The chicken raiser of Arizona, who had visions of domesticating Ihe New Zealand kiwi because of Ihe abnormally large egg which it. lays can be excused for his mistake when a newspaper of the prestige of the New York Times describes the kiwi as a cross between a dwarfed Australian ostrich and a While Leghorn hen. A correspondent has forwarded to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce a clipping from the New York Times in which this description is given. The reader is further informed that "down takes the place of feathers, its ' eggs are slightly smaller than a hen's, and a 2ft. fence is too high for it to fly over." This description is accompanied by an illustration which shows a somewhat overgrown leghorn with 'unusually small wings.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 15
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128Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 15
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