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Show Chickens Locked on Perch. "Chickens and other birds, roosting nt night on n porch no blggor than a load poncll, never fall off. Do you know why?" said a farmer. "Tho tendon of a roosting bird's leg," ho wont on, "Is so constructed thnt when tho leg Is bent at tho kneo tho clnws hnvo to contract can't open till tho leg Is straightened out again. "Thus a chicken gets on Its porch, bends Its knees to bo comfortable, and with that bending locks itsolf, as with u key, to tho wood. It can't fall off. "Put n chlckon on your finger nnd then mnko It sit down. Its clnws will clamp your finger tight and bo unablo to lot go till tho bird stands up again. "Nature very kindly has so constructed con-structed roosting birds thnt tho act of settling down clamps thorn to tholr porch." |