Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1919 — Operation Stops Crowing. [ARTICLE]

Operation Stops Crowing.

Lakewood, O. —People of this town some time ago started raising chickens to help beat the high cost of living. The roosters crowed so loudly, howeveX that neighbors complained be* cause their sleep was disturbed. Dr. Robinson, one of the chicken raisers, solved the difficulty. He discovered that by a simple surgical operation the rooster’s crow could be reduced to a mere squeak. Vocal organs of all rOOsters now are being submitted to the knife and chicken raising has been, resumed.