THE MISSOURI STATE 

 POULTRY EXPERIMENT 



STATION 

 MOUNTAIN GROVE, 









Photographed by request Chamber of Commerce, Petaluma, California. 



These hens weighed less than four pounds each, and laid 131 pounds, 2 

 oz. 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 $5.40 

 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. 



