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The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself

Edward Corning and Gardner Corning

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It began with sixty Buff Rock eggs and grew into a famous egg business. Corning tells exactly how he did it: switching to White Leghorns, building roosting closets, and counting only the chicks that live. A candid, numbers-driven account of one of America's model egg farms. The real ledger behind a poultry success story.

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156 chapters

  1. 1THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4INTRODUCTORY
  5. 5CHAPTER I The Building of the Corning Egg Farm
  6. 6Started with 60 Buff Rock Eggs
  7. 7More Money in Eggs
  8. 8Adopted White Leghorns
  9. 9First Use of Roosting Closets
  10. 10We Count Only Livable Chicks
  11. 11Percentage of Cockerels Low
  12. 12The Great Flock System Succeeds
  13. 13Foreigners Visit the Farm
  14. 14Investigated for Germany
  15. 15Selection of Cockerels
  16. 16Pullets Lay in 129 Days
  17. 17Keeping Down Labor Bill
  18. 18Adopted Hot Water Incubators

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