In the fall of 1927, A.N. Bennett of  Bennett & Cardinal, owners of the area’s largest creamery, and a distributor of eggs. Bennett stated for many years, Lassen County produced enough of eggs to meet local demand. That changed in 1922,  with the increase of population, but the local egg production had not. In 1922, $140,000 was spent to import eggs into Lassen County. The Lassen County Farm Bureau stepped in, and while local production still did not meet local demand, only $80,000 was spent yearly to import eggs. The farm bureau estimated 20,000 chickens were required to meet local demand. The organization advocated 200 chickens  per farm.

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