Never has the U.S. hen performed so valiantlythe Department of Agriculture announced last week that she is laying one-fourth of an egg more a month, and that she produced a billion more eggs last month than in March 1942. But it is not enough; she must not only lay but hatch more. She has already begun. 1943 hatchings are up 16% over last year.
While thousands on thousands of soft-handed, pale-necked civilians are beginning to learn the facts of animal and vegetable life, the great burden will still be borne by the professional farmers and poultrymen.
Poultry professionals are busy. Now
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