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in any other like part of the world. We have hundreds of 

 letters from our customers testifying to the value of this 

 stock, a few extracts from which we will introduce here to 

 prove to the reader that because a. flock of hens are great 

 layers it does not follow that they are of low vitality. 



EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 



PORTLAND, ORE., June 23, 1912. 



Received eggs. None broken.. Very nice. Fifteen in- 

 fertile out of 150. C. F. PERKINS. 



LIHUE, HAWAII, June 11, 1913. 



Eggs arrived O. K. None damaged. Have fourteen 

 chicks four weeks old doing fine. Am well pleased. 



E. H. BROADBENT. 



(These eggs were shipped over 2,200 miles by rail and 

 steamer to reach their destination.) 



WATSONVILLE, CALIF., April 5, 1912. 

 Eggs received. Finest we ever had. Got forty-nine 

 strong chicks from sixty-four eggs. 



ORA L. HILL. 



VANCOUVER, B. C., May 13, 1912. 



The 100 eggs received. Express and customs ran price 

 to $14.00. Am very well satisfied. Hatched 70 per cent 

 beautiful chicks; doing well. G. W. McLELLAND. 



QUINCY, WASH., April 14, 1912. 



Chicks received; not a dead one in the bunch, which 

 speaks well for the vitality of your stock. 



H. L. JOHNSON, Treasurer 

 and Manager Quincy Lumber Company. 

 VICTORIA, B. C., Sub. P. O. No. 1, 



April 19, 1912. 



Received the 100 chicks; four dead. Think that is very 

 good, coming that journey. JAMES D. WEST. 



SALEM, ORE., April 19, 1913. 



Received baby chicks; they are just lovely; not one dead, 

 which we think is great. They came in fine shape. 



MR. AND MRS. HAVRE. 



