Eggs and Water
This thirst for water has astonished me, being no poultry expert, among the pullets. They drink repeatedly and with gusto, and will empty their small bowls several times a day_ Some of the intensive keepers, I am told, lure them to drink by illuminating the water-bowls ; and it appears to be as true of poultry as of mulch cows that the more they can be induced to drink the more goods they produce. The egg corresponds to the milk, and, after all, about three-quarters of the weight of an egg is water. The thirsty pullets in question are to my ignorant eyes a wonderful example of "sex-linked inheritance," in which Professor Punnet and other Cambridge Mendelians made such valuable discoveries. They are pure white and look to me like pure-bred Leghorns. Their mothers, which were pure-bred Rhode Island Reds, have in outward appearance lent none of their qualities, except a certain weight of structure, to their daughters.
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