Interesting to Hen Fanciers. —One of the most serious obstacles in the way of keeping hens about a house has been their hitherto unconquerable predilection for scratching up gardens. We learn from the Oswego [New York] Palladium that an ingenious Yankee has at length discovered a remedy for this difficulty, and is taking measures to introduce it into general use.
It consists of a small instrument somewhat resembling a very long spur, attached to the hind part of a hen's leg. The instrument is so arranged that when the hen is about to scratch the earth, the spur catches in the ground before the foot has fairly descended, and obliges her to bring the foot down quietly and harmlessly a little in front of the place where she has aimed at.
The hen thereupon tries the other foot, with a like result. She keeps on trying, and before she is aware of it the machine has walked her right out of the garden! An agency has been opened in Chicago for the sale of these "hen walkers.
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