“Lady Walnut Hill” broke all existing records by laying 94 eggs in 94 consecutive days. C. Frank Dunn Collection. KHS Collections.
One of the ways the Kentucky General Assembly attempted to protect public health in the 1940s was through regulation of the poultry industry. Through an act “to control and prevent the spread of infectious and communicable diseases among poultry,” the legislature required a permit from the Livestock Sanitary Division of the Department of Agriculture or the state veterinarian to sell baby chickens at auctions, sale barns, or in community sales. This act was approved March 26, 1946.
“Lady Walnut Hill” broke all existing records by laying 94 eggs in 94 consecutive days. C. Frank Dunn Collection. KHS Collections.
