Arizona republican., 1922-06-25

amounts and at the right time, she
| could not and would not lay the
number of eggs she was capable OF
laying.
Another part of his system is that
of determining the potency of fowl
that is, if a hen had capacity to
| lay 200 eggs in a year, would she
also have the capacity to transmit
that egg-laying capacity to her prog
eny. Tables indicating the egg-lay-
! ing tendency of the males were also
worked out. and all of this tabulated
| matter, as well as careful instruc-
tions and illustrations, are incorpo-
rated in the "Call of the Hen"
This Is the system which is gen.
orally referred to when we hear the
term 'hoganizing' mentioned, al
though any system Of culling is some
times enormously called by that
term.
Walter Hogan, when well along in
years, removed to California and en-
gagged in the poultry business, put
ting into practice the principles laid
down in his years of experience when
poultry raising was side-line. He
was known during the last years of
his life as one Of the leading breed
ers of White Leghorns. His death a
year or two ago was regarded as a
distinct loss to poultrydom, although
his work has served to perpetuate
his name and is in its way a monu-
ment more enduring than one of
marble or granite.
Advantage of Culline
In every flock. no matter how well
bred 1t may be or well fed or cared
for, there are bound to be some birds
that do not lay and consequently do
not pay. If these birds are culled
out, it is obvious that the flock aver
age will be higher and the feed bills
lower. There have been numerous
instances right here in the Salt River
valley where flocks have been culled,
taking out one-fourth or sometimes a
larger percentage, and the egg pro-
duction would remain the same for
the flock. The inference being that
the few eggs that were laid by the
hens culled out were more than Off
set by the better chance which those
left had
With the most people, trap nesting
is not practical, owing to the great
amount of time required. Syste-
matte culling is done quickly and is
so accurate that to the ordinary poul-
tryman it serves the same purpose
as trap-nesting and has this advan-
tage over trap-nesting. that it can be
done early in the life of the pullet,
instead of waiting for year or even
six months for an accurate record.
Trap nesting for experimental
work, for the breeder that can afford
it, and for the egg-laying contests,
is absolutely necessary, but for the
farmer, the commercial poultryman
and the backyard fancieF. careful
culling by some of the methods that
have been tried out and proved is
far more practical.
Gull Any Time
Some one asked a famous horti-
culturist the question, when is the
best time to prune fruit trees?" and
the horticulturist answered. When
ever your knife is sharp" The time
to Gull chickens is any time, and de-
laying means loss of potential prof
its. 1t maybe that there are some
times when it is more desirable or
more effective than others, but any
time is a good time and better now
than later. Most commercial poul-
trymen go over their flocks several
times during the season. 1t is, of
course, highly desirable to go over
the pullets early in the fall, after a
good proportion of them have started
to lay. Those that are slow in get
ting started are oftentimes of little