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POULTRY EXPERIMENT 
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PRIZE 
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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 NationaljEgg- 
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. 
