Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — Couldn’t Scratch. [ARTICLE]

Couldn’t Scratch.

A Colorado paper tells of a picturesque yarn about a chicken fancier who was very touch troubled by the propensity of hens to scratch. Y After many experiments he at last succeeded in crossing a “breed oT longlegged bramas with shortr'legged’ bantams in such a way that chickens had one long leg-and one short one. When they attempted to scratch they lost their bah l .nee and fell over, which, after a feiv trials, was sufficient to show that scratching was impossible, and they gave it up.