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Show KEEPS HENS AT THEIR WORK; Simple Contrivance Used by Western Man Cures Them of Dsslre to "Set." m Owners of hens are frequently greatly annoyed by the persistent desire de-sire of their fowls to set. In season and out, on eggs, stones or o'her objects ob-jects to hand. Hut a western man has evolved a plan to circumvent the hen In this respect. The cure consists of a cheap watch, with a loud and dear tick. Inclosed In a case that ts white and v tinned like an egg. When one of the hns belonging be-longing to this westerner manifests a desire to set out of season he gently places the bogus erg tinder her sheltering shel-tering breast. The "egg" ticks cheerfully cheer-fully away, and soon the hen begins to evince signs of uneasiness and stlra the noisy egg around with her bill, thinking, no doubt, that It Is already time for It to hatch. She becomes more and more uneasy as the nolo continues, and soon Jumis off the nest and runs about a while to cool off Boon, however, she returns to her self-imposed self-imposed task. Matters get worse and worse; she wiggles about and cackles, ruffles her feathers and generally shows distress Finally, with a wild squawk, she abandons the rrst 1jCt good and all, and the Incubating fever Is broken completely. The westerner has found use for half a dozen of these noisy eggs, and he claims that they pay for themselves again and again during the year by holding the liens to their business of laying and preventing them from wasting wast-ing the golden hours In useless Incubating. |
