SMART ROOSTER
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.
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.
"Sometimes, business decisions must be based not on economics,
but on what is right." ~ Ivan Howes
