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EGG MONEY 



our chief aims in breeding to breed for the best layers, and, 

 among other things, we have learned that to obtain the maxi- 

 mum number of eggs from a flock of hens in a year they 

 must be given a pen with ample roorri, and not be allowed 

 to mingle with other fowls, nor other fowls be allowed to 

 mingle with them. Everything must be as regular and sys- 

 tematic as clock-work in both care and feeding. Any 



A Vigorous Male and His Family of Winter Layers Taking Out-Door 

 Exercise in Mid- Winter. 



sudden cnange of feed or unusual condition of any kind is- 

 quite apt to stop the most of the flock laying for from two 

 weeks to a month. 



Occasionally there are hens which will continue to lay 

 pretty regularly when the conditions are such that the other 

 members of the flock are non-producers. It is from such, 

 specimens the 200-egg hen must come. But their progeny, 

 while having the continuous egg-laying habit, will vary 

 considerably, some being much more persistent than others. 

 By carefully selecting the most persistent layers from year to 

 year and mating the best laying hens with males from equalh- 

 prolific dams, the average egg yield of a flock can be wonder- 



