The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-04-28
YANKEE HENS IN R
A Change Takes Place IN Their Ma
ture After Having been Accii-
mated In 3oeFdom.

Zone OF the greatest troubles expert
enced by people living in tropical coun-
tries" said L. 7. Warden, Of Chicago, re-
GENTLY, is 20 obtain meat Of a quality
fit 70 eat Take the Philippines, for in
stance. The cattle there are magnih-
cent to look at, but they cut up into
mighty poor food. being fat and also
stringy. Almost all the meat used by
our men there comes from Australia,
being brought in refrigerator ships,
from which it Is issued three times a
week. The Australian is as good beef
u Q man would care to eat. There is,
or rather was-for II is nearly a year
and q half since I was there-a lack Of
poultry, also. No hens or chickens can
be obtained, but only ducks, which is
m exceedingly poor substitute for a
hens egg, in my estimation. ! under
stand that since then they have tried
70 remedy this and other deficiencies
by importing hens and other things.
but l doubt the success Of the expert
ment for the climate, different kind of
food and the like. may change the
flesh OF the fowl and the quality Of the
egg. c. A. Williams, 4 friend Of mine,
VINO used TO be United States consul at
Johannesburg. and who now lives In
the ~Transyaal, told ma that when he
frat went to South Africa he endeav-
ored TO raise the character and quality
Of his table supplies by Importation.
The meat in South Africa was poor.
but that could not be helped. Ameri-
Gao fowls, Williams thought, would be
. decided improvement over those OF
the Transvsal, aud their eggs would en-
able him 70 begin each day with an
easy stomach and q satisfied mind. So
he brought out q flock OF American.
bred poultry. At first all went well;
the breakfast egg was q godsend and
the occasional chicken at dinner all
that ho had fondly anticipated, but
then there came a change, at first so
gradual that Williams was inclined to
attribute II TO loss of appetite, The
breakfast egg grew coarse and coarser
In flavor until it became wholly uneat-
abe, and the dinner chicken deteri-
Grated In similar manner and with
identical result. With the former, how
ever, the outward appearance Of the
egg remained the same, but the poultry
not only changed in quality and flavor
Of f1esh. but also In external appearance
70 well Without increasing the size
Of tina body the necks grew longer and
thinner and the legs heightened out Of
al proportion, until at last the hens
resembled nothing so much as d.
minutive ostriches. They were unfit
to eat and Of no other domestic use,
and so Williams gave them away to the
Kafir, but for some time he thought
OF exhibiting them here at a poultry
show. mainly to ascertain what names
competent judges would apply to them,
but the expense deferred him. He also
had another scheme TO get even, which
was to enter the roosters In cooking
mains, Williams said they could lick
anything that wore feathers, short Of
On ostrich, and that there was not a
dog In the Transysal that would come
anywhere near his house while they
remained his property. SO utterly had
The few dogs which had tried conclu-
dons with them been routed,"-N. Y.
Tribune.