author
Edward Corning
1839–1914
A practical early-20th-century poultry writer, he is best remembered for sharing the methods behind the famously successful Corning Egg Farm. His work offers a firsthand look at how scientific management and careful record-keeping were brought into everyday farm life.
1 Audiobook
The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself
by Edward Corning, Gardner Corning
About the author
Edward Corning was an American poultry farmer and agricultural writer best known for The Corning Egg Farm Book, published in 1912 with Gardner Corning. The book presents the story and working methods of the Corning Egg Farm and was written as a detailed guide to egg production and poultry management.
His writing stands out for its clear, experience-based approach. Rather than treating farming as guesswork, he described it as a business that depended on system, observation, and efficiency, which helped make the book useful to readers interested in both practical farming and the history of agriculture.
Because readily available biographical information on him is limited, many personal details remain unclear in the sources consulted. What is well supported is that he lived from 1839 to 1914 and left behind a work that captures an important moment in the development of modern poultry farming.