Life — February 7, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous cartoon about egg scarcity, likely from a period of agricultural shortage (possibly WWI-era or similar wartime rationing). The cartoon depicts a farmyard scene with various poultry and a bald man carrying an enormous egg. **The joke:** The caption proposes a practical solution to egg shortages—breeding larger fowls to produce bigger eggs, thus yielding more food per bird. **The satire:** The cartoon mocks this "solution" by showing it taken to absurd extremes: the egg is comically oversized, and the man struggles to carry it. The visual exaggeration implies that while the idea sounds logical on paper, it's impractical and ridiculous in reality. The farmyard setting includes roosters, hens, and typical rural elements, emphasizing the agricultural focus of the commentary.