PICKING OF SEX AT BIRTH
Surprise has been aroused by ,the discovery rnadoby some Japanese experts who aro able to tell the sex of v chick .as soon, as it hatches. For some years there has been known a. method, used only by a few, to tell the sex of dayold chicks, and now it. seems that people can bo trained to do this work with a certain degree of: accuracy, though the layman is not:expected to be able to acquire the information without special training. The . value) of Ithis discovery is doubtful, for just as soon as the. cockerel chicks are killed off the demand for prime table cockerels, will increase) making -their rearing valuehigher than in the past. No doubtfurther details will be available at an early date. Many people have claimed to be able to tell the sex of the chick that will hatch from an egg, but under test all have failed. This present discovery is a scientific one, sponsored by leading authorities, and it may or may not bo of decided economic importance to a country such as ours.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 14
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184PICKING OF SEX AT BIRTH Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 14
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