88 THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK 



Houses a soft shelled egg is almost a curiosity on the 

 Farm. 



In the Brooder House runs, beside supplying the 

 phosphorus to the youngsters for their digestion, and 

 the making of their feathers, it does away with the 

 fear of contamination of soil, of which so much is now 

 written, and it presents a surface which dries almost 

 before the rain storm is over, and there is no possibil- 

 ity of the youngsters being let out into a muddy run. 



