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herself on the cabbage. Her digestive organs were 

 upset, and for a number of weeks she ceased laying, 

 while hen No. 2 continued to shell out a fair number 

 of eggs. The owner of these birds, when it came 

 time for the selection of the breeders, expressed his 

 great disappointment over hen No. i. She had 

 started so well, and then had blown up entirely, and 

 so she is passed up, and hen No. 2 is accepted as a 

 breeder. 



Now, if the anatomy of these two birds had been 

 studied, it would have been found at once that hen 

 No. I was much better qualified to take a place in 

 the breeding pen than hen No. 2. The mere fact that 

 the trap nest record of any female shows a phenom- 

 enal number of eggs laid in ten or twelve months does 

 not necessarily prove that she is a proper animal to 

 breed from. Post-mortem examinations show in 

 many cases that they are freaks, and, while they have 

 laid a great number of eggs, there was much to be 

 desired in regard to the eggs, as to their size, shape, 

 and color. As a matter of fact it would have been 

 a great mistake to have bred from such an individual. 



Type Reproduces Type 



It must be remembered that type produces type, and 

 the only proper way to select birds for the breeding 

 pen which will produce progeny capable of great egg 

 production is to thoroughly understand their anat- 

 omy. It is impossible to produce a ^reat performer 



