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Show MUD HEN EGGS FOR CEICAGO. IndHlrr But I. Mile Known a Montr Producer for Hanterv of H arena County. Green river "hen fruit" will soon begin be-gin to make its appearance in Chicago. This i an ir.ir.ois product cf w'.iich Chi-cagoans Chi-cagoans partake without knowing what they are eating1. Green river "hen fruit' is the egg of a mud hen. Mud hen is the common name of the American Ameri-can ccot, or Virginian rail, says a Chi- , eago paper. During the month of May is the busy , season Of the mud hen; likewise cf the individuate who make a living robbing' : her nest. The hens, in lurg? numbers, i frequent the marshes of the Green. and i Illinois rivers. They nest in swnrms. on bunches of drift, and here they are easily found by the egg hunters, who find a ready market in Chicago for all of tlaeir offerings. A Green river hunter last year gathered 1.000 dozen eggs in three weeks, clearing $&. for his labor. The price last year netted six cents a dozen. Nearly all of the eggs are taken in Bureau county. They are coated in the same manner as the product cf the , barnyard fowl, and are sold to restaur- j ant men and confectioners. It is sttid to be an easy matter for an egg1 hunter 1 acquainted, with the haunts and habits of the mud hen to take from SCO to S00 ! dozen eggs in a single season. - |