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five mark, but every quarter of a second which re- 

 duced this mark meant greater achievement in breed- 

 ing than was represented by the reduction of records 

 from two-sixteen to two-five, and we have not yet 

 seen the horse which, in single harness, without a 

 running mate, can turn the mile track in two min- 

 utes flat. 



The Corning Egg Farm realizes that from this on 

 improvement will be shown by fractional figures, but 

 these fractions will represent a greater progress than 

 the figures which have gone before. 



Two years ago the unequaled results of The 

 Corning Egg Farm had seemed unsurpassable, but 

 to-day we are able to look back from higher ground 

 and see the road over which we have traveled to 

 reach a point very considerably beyond the unequaled 

 position of two years ago. 



It is our hope and aim, year by year, to improve 

 the present position. The man who believes he has 

 learned all there is to learn is a failure. The suc- 

 cessful man is the one who is sure there is an op- 

 portunity to advance considerably beyond the point 

 he has already attained, and The Corning Egg Farm 

 believes this to be true, and has constantly worked 

 with that idea before it. 



With an experience back of them of nearly six 

 years the Builders of The Corning Egg Farm know 

 that this Book furnishes the necessary guide for suc- 

 cess in poultry culture. What has been, and what 



