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Show TO STOP A ROOSTIR'S CROWING. Simpi Device Whicn Will Prevent Annoyance. An-noyance. Mr. Va Prinsep bas had the distinction distinc-tion of being summoned for allowing a cock to crow In the morning, to the Inconvenience of bis neighbors. He showed a common sense desire to avoid annoyance, though the said neighbor lived a quarter of a mile from the fowl house, and the magistrate magis-trate evinced no desire to harass the artist. But really it is quite possible to keep fowls and prevent them from crowing. crow-ing. All that is needed is a slight string over the neck and fastened to a foot. It is the habit of chanticleer to throw back his head when crowing, crow-ing, did he will not crow if prevented as he may be by the string from doing so. The contrivance has the great merit of inflicting no pain whatever. The bird scarcely knows of the pressure of the string till he tries to crow, and a harmless Jerk brings him to order. Country Life. |