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Show , , , , , ,,,,,, r H HNS WORTH MORC t I THAN GOLD MINliS j j Aa Simho nave. "Algira la alge;a. n f whn il-'v Itt nirra 0 .r- fo' hund-ed p wnva ri c-tovin' 'em e?i mo' "n fo hundred L H inilm WTa a famoiia coh. bul he didn't Mr- for r k K ; lili m rn r t wrta chlck f When they didn't limit loo high f -Hoea vn- kn'w whut'a d hery be' t'lriK to do wid ftiguaT" MK Hi moo, Jld f ', hlmaelf nnewera: -.et em hat-h."' -. The atn;idv Inrmda of th arllflrSI tn- V ' euhttnr hive hid the eff... t of In remain - the mitpul of pct in nil ronntrl-a. for . hena, leliig no Ii I'trer required to waat i their time in string, .l.vnt thmla Y more n-Mduou-l y to Iu,.ng. ; In Iter-.' nn fe.ver than idononjB) ngira 1 1 went to mithet In the I'nUed Hlnte- at nn avernge price nf 1 1 If. rente n d en I Formerly t'.li co'inlry lr.urled .ior- moua nuantlllei. hut now It etix.rt far i more t,.,n It ohtalua from ahrnad . The American hen la protected hy th 1'lnRlev Inrtrf. A duty or ft centa a dtmrni t ta Iniiif'ite.t oll forritrn egta, enahling our hen lo re ilia- a nn.ilt if i per oent an- nu.illy for her owner. I . The egg product nf iha United fttate I excee-ln Iti d"!l.ira and centa the v.ilue of . all the gold find allver mined therein Th output in worth annually over f ICi.iHin.iiitx The chief egg producing atnte la Iowa, which aleo la flmt u hogs. Iter yearly output l livmniiKio dor n. Ohio come tieit with ".MwiiHioii doxeu. then llllnoia, Allh h7.tKM,ui)U, and Mlaaourl with HU.- i Not counting Alaaka and Hawaii, th f higheat pile for nm la paid In Mun- t ma. where the average yd centa a tloien, and the loweet In Ten a, where you run buy all you w.mt at TS centa I The nccixlonal price apurt In the elly nf New York, where !t.nr U0 rnwn of eKat nre received annually, doea not count for the t4ie nl l.irg. Price ar eicepiion illv high jnt now on account of the aevere edd muji, which ett. r. led n'l over lh country, rutting down the city' aupidy. The Hneit earta at wholee ile ran be (md al 1H cent a doaeu; at retail about 1 4.. to 47 centa. Tlirie are produc-ra of fnn y egga wh. pe 1 doren from real a uranl a or New ok Pnul rg HV t.orm.un. The Bam farmerB-ninlioiiBlr-B from Wall trwt at a rule erll hutter at fl.M) a pound anil mill at tl a quart. ltflilrond rtittiallc. nn th erg nueetlnn nre enUHhlei Ing The annual output fllu 4:i tKPMaai tr.tea holding thirty doie.i ein h An . r.llnnry nfilaeralor nnr hohl lot ttatea. A train of (hen cars Bufh-cient Bufh-cient tfi carry the nnnual prMuet would h- hta: milei in lenrth. or U rar. enough to r"t h from Wnihhifton to Chicago and ae-.eral miWa beyond. Thi re are iiM oo .mKl domestic poultry tn the piled Htntea A vat m ij'-rtty of tneni ifra on atr.nll furma, In fiA'-ke of doren lo t-nntv-flve or thirty Tney gath- llcnlly no care, which eiphtln why egg arc tJ cheipy pro I need. The Inral fimrket Jimt now I burdened with quantities of froaled ard apllt eicaa. M i. h are f III at a big aaciti. e In a in liKtumea ritloiuta have attlwd wllh from twelve tn rilteen dmen to Tie cae cmohfd nptn hy frteilng T:ie apllt eiciiia hav to he hgi red A Ahoqt thi prlc of ''cheulUL' Knglind ronenm vuat quant It lea of egaa. Iler Impcrtallnns laat year wer uioed et $'Jh.im)iki (he huya iiirmoui ni i rtltlea f't m llalv, ic n.any, Krano. Huaitla, llglum, Deninarh, l-'gypt and Mm. m o. aa el (r. m th l.'Qltad hii.iea and anada. The amalleat egg a laid bv an Inaaot ami em not he seen except with a mlcnx acope he (argent latl.Ht ,f the p. ornl. a fitffll Mr I of MIag.i .ir. Ita l upacltr la two and a half gallona, or aa much a ilv cilrlvn hk. or twelv doen ban gga Horn creature lay only on egg tn yetr; others, auch aa nu rlna animate, pour rut iMlH'-n of ova. Those that la? nna tm uat.ally manuge tn hutch It and rear tha young. Thie that lay mllllona nre bra fortunate; lets Ih.in ooe-tentb of 1 per rnt n-r aui'rujr h rtutunty. Tho moat c eilcioua egg la aald to b that cf tho ' bon-whlle The Phot-r h-lana, and firm them th Kuvi tlfciia, llln loos, Jpnt.ire, and many nthtr amioht nations, mulnlalried that th wnrid wi a hntrticd from un egg niitii-by niitii-by the I'r 'ctnr. (irphtM.a r eaka of till tb'g - New Y'uk iTeaui. |