Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1890 — She Keeps A-Going. [ARTICLE]

She Keeps A-Going.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A new device of domestic economy is applied to the common barnyard fowl, and is called the “hen persuader.” It is simply & piece of strong wire, shaped like a long fork without a handle, and fastened about the hen's ankle with the prongs extending rearward. In this way the fowl is rendered unable to scratch, and not being able to move backward because the prongs of the persuader stick into the ground when she tries to do so,. she must needs keep on going ahead all the time, which conduces to the finding of the greatest possible number of bugs and to the cheap nutrition of the bird.