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Show HENS OF HAWAII FAIL. Climatic Conditions Said to Do Unfavorable Un-favorable to the Egg Supply. Tho chickens In Honolulu, for reasons rea-sons best known to thomsolvcs, havo posltlvoly refusod to lay eggs. As a consequenco good laying liens are much In demand In San Francisco for shipment to tho Hawaiian Islands, says tho San Francisco Examiner, of roccnt date. Every steamship that loavos for Honolulu carrloa a largo consignment of laying hens and tho supply Is not equal to tho demand. "Climatic conditions" con-ditions" Is tho excuso put forward for tho falluro of tho Honolulu hen to lay. Tho mlddlo western states, as well as California, export chickens to tho Islands, tho yearly shipment for tho Islands averaging 400 carlonJs of dressed und "00 carloads of llvo poultry. poul-try. "All tho best laying hens that can bo secured In California nro sli pped down to Honolulu at the present time," said n commission man. "For samo yet undlscovored reason tho hens raised In tho Hawaiian islands are not good egg producers, nnd as a result wo havo ordors to ship all tho good laying lay-ing hens that wo can down to tho Islands." |