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| Parker Poultry Farm |
Practical poultryman, George R. Parker of Monmouth Junction, did not lay an egg on February 1, 1951. Far from it. His accomplishment was more of the "golden egg" variety during the 1951 Farmer's Week, held by the New Jersey State Poultry Association. At the 60th annual meeting of the Association at the Hotel Hidebrecht in Trenton, New Jersey, the winners in various categories of competition were announced . . . and you guessed it--our own George R. Parker received the coveted Poultry Green Pastures Trophy for best poultry range in the State of New Jersey during 1950. Back in the day, there were fewer ways to bring glory to your community, but Mister Parker found a way to put Monmouth Junction "on the map." Parker was no spring chicken when it came to receiving accolades for his accomplishments in the poultry business. He has been called upon at various occasions to speak on panels at the Black Farmers' Annual Conference. We felt all along that George R. Parker knew his chickens--but in 1951, he had a trophy to prove it. When asked by a local reporter in New Brunswick, which came first "the chicken or the egg?" Mister Parker replied "It all depends how wide the road is."
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