Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-15
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THE AMERICAN HEN.
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If the government were to decide tl
color up all the eggs that are being
laid by her in one day, to present tC
the children Of the country, the whole
regular army couldn't do the work
unless each soldier could manage tc
color 700 eggs. which is Il pretty big
contract.
As the country will consume not
one days but several days laying of
eggs, the standing army would be
literally overwhelmed, hidden, crushed
by the work Of the hen.
Her work produces enough eggs IN
any two days to give one to every
human being from Alaska TO Porto
Rico, not leaving out Esklmos Of Ber-
ing Straits
Forty-two and one-half millions OF
eggs In one day is her average now
That gigantic one days work weighs
2,65S tons; almost as much as the
tonnage Of a United States cruiser
like the Atlanta.
While industrial combinations aud
financial operations have filled the
air with their clamorous processes,
the hen has scratched along In humble
privacy and she has beaten even the
record Of King Wheat; for the value
OF her modest specially has turned
out to be greater than the whole
value Of the whole wheat crop Of 2S
states and territories in one year.
The gold and silver mines Of the
country aren't worth mentioning IN
comparison with the simple bird. Only
once in so years has the value OF the
gold and silver Of the United States
beaten the value Of Its eggs
Figures cannot give any idea Of the
enormous value Of this American
citizen, for the figures ari too big to
give delight or understanding TO any
except benighted and violent
statlstlcan, For instance, what does
233,59S,005 mean? Yet that Is the
number Of chickens OF laying age IN
the United states according to the
last census which enumerated them as
we'll as tho rest Of MS.
The value In dollars OF the noble
aggregation Of laying talent was $7O,-
100000
The wonderful flock Of birds laid
moro than ono and onc-quartor billion
dozens OF eggs IN one year. This isn't
"a dream not even that kind OF q
dream which begins, ut Is estimated" ="
For these figures are not ESTIMATED" :"
They are exact statistics collected
through the various departments Of
the government day by day as the
eggs were put on the market
That would cntitle every man. wo-
man and child I'm the country. from
the Pacific 60 he Atlantic. and from
Canada to Mexico, 10 2O3 eggs IN tho
year
Uncle Sam has figured up not only
all the hens OF laying age, but all the
poultry OF all AGES I'm the country, not
scornlng either the brollers or the
Methuselahs that pour into the market
after well-spent and long life to
pose on the stalls as spring chickens.
As the result OF this count, he finds
that the poultry Of the United States
numbers more than quarter Of
bIllion--25O,6S1,5s 5s3. TO ne exact. And
the value ls tS5,s00, 900; enough TO
give every lnhabltant OF this country
a little more than si.12 as his share
II they were sold for the account OF tho
public.
Going back to the hen Of egg-layins
age alone, and leaving out the tender
infants that are only consumers and
not producers. Uncle Sans mon find
that these industrious and non-strlking
workers have produced almost 1877
millions OF dollars In the form OF