Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
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the feathered tribe in this section of
the woods. They are certainly try
ing to Guido themselves. Sometimes
I think they are imbued with the
spirit of national defense, and ex-
pressing it in the way of increased
production in the matter of hen fruit.
A few weeks ago, one of our farm
ers brought into the Democrat" Of
flee, sizable specimen of bird manu-
facture which looked like it might
have been produced by fowl dating
back to the times when old Mother
Earth was inhabited by animals, the
like of which there are few remain
ing in these later days; such as the
elephant, the giraffe, the ostrich, the
boa, and few others.
When Mr.. Letcher Colonna brought
IN his pullet egg, with its unusual d.
mansions, I was disposed to believe
my eyes were out of focus; that I
was "seein' things, although my
night before had been perfectly de-
sorous; or that he was trying to kid
me into believing it was an honest
to-goodness, cross-my-heart, absolute
" reliable chicken manufactured ar
ticle of food. 1t looked more like the
aforementioned ostrich had done the
trick. But it was whopper and no
mistake.
Then, here comes Mr.. Landlord
from Beaver the Dam, who goes the
above mentioned oval species one bet
ter. His was heavier, and longer a
round both circumference. Between
you and me, liked Mr.. Landlords
suriosity a great deal better than I
did Mr.. Letcher's and for very good
reason: Mr.. Landlord presented me
With his prize and I had it served up
IN nice style for my next meal; and,
II you don't think enjoyed it, it was
because you were not sitting across
ne table from me.
Now, I don't know what was inside
the sheel of the egg Mr.. Colonna ex-
hibited. He said he wouldn't take S.
for it, so you can readily see it was
too great luxury for country ed
tor to think about. He said he was
going to keep it and show it to some
members of a farm bureau he be-
longed to, and sorta gloat over the
strain his fellow dirt workers spent
their times improving. advised him
not to keep the article too long, or it
might set up internal workings cal
culated to offend the niceties of ones
olfactory nerves. haven't heard
just what the subsequent history of
the big hen effort was.
However, / do know what was in
side the egg of which Mr.. Landlords
generosity made me the owner. When
It was "biled" and broken, there were
two yolks in the cover shell along
with the amount of albumen general
y provided for two eggs; and also,
another fully developed hard-shelled
specimen making practically three
eggs when added up correctly. That
didn't scare me in the least. ate
the whole three, and haven't sprout-
ed any feathers as yet.
Of course, was getting used to
big eggs about that time, and I didn't
think about making any fuss regard
ing them. Indeed, see so much of
chickens in general, l can hardly talk
without squawking. I can look out
my office window any day and see
thousands of 'em and they amt the
same thousand either. Where in the
name of Sam Hill all those birds come
from is mystery to me. To those
who don't understand this, I'll just
say that across the street from me
is the poultry and feed emporium of
Small and Bull. (No charge for this
ADVERTISEMENT. So I don't make no
fuss about no chickens no way.
But, up in Caroline county, some
farmer thought he had something
when one of his layers came forward
with prize egg, exactly like the one
which furnished hungry editor a
meal. And the Baltimore Sun also
seemed to think he had something, be-
cause it came out in big headlines
over the story of this big egg, two
yolks, and another egg inside. exactly
like old Worcester's two beauties, and
not a cackle came from us folk down
here-just ordinary hen proceedings
for us.
Well, l don't know what the feath-
cred ladies were trying to do. Some
times 1 think the farmers wives
might have DlaVed a trick on the