CULLING THE FLOCK 



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Fig. 213. — This Single-Combed White Leghorn hen, a good producer, laid 160 

 eggs in a year. Such hens are profitable and should be retained. 



trying to raise them. When looking over the growing stock, 

 there will be found certain cockerels that are larger in size 

 and more vigorous than others. On locating such birds they 

 should be leg banded or marked so that they may be retained 



Figure 214. — This Single-Combed White Leghorn hen, a poor producer, laid but 

 80 eggs in a year. Such hens should be culled as unprofitable. 



