How Leghorn Procured a Large Family Without the Formality of Hatching Them.
    The fox is no cleverer than a Leghorn hen. So at least thinks one reader of the companion who has read the numerous stories that it has printed to illustrate the cleverness of foxes. To justify her opinion she tells a story of her own. Here it is;
    In our flock of chickens we had only one brown leghorn, but she was hard to beat. One day she stole her nest, and, though Leghorns do not, as a rule sit, some time later she came marching proudly into the yard followed by a dozen little brown balls. In a week she had following her 25 chicks of all ages and descriptions; she had stolen them from other hens. And besides attending to the needs of that large family she began shortly to have an egg in her coop every morning.
    An interesting incident occurred on a neighboring farm. A persistent little hen that was repeatly prevented from sitting finally disappeared and returned some days later with seven fluffy baby quail. She had evidently driven the mother quail from her nest and hatched the eggs herself. The baby quail obeyed her commands, and she was very proud of them; but , in the words of my small brother, won’t she get the surprise of her life some day when these little quail learn to fly!-Youth’s Companion.
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