Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
characteristics to their progeny, and
nobody now questions that fact
Hardly one nnl1ltryman out of ton


nobody now questions that fact.
Hardly one poultryman out of ten,
however. really knows anything about
the individual merits of the hens in
his flock as egg producers. It is safe
to say that. were the dairy business
carried on along the same haphazard
lines as is the poultry industry, in the
main. milk would soon be selling at 81
quart. 1t is only by means of care
full selection, based on actual recorded
observations. that a heavy-laying
as it is true that long continued OBJ
servation and the keeping of careful
records which are made the sole basis
of breeding operations are the only
means whereby milk production in
breed or strain has been or may be
increased.
Trap nesting offers the only certain
method of ascertaining which are the
heavy layers. the protitab BILE individuals
which doesn't lay eggs enough to pay
for her feed. may, and often does. look
just as healthy. appear as active and
present every outward indication of
industry as does the hen that is busly
engaged in making record for her
self. Looking over the flock, even if
1t is done ever so carefully, will not
enable the poultryman to distinguish
Meanwhile the drones are consuming
just as much feed as the workers. and
their eggs. few as they may be. get
ing biddy. to hatch another geneTation
of drones and further decrease tba
poultryman-s profits.
with the trap nest, however. this
condition cannot continue undetected
learns nv The irrefuta flc evidencs Of
the nest, the hen and the egg, Just
which hens are worth keeping or worth
breeding from. There is no getting
L.
nrone -detec,or. there is Tie nest closad
against Tho intrusion of .nothcr ha,.
there is the hen herself with her leo
h.nd ar o+Iar dis.ing,,ishin. ,,,. IL
and there is the egg sbe has lid Ths
record sheet NAKED uith nnn,h.rad
sn.ces For Zach hen in the howsa 60
stitutes the permanent record. from
Any hon That dnes not Hhon tr.r
nasted iay an AVERAGE nf I+ iaa.t ttrae
eggs a week for the year isn't wnrtt
CO., ductionwhichp pc, ID u ,Jasy
ot,,7,,;tions haa;ns ho',. ~. ;IS"a ~
Nnven,bar and rontinUes mi, ~ 80 -
AZ nf IT, fnI,on,;nar N; ul,.i Inc iliIu
part of June-weIi deXe1oned nniiets
p%on,,1 ,.I an ,vera.e ~ ~. - pu tt',n
fnur esas a" 1eet 81 ., d no. ,ess rnin
Their nisces in the eoclls-.nd ;nci.
LIZ. rat has h9Chs- .,l e iiic.
a.n'aiis ae 80 - E'en the lour
.SS i,o' Sooo eiouSu
49,. is ~ ;nnr.ase ti,n pena, u VIZ
nrodnction Of the tiocl the S1et this n nss
nnoe no nnilets thai ~ w. h ,nia t' ~
pose no pu'. ,'s.ss nna,: AT me heIsht O!
least Ave eggs Week. ah' sb ho pIo h se al
80, Nv W. "'eh snouid NC useo'
l iilis Loi" nas 10 executions II IN
snsnt az course - th Is rhe 101ec.
aim is merely TO- nro I'd. pou h,,,d iism
In, I,;,d. to pIouuce iaiosoii,e
smoM sf p':us we .nt pui,c' tiiitt 9niy lass
nnssess noints Ear s,;ner nidu -, ~ ~ I"s,
bi'id. thst is on s th 10 inc ; puSy
pldo9 ,iidt - Oh the Job praclcaiiy
Withim :; coun,. oe ,...,.
e. ~. ;nt rcp,,,. ~ "eehs or NOUN nt
a,+r ,n Vii m or trap rests me
po", cIe,riv he i' n ne ape 10 JUICE pren-
..,d ,na ,;r,nher ~ nei n o! producers
TN. Tha him 70 d. :" IL, urones III ms loeh:
ny nnHnroduce U men is 10 set RIO OF
t1 "o ~ ~ as quickly as posi-
H. nhe, nuI,ets ~ nofh nown rlgidlE 10
t thon tan pa4e nsst " nens maj snow ny
.ne,i erap 1,ds' 1Tecords; that they are
IN s .hn hin"r p me others should go
az ,ns 'l 90 81 sI9n as they can be
dlsposed OF brontably.
BY ro ~ !, TINS MS system. adhering
nls s,ad 70 o a. me "oGh may POSSIBLY be
feuuceu oHe-HdlI- But the fowls that