THE MISSOURI STATE 

 POULTRY EXPERIMENT 



STATION 

 MOUNTAIN GROVE, 









1 



MISSOURI 



NATIONAL 



EGG 



LAYING 



CONTEST 



a 



MOUNTAIN 



6ROVE 



1911-1912 



Photographed by request of the Chamber of Commerce, Petaluma, Cal. 



These hens weighed less than 4 pounds each and laid 131 pounds and 2 ounces of 

 eggs. They won the prize for laying the greatest weight in eggs in the National Egg- 

 laying Contest. Each hen's eggs would have sold for $4.50 on the Petaluma Market, 

 if reduced to No. 1 eggs. They are the result of five years' breeding by the author 

 from common Petaluma Single Comb White Leghorns. It is possible for the reader 

 to do the same with almost any breed by following instructions in this book. 



