My uncle John was in the fertilized egg business when I was young. He had several hundred young layers, called pullets, and 8 or 10 roosters whose job was to fertilize the eggs. My uncle kept records and any rooster or pullet that didn’t perform well went into the pot and was replaced.
Now this took an awful lot of time. So my uncle got a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by listening to the bells. My uncle’s favorite rooster was old Brewster. A very fine specimen he was, but his bell had not rung all morning. Uncle John went to investigate. Several roosters were chasing pullets, bells a-ringing, but Brewster had his bell in his beak so it couldn’t ring. He’d sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
Uncle was so proud of Brewster he entered him in the county fair. Brewster was an overnight sensation. The judges not only awarded him the No Bell Prize, but also the Pullet Surprise.
Chicken: An egg factory - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The name Pavlov rings a bell. - Unknown
Organic Farm: Tilling like it is - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Farming is a profession of hope. - Brian Brett
Deviled Eggs: What wicked chickens lay - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Colonel Sanders
Cursing the weather is never good farming. - English Proverb
I take my vacation on the combine and tractor. - Jon Tester
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. - Unknown
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. - It's a Wonderful Life
The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. - Bob Hope
A good farm is recognized as good partly by its beauty. - Wendell Berry
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. - George Washington
Farm: What a city man dreams of at 5 P.M., never at 5 A.M. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
No farmer ever plowed a field by turning it over in his mind. - George E. Woodbury
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. - Unknown
Corn can't expect justice from a court composed of chickens. - African Proverb
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg
Gentleman Farmer: One who has more hay in the bank thank in the barn - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road. - Archie Bunker
Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die. - Joe Hill
The farmer allows walkers across the field for free, but the bull charges. - Unknown
Yesterday I told a chicken to cross the road. It said, "what for?" - Steven Wright
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. - Les Brown
Farmers don't just work til the sun goes down; they work til the job gets done. - Unknown
Abundance: 1. Big party held in a bakery; 2. A social event held in a farm building. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring. - Jeff Foxworthy
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? - Seymour Cray
Genetic Engineering: A recent attempt to formalize what farmers have been doing all along. - Unknown
This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson
I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world. - Katy Perry
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. - Charles Lamb
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. - Erich Segal
I'm going to the Colonel next. I'm gonna get a big bucket of chicken chests and smashed potatoes. - Archie Bunker
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death. - Lincoln Davis
I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.' - Ree Drummond
I spend hours mowing the lawn in absolutely straight lines on my tractor. If it's not right, I do it again. - Britt Ekland
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere. - Jim Hightower
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. - Franz Liszt
The name Pavlov rings a bell. - Unknown
Organic Farm: Tilling like it is - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Farming is a profession of hope. - Brian Brett
Deviled Eggs: What wicked chickens lay - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Colonel Sanders
Cursing the weather is never good farming. - English Proverb
I take my vacation on the combine and tractor. - Jon Tester
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. - Unknown
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. - It's a Wonderful Life
The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. - Bob Hope
A good farm is recognized as good partly by its beauty. - Wendell Berry
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. - George Washington
Farm: What a city man dreams of at 5 P.M., never at 5 A.M. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
No farmer ever plowed a field by turning it over in his mind. - George E. Woodbury
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. - Unknown
Corn can't expect justice from a court composed of chickens. - African Proverb
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg
Gentleman Farmer: One who has more hay in the bank thank in the barn - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road. - Archie Bunker
Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die. - Joe Hill
The farmer allows walkers across the field for free, but the bull charges. - Unknown
Yesterday I told a chicken to cross the road. It said, "what for?" - Steven Wright
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. - Les Brown
Farmers don't just work til the sun goes down; they work til the job gets done. - Unknown
Abundance: 1. Big party held in a bakery; 2. A social event held in a farm building. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring. - Jeff Foxworthy
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? - Seymour Cray
Genetic Engineering: A recent attempt to formalize what farmers have been doing all along. - Unknown
This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson
I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world. - Katy Perry
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. - Charles Lamb
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. - Erich Segal
I'm going to the Colonel next. I'm gonna get a big bucket of chicken chests and smashed potatoes. - Archie Bunker
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death. - Lincoln Davis
I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.' - Ree Drummond
I spend hours mowing the lawn in absolutely straight lines on my tractor. If it's not right, I do it again. - Britt Ekland
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere. - Jim Hightower
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. - Franz Liszt
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