Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 12, 1949
Caption:
BIRTHPLACE OF ONE MILLION CHICKS A YEAR: In this storage-like room at the Klager Hatcheries in Bridgewater 1,000,000 chicks are hatched yearly to start lives that will end exactly 77 days later. At all times there are 52,000 eggs stored in the compartments of this vault in various stages of incubation. Temperature is constant at 99 degrees and humidity at 89. At the rear is Luther C. Klager, owner, and, in front, Helen Welch, employe.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 24, 1959
Caption:
EGG INSPECTION: Luther C. Klager uses this machine to inspect eggs for quality and to sort them according to government-specified sizes. Quality inspection is known as candling.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 8, 1973
Caption:
Luther Klager Shows Reporter A Batch Of Day-Old Chicks