Word: fowling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have never been able to see it, but I was told by one who should know that fur-fowl is being bred successfully in this state. The fur-fowl is a cross-breed between New Zealand Red Hare and a Buff Orpington Hen. The offspring, which is hatched from an egg, has the head of a hare, with long ears and brown eyes. It has the body of a chicken, and a hare's tail. It walks on two legs, like a chicken, and, in place of wings or forelegs, it has short stubs that swing back and forth...
...fowl is covered with fur, which is very similar to that of a hare, and it eats grain, vegetables and grass. It is especially fond of alfalfa. The eggs that the female fur-fowl lays are soft-shelled like the eggs of a turtle or a snake, but, instead of being round or elliptical in shape, the fur-fowl eggs are hexahedral...
What worries the Fur-fowl Breeders Association of Indiana is that all the eggs laid so far have been sterile...
Dinner-jacketed waiters scurried through the mapled grounds carrying fancy fowl, champagne, sizzling rare cuts from an outdoor .barbecue pit. A Newport fire company stood by. Also on hand if needed was a battery of floodlights, in case the overtaxed Tyson electrical system gave way. Outside the grilled enclosure of the Tyson home uninvited guests danced in the street to the Tyson music. The party ended soon after 6 a.m., with a dawn swim at Bailey's Beach and a gourmet's breakfast...
...Majesty's Government announced that since two rats a day were being killed, rodents were no longer a serious menace to wild fowl in Hyde Park...