The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himselfCorning, Edward
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The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself
Corning, Edward
Eggs -- Production; Poultry
Our experience was quite the reverse from the stories we had been
told. Of course, in doing a large business, it is not possible to
satisfy everyone, and then, unfortunately, there are some people who
are extremely fond of attempting to get something for nothing, and you
receive statements regarding orders which have been filled, which when
investigated, prove to be somewhat different from what you were at
first led to believe.
The fertility of our eggs was such that it was almost impossible for
anyone to make a complaint, and the hatching season of 1910, both at
the Farm and for our customers, was a most successful one.
For the season of 1911 we were able to increase our breeding facilities
considerably over 1910, but we were even more unable to meet the
demands upon us for hatching eggs, than in the previous season. The
results of this year were quite as satisfactory as for the previous,
and for the season of 1912 the Farm will be in a position to fill more
orders than ever before, as we have been able to make a still greater
increase on the breeding side.
[Illustration: YEARLING HENS IN BREEDER HOUSE BEFORE MATING READY FOR
1912]
Orders for hatching eggs are booked by such a system that people
receive them when we agree to deliver the goods, and the illustration
herewith plainly shows the plan.
$........ SUNNY SLOPE FARM No.
THE GREAT CORNING EGG FARM
BREEDERS OF THE STRAIN OF S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
~WHICH CANNOT BE SURPASSED~
BOUND BROOK, N. J. 191
Received of........................................
............................................Dollars
FOR.......S. C. W. LEGHORN EGGS FOR HATCHING. THESE
EGGS ARE TO BE SHIPPED BY EXPRESS ON OR ABOUT THE
.................. DAY OF.................... 191..
THE CORNING EGG FARM
BY....................
CHAPTER XIII
Policing the Farm--With Bloodhounds, Searchlights and Rifles
In the Fall of each year, from almost every part of the Country, come
reports of what seems to be organized thieving in the poultry line.
Both large and small farms are generally sufferers. For a number of
years people in the vicinity of the The Corning Egg Farm have met with
losses, and in the year 1910 an organized gang was unearthed, which
had a camp on the adjacent hills, and made nightly raids, then shipped
the birds by crossing the Watchung Mountains and reaching railroad
communication on the other side, sending their stolen feathered plunder
into the New York Market.
Shoot First--Investigate Afterwards
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