CHAPTER XIII 



Policing the Farm — With Bloodhounds, Search- 

 lights and Rifles 



In the Fall of each year, from almost every part 

 of the Country, come reports of what seems to be or- 

 ganized thieving in the poultry line. Both large and 

 small farms are generally sufferers. For a number of 

 years people in the vicinity of the The Corning* Egg 

 Farm have met with losses, and in the year 1910 

 an organized gang was unearthed, which had a camp 

 on the adjacent hills, and made nightly raids, then 

 shipped the birds by crossing the Watchung Moun- 

 tains and reaching railroad communication on the 

 other side, sending their stolen feathered plunder into 

 the New York Market. 



Shoot First — Investigate Afterwards 



The Corning Egg Farm takes a great many pre- 

 cautions in regard to efficient policing, and has earned 

 a reputation for straight shooting, not with a gun 

 carrying bird shot, but with rifles. It is thoroughly 

 understood for miles around that we shoot' first and 

 investigate afterwards. The farm carries some of 

 the finest Blood Hounds in the Country, all trained 



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