THE MISSOURI STATE 

 POULTRY EXPERIMENT 



STATION 



MOUNTAIN GROVE, 



Mo. 



PRIZE 





MISSOURI 

 NATIONAL 



LAYING 

 CONTEST 





Photographed by request of the Chamber of Commerce, Petaluma, 



Calif. 



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. 



