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plied with the proper ingredients for a large egg 

 production she is not being stimulated, but rather 

 helped and sustained in the natural way. 



" Egg Foods " Kill Layers 



On the market, to-day, is found an ever increas- 

 ing number of preparations advertised as " egg 

 foods " ; " foods " warranted to produce eggs with- 

 out fail and in record breaking quantities. An 

 analysis of almost any of these concoctions discloses 

 the fact that Capsicum, or in other words red pep- 

 per, is the basis of the preparation, or at least it is 

 the ingredient in the mixture which is counted upon 

 to produce the advertised results, namely, the certain 

 and great output of eggs. If fed in sufficient quan- 

 tities to actually stimulate the egg organs of the hen 

 it must in a short time kill her, but if it should not 

 have this effect, it certainly does put her in such a 

 condition that she is worthless as a layer. It must 

 be constantly borne in mind that the production of 

 eggs is not a question of stimulation, but is the put- 

 ting of the hen into a perfect condition of health, 

 keeping her in that condition, and supplying her with 

 foods which are egg making substances, and which 

 nourish her completely, and allow a surplus to be 

 turned into eggs. 



On The Corning Egg Farm, this plan has always 

 been the line along which we have worked, supply- 

 ing the hen with the natural ingredients from which, 



