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Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Putting eggs into an incubator at a hatchery. In 1878, Lyman Ryce, a young Canadian, decided that the country around Petaluma was well adapted to poultry raising and egg production, and founded the industry. 1878 (from title). The New York Public Library.