author
Gardner Corning
1867–1945
Best remembered for books on poultry farming, this early-20th-century writer helped document the methods behind the famous Corning egg farm. His surviving works have the practical, hands-on feel of someone writing from direct experience.
1 Audiobook
The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself
by Edward Corning, Gardner Corning
About the author
Gardner Corning was an American author active in the early 1900s, born in 1867 and died in 1945. Reliable catalog and library records connect him with agricultural writing rather than fiction, especially books about egg production and poultry methods.
He is best known as co-author, with Edward Corning, of works including The Corning Egg Farm Book and The Corning Egg Book. These books present the systems and daily practices associated with the Corning egg farm, and they were published widely enough to remain in major library catalogs and public-domain collections.
Very little biographical detail is readily confirmed from accessible source material beyond his dates and his association with these books. What does come through clearly is his place in a practical tradition of American farm writing: clear, experience-based, and aimed at readers who wanted useful results.