Show what kansas owes the hen nightingales larks swans and such poetic fowl have been balled and hymned until the world Is very weary ot them where is the robust ameri can bard who will write high with joyous pen the harmless necessary hena why do our children read about those fabulous geese of the roman capital 7 the hens ot kansas are worthier subjects here Is one year s work of them 7 worth ot eggs which as a kansas economist does well to remind the world Is in terest at 5 per cent on to say nothing ot broilers and oth er byproducts kansas hens make more money for kansas than do her sheep wool barley flax fruit sor oats potatoes the hen should be the bird of kansas as the eagle Is the bird of freedom everybody magazine |