Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1912 — CLOCK DOUBLES HENS’ WORK [ARTICLE]

CLOCK DOUBLES HENS’ WORK

Two Eggs Twice a Day Under Schedule Regulated by Alarm Cobbler Tries Innovation. Glsnoiden, Pa. —The problem of getting bens to lay twice a day has been solved by Michael Seibert, the village cobbler, and the secret Use in the application of an alarm clock to the dally life of his feathered charges. One day, for Instance, a hen that bad laid an egg at nine o’clock the day before laid a second at eight o'clock. Seibert’s scheme succeeds in dissipating the impression of the hens that a day consists of twenty-four hours for them, just as It doss for humankind. By setting the alarm to certain hours he has established twelve-hour habits in his flock and the unique idea works like a charm and with exceeding profit