The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01
THAT PROLIFIC HEN.

iwo or three years ago an account was
published in the american of the remark
able performances cf hen in the way ot
laying eggs, wh'ch was received iv some uf
oun exchanges with a 2upd deal of iucred-
amy. NrVeiihriesS the stuy was SiTIcily
true. and has since been ibuudautly con-
frmcds The hen is owned by Mr.. &. "
Young, who resides near Ilchesiel. Howard
county. aud is a highly reputable gentle
man whose woud alone would he uuite suf-
hcient To establish even So extraordinary a
fact as that heretofore related Bui Nj
Young. knowing that cautious rcoI,le are
inclined Ia doubt stories that d. not accord
with Tie ordinary operations Of nature. in
vited his neighburS ~ come and see for
themselves. Sometimes the hen produced
ball dozen at eggs in the presence AT
thirty az forty spectators.
Mr. "unc's attention was first called to-
ihe hen early i'll February. when ht. fuunn
her one very cold moIuing sitting on the
Il 'nr of the chickenzhouse wilh eighteen
eggs un6er her. II did not occur in him
that she had laid all the eggs herself hui
he th"nght IT remarkable that she should
have tuInIsh d herself with - mauv eggs
and had begun hatciring ON such short no
tice. y nest was made for her. however.
aud in due time she brought out twelve
chickens, nIIe of which are Siill living
The weather being very c'ld. the ben ami
her brood w-ie tut INFO the ch e. hoISe
where they remained inur weeks Du the
4ih of April She went ont on the porch aud
IaId an egg. nest was mahr foI ner. aud
nn the next day she d-pn>ir-d twelve. eggs
i'll if. MI. lOung' family were aS'ouishcd
and even somewhat alarmed at Ihis +.
mdIkahle exhibition If f. ftcuudity. People
ia the neiehboIhood heard of the extra,r
diuary feat and came to it repeated -
Itte box IN which She had her ueS; was
carlied into The yard. and here in full view
"f aS many spectators as chose tn come (aud
| they sometimes numbered as many as for
ty), she dropped her eggs. On April 6 she
producrd eight. on the following day seven
aud on the next day (Which was Sunday
she rested from her labor. On Monday
Ainil 8. four eggs weIe laid, Tuesday fiji
teen, " edne>tlay ten, Thursday fifteen.
Friday ten. aud saturday SIX. making six V
FOR the week. On SUNDAY, the 15th, she
again rested. During the next week she
! laid sixteen eggs, six being the highest
number drnpi ed in one day. She rested ~,
saturday. AID Laid one egg ON Sunday. the
22d. During he succeeding tlnec days She
lad twelve eggs, which seemed To exhaust
her stock on hand. Between April aud
April p. this marvellous ben produced ! ! :
eggs. Four hens now setting on tire
eggs, but no chicks have yet been hat Chez
The eggs shown Us Ivy Mr.. Young were oi
the average size, aud differed NJ nn respect
whatever from ordinary hens eggs.
This remarkable iusiatce of f-cuudity ia
a hen l. 50 we'll aIteStrd tiI-,t il would bs
! idle to dispute its corr ectnPss. More Than
Il hundred witnesses many of them being
people of the highest resI,eciab'lity and
| Intelligence, cnnld be summoned To prove
! that they themselves saw the hen diop Il
/ half dozen of eggs in succession. Scien-
! tific men are at liberty To- furnish thenl
! f"r this 'xtra"Idnary phenomenon, hut nu
! amount of scientific drm"u>tl atI"n vii dis
! prove the facts.-BditinlOr6 1atericdR.