PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Mr. Osbum determining the thickness of the pubic-bones 



avoided. A balanced ration, pure water, plenty of exercise, 

 abundance of sunshine and oxygen and extreme cleanliness are 

 all indicated. 



Culling the Flock 



Culling is the final step in. poultry breeding. In nearly 

 every farm flock there are three classes of undesirables — the 

 weaklings, the defectives and the non-producers. The object 

 of culling is to weed out the weaklings, to swat the slackers, 

 and to discard the defectives. When the work of culling is 

 completed and all the culls have been conditioned and shipped 



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