Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-24
SOURCE OF GREAT WEALTH
ACHIEVEMENTS OF HENS

\ mighty producer OF wealth is the
American hen. The eggs she laid dur
! inS last yea. were equal in value TO
4 the cotton crop. including the cotton
seed.
. Tier egg output for 1915 was worth
\ moe than five times ms much as the
total OF gold and silver produced dur
inr the twelve month by the mines of
/ the United states
The American hon in 1915 earned hy.
4 egg production alone. more than twice
as much as the net proceeds Of all the
freight and passenger traffic Of the
' railroads Of The country.
The total value OF her egg output for
The year is estimated by the Depart
m"mt of Agriculture ut s72a.ooo.oao.
When II is said that during the
twelve months she laid $1,000 400. 600
eggs. tn. meaning OF the statement Is
not easily Srasped. .rhe figure is TOO
enormous But one comprehends it
better when reckoning is made OF
the size OF n single egg that should be
as big as all these eggs put together
rms mighty egg. representing n
Fears work OF the American hen.
would be $50 feet long. and it's smalle,,
diameter would he 500 feet. 1t would
weigh 2,625.0oo short tons
\ hen capable OF laying such an egg
would bc two-ihirds of a mils h;.h.
Va. Department estimates That ONLY
about oe.0oo,o0o,60o eggs were mo-
duced ON farms in the United S,,+cs
att,inc tra nrr,.,. ,.,- -, =. ."teS
that Very nc,r,v &c 800, :, $50 =
lild elsewhere than on farms Towns
folk and Villagers commonly Keen
chickens; so likewise. do suburban res
rrsa, ,,,,,I,i.i '"e'S ana
h.y. ro,,n. ".nI people who
40 49,, ~ , 'e' Win pt
few fowls
~ go. ION mas oeen made by
ieNo1u 9. q men called Lady
~, ..,.'.e: " mn.c I.esaorn. which laid
- 80 na!S' |, IS perform
49, equaA.eu. So Tar as
y. "n' y SHOWS what the domes
-" y" "heh sac tries
average hen LAYS l2o
az " t"eiN. month. 1t this out
-, .ou'" .r nt'saSe 20 2oo eggs as an
~ -. .NneF!'an mems. an ad-
10y" % s%'"'"o"''" ""niu thereby be
.i""e 70 We in2on" q chicken Keepers
:" MS SouNtf}.
~ N''s ne aeSohn!lSae" The Dc
~, -" s.t.el' - NSr'eHNNre - hopeful
yea past rs experts have
,.ia,,. " i.' o.as eNn'i 'iheh,S with
80 ;"' X ing ahi.l'N. Up to date
nave h"' h"ei' Nr'f Succession.
ny e"S-n Tor hr'' non-success is
. p.L".e 'hef INNS ,Aai something
!" w ~" .'t go W"lAodS adopt
s". ,n""s" fNS' what the" cannot guess.
'H,Nate progeny
=. "Nsht mem selves
,so.,s s.,,.; 80 nhd !u"i-
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.re idea dos no, sen, ). 49,, 80,
;. mus. vo~k o,,i IN SON. a.. ,,,u
sv-~ I'll. i,,rr'. Cow, ~ so,,,h.r,
a'Epo.., % ha descended! laws ONLY .hir,;
~ rr.ry --~s il {? vca-. and its pro-
G">rior = liIri,od 10 a few weeks In
= ch ,weiverlonth. Bu, fo- thousands
~ rears chicken "aisrrs have been svs-
'"Ua ticailv selecting the eggs or the
h~s' layers for setting purposes. and
- this practice IS undouhtcdly due the
,'E, ~, 'ae moieTn Aem LAYS through
,nNf-n taS q the wear. producing At
''fe tH"es - many eggs az her
~
=, =. -, a M ed.'E
- - - = = o.'. ,'S.''
~ 80.
i h.,,,,.,nsd ,;.o1, 49, I
~ ,oa.,s- - ~, .a,s., c,;I,,s,
such bci-.. ~. case IN. exnc-,s ara
VIM nh, 10 49, =, se,sS,;n. "a,
b-cedinr nn-,osts -cocke tina, ~. IN.
sons a. high.record hons.
IN other respects ,hcy ha~e been
D. etably successful They have bred
noes of chickens thai produce eggs
n a particular color and Of uniform
s.y.-,,o;,,,s INST nave much 10 t,o .-ith
m. price they command in The mar
Ee' VIVA, is moro important. they
have increased the size OF the eggs
- much do eggs commonly wary in
tn!s respect TIM, one dozen may weigh
half pound more than another dozen.
!, hen is Matched with about 60 eggs
ft ,, I,-