A fellow had been working for the government as a research scientist for about 20 years and he decided to retire and take up farming.
Well, he bought a quarter section and fixed fences and the well and picked rocks and cut down the weeds and worked the soil up ready for seeding. The only thing was he couldn't decide what to plant. After a couple of cool ones on the back porch he decided that since he liked chicken thats what he'd raise so he went to the hatchery and bought 400 dandy leghorns. (wait folks, this gets better)
Upon getting them home he proceeded to plant them by hand in his newly worked soil feet down and just their necks sticking out of the ground. Well of course within a few days, most of them were dead and the ones that weren't should have been. He was of course a little puzzled so back to the hatchery he went and this time bought 400 Rhode Island Reds.
Back home and he's out in the field again but this time he plants them upside down with just their feet sticking out of the dirt. This batch didn't even last as long as the first. He was really puzzled now so he decided to consult with his compatriots back at the government lab. Surely these geniouses would be able to figure it out. So he sent them a letter explaining what had happened and about nine weeks later his old friends at the lab sent back a response with one short comment. "please send sample of soil"
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