Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
EGG PRODUCTION
IN RELATION To
VITALITY
Unusual ProIifiCaCy Does Not
Necessarily Cause Impair
ment of Breeding Quality.
BY j. T. scHUREMAN.


+o1it.. aud vtgor for facunditv. and that
lie. otocl, l. nnt unon the nrac-
Tt ,,roo,7t,,,, a,,d faedinp for heav,
ao~e, ,,ro.a,ctfon SOLELY dire results will
follow and strains Of birds that are now
famous as prolific layers Will go
bump" or words to that effect. our
private opinion. publicly expressed, is
that this argument is the far-fetched,
pessimstic cry OF would-be poultry
men" who either have been unsuccess-
ful in developing strains Of heavy lay
ers or else who do not know what they
are talking about and while those ex-
perienced IN the breeding OF poultry VIII
pass il by as unworthy OF notice there
are thousands of amateur breeders VINO
might be Influenced by such argument
unless It's utter righteousness Is SHOWN
thal there mas pt'h WonoeIiuI I'm
provement IN the egg producing pro
clivities Of the domestic men curing the
last quarter OF century we Gil KNOW
Every one who has given the SUBJECT
any attention ana study also KNOWS tha'
the vitality ana Flsor OIL lHe Heh--" mere
properly housed ana careu loI-haVe nol
been Impaired IN the least. altnough she
today IS producing several utnes as
many eggs In year as ala hef remote
ancestors.
2oo-Ees Hen No Curiosity
Instead Of sacrificing vigOr for fe-
cundity, the two qualities have been so
nicely and uniformly developed-each
keeping pace with the other-that the
natural result has been eggs, and then
more eggs. and vigor and more vigor
until today the 200-egg hen is no longer
a curiosity The fact OF the matter is,
vigor and feCundity are twin qualities,
and If vigor is lacking. fecundity also
viii he lacking. The very foundation
upor which flock of heavy egg pro-
aucers is builded is vigor and stamina
and without these heavy egg produc-
tion Is ont of the question The very
fact that a flock of hens are heavy
LAYERS Is indisputable proof that they
nossess nlentv of vieor. On the other
hand hou,ever Il does not necessarily
follow that because hens are vigorous
and healthy they are extraordinary law
Nipnroll9 nOESpESpE
the Qualities Of fecunditv Int without
an evcertion every hen nossessinp the
,,ualit,, of facunditv te vigorous and
bealthv
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IN twelve months than for the same hen
TO Law a couple Of dozen eggs in a like
period but. while it almost seems re-
pudiation of her own DEGREES Nature
comes to the assistance of man in his
efforts to develop heavy laying strain
Of fowls and makes It possible by sup
plvipg the necessary additional vigor
and vitality. We all know that the
fowl in a natural state laws only a
clutch or two of eggs during an entire
year-fIst enough to perpetuate her
specfes-and these are laid at breeding
time in the sprine. There is a reason
for this. The maternal instinct pos
.essed bv the female fowl IF whatever
KIND prompts within her a desire TO
bring into the world Young of her own
kind-to perpetuatc her species. This
is why our domestic hens become
broodv at certain season of the wear,
at which time they will guard their
eggs as eagerly and carefully as they
do the chicks after they are Matched.
although at other times they pav prac.
tically no attention to the eggs they
Law or that may be in the nest
co.ro;r, Natur.
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