The United blules is making things hum in the poultry yard. The Lm partment of Agriculture is trying to develop a breed of featberless chickens for the warmer parts of the country, and claims that it has already reduced tlii- moulting' period to 10-s .ban one .month, and may 'b-Kiore long suc-.ct-d in doing away with it altogether Chickens without feathers, it is hoped, hav:sg nothing to moult, will lav eggs jiist to keep (hernse'.ves occupied. "Meanwhile, a private "expert in hrnology" is- experimentug in an opposite direction. He is trviu" •o raise chickens with hair instead' of leathers, chielly for the Klondvke market, far he has completely succeeded. His .biekens have feathers as soft and downy us fur, and whiter than eiderdown. They ■jannot fly, but they are so warmly thatched that they lay eggs right through the wilier, almost without knowing it Wife: "I Lad better take that hat for bs. Husband: "But I've only cot 40s -vith me now. I'll owe the odd ss" Wife•Oh, then, I'll take this one for 60s—5s is oo insignificant a sum to owe."
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Evening Star, Issue 11889, 18 May 1903, Page 3
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