J.C. Campbell's Chicken Lays Extra-Large Egg, May 31, 1926

Some Eggs Are Just Eggs

Hens, like men, sometimes stage remarkable exploits. Mr. J.C. Campbell, who lives about 12 miles above Shelby in the Polkville section, has such a hen.

Mr. Campbell last week brought into this office an egg measuring nine inches around the long way and 7 ½ inches around the other way—which is some egg in the parlance of the hard-boiled gentry.

The egg, which was laid by a white Leghorn pullet belonging to Mr. Campbell, is now on exhibition in The Star office, and old-timers in the poultry world refer to it as one of the largest hen eggs ever seen in the county.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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