Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-05-18
From Walter 7. Newman.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA,

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA,
May 9th. 1922.
/ Dear Mr.. Ake-Am sending yot
some clippings from our daily paper,
The San Diego Union, regarding 4
freak egg which is on display at ths
Chamber Of Commerce here, Tht
second article, you will notice, com.
ments on one from your paper re-
garding freak which has been SEN
into your office. My attention wal
drawn to the similarity OF the tive
articles and | infer the two freaks
must be very much alike. I went tc
see this one, taking the REGISTER
with me; being from Missouri yor
know, I had to s'show semi and final
" landed with my evidence in the
editorial room Of the Union with the
above result.
San Diego county is fast becoming
one Of the foremost poultry and egg
producing centers of the west, some
OF the f1ocks number as high as 10000
laying hens. 1t is not hard to care
for them as our rainy seasons are
short and we have no freezing wealth
er near the coast.
We are like the rest Of the old val-
legians, Mr.. AXE, always looking for
the news from home the "REGIs-
TER The letter from Mrs, Francis
regarding the Potter place and refer
ence to the Schwab and Elgan farms
In your recent issues, bring some
happy recollections to my mind. I
covered all of them pretty thorough
" while I was growing up.
Out here they call their places
"Ranches.n If one has few chick
ems on an acre of ground it's a. poultry
ranch, five or ten acres of oranges or
lemons is citrous ranch, and a few
hundred or few thousand acres of
alfalfa or other hay or grain lands are
ranches just the same.
California is now in her full spring
garb, following the rains OF the win.
ter, and the flowers, both wild and
cultivated, are blooming in profusion
everywhere.
When You make your promised
visit to Southern California, we'll be
glad to see you in San Diego.
With regards and best wishes for
yourself and Frank,
Very truly yours,
WALTER NEWMAN. &
Following are the articles repro
duced from the San Diego Union:
A freak egg, measuring nine and
half inches around lengthwise and
eight inches around the lesser circum-
ference, weighing seven and a half
ounces, is today on display at the
farm bureau OF the chamber of COM
merce. This egg, the property OF Al.
Foster, 1885 E street, was laid by
Rhode Island Red hen. When Foster,
somewhat excited, brought the egg to-
the farm bureau yesterday, it was
"blown, and another egg, OF normal
size, was found inside. This freak
egg will be on display at the farm
bureau for several days.
San Diego hens have no corner on
the production of freak eggs, accord
ing to Walter Newman, 4130 Boch-
man place, former Missouri resi-.
dent. A few minutes after reading
an account In the Union last Saturday,
Of the curious egg with a double shell,
displayed at the farm bureau office in
the chamber of commerce here. Mr..
Newman discovered in his own home
town paper the story Of q similar
.oddity.
Back ID Missouri, however, the
freak hen fruit don't grow so big as
do the San Diego specimens. The
San Diego egg with two shells, laid BY
a hen employed BY A. Foster, OF 1885
e street, measured eight by nine and
a half inches. The Missouri egg, pro
dnced sson the Schwab farm, west OF
Pilot Knob, Iron county, y measured
seven by nine inches.
The Missouri story appeared In the
IRON COUNTY REGISTER, E ID. AXE,
editor, for April 20, indicating that
the Missouri hen produced the first
OF the two oddities. even though she
didn't equal the San Diego product in
eize ss