Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-10-18
THE EAGLE AND THE HEN.

ngain that our forotathers In picking
out the great American eagle MS the
emblem OF our country and Liberty
mndo mistake, The contention was
that the great American hen was the
no plus ultra and Erin Go Bragh''
of tho bird family This, Of course
depends on the viewpoint, To the sol
dler the eagle sooms the proper bird
and our foretathers, who did the Sc
loctlng OF the national emblem, were
sure some soldiers
Il Ia only IN moro recent and utll-
tartan years that the hen has come to
the front with her pleasing lay which
suggests to the ear tuned to financial
music. her fitness as representative
OF great people, The eagle is the
hing Of birds and his wife is n sut-
frugetto. In the eagle way. but outside
OF being able 10 lick all the other
foathered creation, and look good on
the reverse side OF the American coin,
the eagle Is a much oyer-ratcd bird,
especially when seen through the pa
touc glasses Of a Morgan or any OF
the other real genuine trust-busters,
Tho hen, sometimes, is a great pro-
ducor her worst fault being that she
always insists on producing most
when the market for her products is
gluttcd. and eygs are cheap. II she
could be trained 10 get busy when the
tall crop OF hen fruit is almost a fail
urc, she would be q world-bcater as a
monoy-producor
As N Ia she doesn't do SO badly,
Taken collectively In the United states
She lays some eggs, and produces some
revenue. Last year, for instance her
cggs and young chickens were worth,
and actually sold Tor moro than ST.
600 600 600, enough to pay for a couple
ot Panama canals, or In other words,
the American hen In 81 Nmonths steady
work last spring built, or at least paid
ior constructing the Panama canal
When she gets down 10 her work,
she pays every year money enough TO
her owners 20 pay an the running eN'
l,euScs " the government army navy,
loStotuces, congress everything, She
rald SS,O0o,Oo0 a day every working
day in the yoar and some sundays, and
she ala it thoerNllly and with song
on her hill, as e were
This. mind you. was done by the old
style, nop-intensitied hen, tina, laycd
from IS 10 lN0 oggs year ot la'e
years though the hen. Ike other farm
Accessories Is being improved Her.
ancestral lIneaeo hiss been sone into,
and rceor3s Kept as 10 family traits,
tho selection and survival " tho tittcst
has done OF is doing, the rest The
hen that will give mp l$o 10 200 oges
where 100 OF less Is the avOnSN is
being produced,
one more eSg ycar from every
hen in the United States expressed in
money values, amounts 20 $6,oooooN
pouNlne hc pr>dpt, ~ the individual
hen, setting 900 cees when she now
pn,3utcS nee, and ,hjs Is being accom-
m,S6eA would mean, sdaine St2S,oo0,-
90, 60 tAe nations income yearly and
thjs in oSe values With tho assistance
o irtpNaiors, snd with a little care
tt5s san De again doubled In value
As e matter % fast tAe hen Gan nar-
piSn a s,oS3y 5oa tov g mathematician
by iNe yesv Here So Oregop. SUperin.
terdca, Alderman, who casually no
Uo.ns some school children buying
Poi oorD, snd not understanding why
cNaotry ScNco, children should pur-
chase toSt oomneN3i,y, NorAu an inves-
tjeaiioa which Ne Nc>o,Ne stAte wide
tp .is roSa,,S, Sn3 includes in its ram.
fntaaorS tNo Ororaa hen. That pop-
co-a vase StArted tNr school 5Atldrcn's s
Industrial movement IN which $1,000
cailtrva tAjs year t>o6 part, Mr, Al
German among other things, with only
8 load pencil and g Nlt u pspev 10
vcrN wish, demonstrated chs, if every
school tAi,5 Ia ;Ao state w0a,d grow
ana Goe3 sen hens ne returns would
rAy No ulnn,ne expenses 81 an the
s,Aso.s ia tNc state In Mot 70 you
viii take yNar pencil and figure 8 few
moments wa win be surprised 90
learn what DE Aca. WITH 8 reasonable
Cl,poruajyy. oSa Accomplish.
However tAo hen IS 100 N3e a sub
scc, ,o Se disposed % in one small
o3itNvjal ~ tNe CAPITAL ]OarnAl, and
We shall sgeaE % Aor D,ora 80 detail
later Ep, Ia passing Jadsed Ny u,o5
,rn NaSlpeSs aa3 financial S,sndArsS
tat Aao,osa oAs,e stands 5n seoG, the
Samo rals,ion % tae Aoa tAai a pes
top 1NoS 81 a tNceSNine machine oc a
tos was00 10 ap aato,aohto
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