Poultry pays

April 20, 1911 — Mr. C.L. Shenk, proprietor of the Page Valley Poultry Yard, expects to enlarge his plant to enable him to meet the demands of his trade, which this year has been unprecedentedly large. His orders for hatching eggs this spring have averaged $100 a week, coming from every state in the Union and Canada, though principally from the south. 

~ From the public archives of the Page News and Courier

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