THE HEN THAT LAYS THE EGG.
J lb must be an astonished lieu that j eaters, the pest invented by Mr Ellsj worth Tiden. She mounts the west. It yields slightly beneath her weight. It seems to be one end of a small seesaw or tijtiug platform. The other oud of the platform rises far ouough to block the door and prevent intrusion. As the hen entered, the door pushed a small lever that started a small clock-work device overhead,' which was still going. A drop of coloured fluid falls and makes a spot on the hen. She hurries out, leaving behind her an eg;'. As sbe starts' towards the door, the front end of the sec-saw yields slightly under the influence of her own weight find the force of a coiled spring at the back. She pushes her way Out into the sunshine. Her owners notes with satisfaction the purple spot on her while plumnge. He knows which hen is laying the eggs. If a farmer owned several hens he would, of course, need several pattern nests, each dropping a different coloured ink.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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184THE HEN THAT LAYS THE EGG. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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