Nowland Farms
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War Paint the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets", and ten roosters, whose job it was to fertilize the eggs (for you city folks).
The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time, so he bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so War Paint could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster was old Crowder, and a very fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning, War Paint noticed old Crowder's bell hadn't rung at all! War Paint went to investigate.
The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer War Paint's amazement, old Crowder had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He would sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. War Paint was so proud of old Crowder, he entered him in the Tennessee State Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.
The result? The judges not only awarded old Crowder the No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pullet surprise as well.
Clearly old Crowder was a politician in the making: Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and "taking advantage" of them when they weren't paying attention.........
The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time, so he bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so War Paint could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster was old Crowder, and a very fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning, War Paint noticed old Crowder's bell hadn't rung at all! War Paint went to investigate.
The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer War Paint's amazement, old Crowder had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He would sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. War Paint was so proud of old Crowder, he entered him in the Tennessee State Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.
The result? The judges not only awarded old Crowder the No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pullet surprise as well.
Clearly old Crowder was a politician in the making: Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and "taking advantage" of them when they weren't paying attention.........
