The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-09
Big LAYER PROVES
WORTH TO WORLD
Hen That Can Produce 314
Eggs in a Year Is a Real
Economic Factor.
OFTEN UNDEREST1MATED

She has proved her worth. She has
the goods and can deliver them. This
astonishing performance makes plain
the wealth Of possibilities in every mans
%dooryard flock.
The exper tells us that there are more
than 1000 latent eggs In the normal hen.
One individual has shown that she can
lay hundreds Of these hidden. dormant.
potential possibilities In a twelvemonth.
II one ran do Il. then others can No
one expects 1000 Eggs from n hen.
however long she may live. But every
one knows now that he need not &c
round the world to And his Acres Of
Diamonds One American hen has
shown us that there Is as great eco
nomic value In her an a be found.
weight for weight. in any animal in the
VIVA, them Simply this: 7. is up to
VA to make the most Of the domestic
fowl. She has the eggs and she Is never
happier than when laying them. The
hen that can lay 200 eggs In a year has
become common. Her discovery IL OF
recent date. however. A dozen years
ago there were few who believed that
such a producer could be bred. To-day
the 800 egg hen has been discovered
In various parts Of the country. The
evidence is 40 overwhelming that mill.
ions OF thee American people are chal.
lenged to dig for the diamonds that are
hidden away In the common hen. Yes
The producing power liz In the little her
NOT a shadow OF doubt remains. What
are We going to do about IT, She Is
able and willing: are We willing anc
able?
II isn't a matter Of a particular breed
There are a dozen breeds Of fowls tina,
can be depended upon for the high eco.
nomic values II rightly handled. The
Egg laying contests in various parts
Of America as well as in Australia
proye that most OF the common breeds
OF fowls have marvellous possibilities In
egg roduct!o when handled rightly
While the heavier breeds may be slight.
IL inferior to some OF the smaller breeds
in average egg production. they havs
roints of superiority In other respects
Ina, make them Of EQUAL value. TIL mar
behind the bird Is the determining
factor
LADY Eclartine with her I4 egf
| record has set the whole continent II
search Of poultry possibilities. Practi'
caIly everybody outside the large cities
keeps fowls. This amazing years work
of one hen has been heralded from ocear
,o ocean. II will mean a powerful slim
lit to u movement aireHuS "iue
spread to make SINE most OF 'he u.,".s
value or the backyard mock as Wen a,
OF the tens OF thousands nj oiros neroeo
together on the miil'on egg tarn''
The average yearly yie!d OF the isrm
flock Is about seventy eggs TOT eacn men
This IL the finding Of the Department OF
Agriculture AT Washington. We write
II and read IL with shame IL is surely
. long. long a from 20 Ia ana The
world II on fire to-day over economic e.
ficiency. Most certainly the figures that
are before the American people to-day
will mean a mighty stride forward In caG
production. Otherwise We prove gu
economic deficiency.
4 farmer told me the other day that
he keeps seventy-five hens and that the,
'eat their heads OF two or three time.
! q year. It's a long look from sucn 4
story to tina, OF another farmer whc
kept 400 LAYERS last year aud reports a
profit OF 3I.lOo above the Nost OF thei,