic; 

 must be possessed of a considerable amoxmt of nervous 

 energy, the force that keeps her moving in almost a constant 

 search for food, therefore preventing a sluggish circulation 

 of blood and at the same time improving its quality by the 

 added number of red corpuscles that are obtained from the 

 oxygen of the air that is more rapidly drawn from the limgs. 

 These attributes alone, however, will not produce an egg^ 

 yield of over average number. The latter is obtained 

 only from fowls which have been bred for heavy layers as 

 we have before stated, and so fed and cared for that the 

 strain of laying has not weakened their vitality, and which 

 have transmitted to their offspring that activity of the organs 

 of reproduction which make the two hundred egg hen 

 possible. 



Standard'^Bred Fowls are Best. 



The old idea that the mongrel hen was the healthiest 

 hen and the b^st layer and that a mixture of different breeds 

 was required for vigor is fast fading away. The properly 

 handled standard -bred fowl is not only a better layer, but 

 is capable of being handled by man in such a manner as t» 

 produce more imiform results. 



Not only is it possible to secure a greater percentage of 



