SOLVING THE EGG PROBLEM
He was a genius. There could be no doubt about it. His hair was long; there was a dreamy, far-away look in his eyes, and so he said he had a scheme which would make him rich— rich beyond all the dreams of avarice.
"What is your scheme?" he was asked one day by a chance acquaintance who scented business.
"Come into a quiet corner," replied the man of genius "and I will tell you. 'Tis this. It has been estimated that a common house-fly lays at least 20,000,000 eggs in a season."
"Well," replied his companion, "what of that?'
"Aha!" exclaimed the genius triumphantly. "I propose to graft the houseifly on to a hen." . >
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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