CHAPTER I

THE BUILDING OF THE CORNING EGG FARM 21

Started with 60 Buff Rock Eggs 22 More Money in Eggs 25 Adopted White Leghorns 25 First Use of Roosting Closets 27 We Count only Livable Chicks 30 Percentage of Cockerels Low 31 The Great Flock System Succeeds 33 Foreigners Visit the Farm 34 Investigated for Germany 35 Selection of Cockerels 36 Pullets Lay in 129 Days 37 Keeping Down Labor Bill 39 Adopted Hot Water Incubators 40 Why Great Farms Fail 41