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.
Organic Farm: Tilling like it is - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Farming is a profession of hope. - Brian Brett
Farmers are the salt of the earth. - Unknown
Himalaya: A rooster that lays an egg - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Colonel Sanders
I take my vacation on the combine and tractor. - Jon Tester
Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor. - Chuck Grassley
A good farm is recognized as good partly by its beauty. - Wendell Berry
Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. - Shana Alexander
Farm: What a city man dreams of at 5 P.M., never at 5 A.M. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes. - David Coleman
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg
Farmers: Men successful only if they sell their farms to golf clubs - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
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
It was so windy that one of our chickens laid the same egg four times. - Unknown
The farmer allows walkers across the field for free, but the bull charges. - Unknown
The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. - Maya Angelou
Yesterday I told a chicken to cross the road. It said, "what for?" - Steven Wright
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handyman with a sense of humus. - E.B. White
I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. - Jim Hunt
I am obsessed with Costco. I love the salmon and rotisserie chicken, the dog beds. - Kris Jenner
Abundance: 1. Big party held in a bakery; 2. A social event held in a farm building. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says chicken of the sea. - Jessica Simpson
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? - Seymour Cray
This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson
In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca
The chicken probably came before the egg because it is hard to imagine God wanting to sit on an egg. - Unknown
Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. - Helen Rowland
If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? - Tom Barrett
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Daniel Webster
I'm going to the Colonel next. I'm gonna get a big bucket of chicken chests and smashed potatoes. - Archie Bunker
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
Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. - David Chang
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. - Walter Bagehot
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
He who learns the rules of wisdom without conforming to them in his life is like a man who plows in his field but does not sow. - Saadi
Once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher... but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer. - Brenda Schaepp
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. - Nelson Mandela
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
Farming is a profession of hope. - Brian Brett
Farmers are the salt of the earth. - Unknown
Himalaya: A rooster that lays an egg - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Colonel Sanders
I take my vacation on the combine and tractor. - Jon Tester
Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor. - Chuck Grassley
A good farm is recognized as good partly by its beauty. - Wendell Berry
Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. - Shana Alexander
Farm: What a city man dreams of at 5 P.M., never at 5 A.M. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes. - David Coleman
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg
Farmers: Men successful only if they sell their farms to golf clubs - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
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
It was so windy that one of our chickens laid the same egg four times. - Unknown
The farmer allows walkers across the field for free, but the bull charges. - Unknown
The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. - Maya Angelou
Yesterday I told a chicken to cross the road. It said, "what for?" - Steven Wright
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handyman with a sense of humus. - E.B. White
I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. - Jim Hunt
I am obsessed with Costco. I love the salmon and rotisserie chicken, the dog beds. - Kris Jenner
Abundance: 1. Big party held in a bakery; 2. A social event held in a farm building. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says chicken of the sea. - Jessica Simpson
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? - Seymour Cray
This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson
In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca
The chicken probably came before the egg because it is hard to imagine God wanting to sit on an egg. - Unknown
Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. - Helen Rowland
If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? - Tom Barrett
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Daniel Webster
I'm going to the Colonel next. I'm gonna get a big bucket of chicken chests and smashed potatoes. - Archie Bunker
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
Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. - David Chang
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. - Walter Bagehot
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
He who learns the rules of wisdom without conforming to them in his life is like a man who plows in his field but does not sow. - Saadi
Once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher... but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer. - Brenda Schaepp
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. - Nelson Mandela
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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