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Show f More Truth Than Poetry j By JAMES J. MONTAGUE Tj 9 11 0 1 CIKNCt AND THE HtH. ' Furopean chemists have dlacovered that by se i lected feedlne; the color of poultry eaa be chanced to vlvtd hues. Whoa I learned that tha study of poultry By science was being pursued. I said to myeelf; "Now I'll make some real pelf From my frivolous Plymouth Rock brood. No more they'll lay ergs la abundanoe. When ao one Is willing; to buy, ' . And not lay aa egg. though I w heed I A and hoc. Whn the price of that product la high. "By care, ventilation and diet, , These learned and studious men, . Will put a new aeet In the obstinate breast ' Of that low-feathered mores - the hen. He'll teach her to keep up bar averag-e. That her owner more profit enay reap, ' Whereas la the so days, all the egg- that aha lays. Are but beggarly pay for ber keep." But alas! I was aadly mistaken; Tho aewapaper article eald Oae eaa give brighter hues, such as red a, yreena, aad blues. To poultry If properly fed. If fanciers give to their chickens ' The viands tnat experts aeiect. The neat little pens, where they pasture their bens, . will have quite a rainbow effect." I ears not for color In poultry, I do not maintala them for ahow. Z want thorn to pay. and 1 want them to lay. Not to look like a scene by Corot. Let ml Miners dys them poet atortem, Ta serve the requirements of etyls. But science would be of mora service to ma. ' ' U U tried to da aoraethlng worth while. I |