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Show What Kamat Owes the Hen. Nightingales, larks, swans and such pootlo fowl havo been hailed and hymned until tho world Is very weary of them. Where Is tho robust American Ameri-can bard who will write high with Joyous pen tho harmless, necessary hen? Why do our children read about thoso fabulous geese ot tho Roman capital 7 Tho hens of Kansas are worthier subjects. Hero Is one year's work of them: $7,220,111 worth of eggs, which, as a Kansas economist does well to remind tho world, Is Interest In-terest nt B per cent on '$141,522,220. To say nothing of "broilers" ond other oth-er by-products. Kunsas hens mako moro money for Kansas than do her sheep, wool, barley, flax, fruit, sorghum, sor-ghum, oats, potatoes. Tho hen should be the bird of Kansas as tho eaglo Is tho bird of freedom. Everybody's Magazine |