. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. se that survive untU the twenty-first day. would die at the time of hatching. Perhaps,they were not sufficiently strong, or it may have been that the pellicle which envelopes thembecame so dry that it was impossible for the joung chick to come out of his prison. In orderto furnish more moisture I made, some two or three years since, a new artificial sitter, thehot water receptacle of whichis made of terra cotta enameled on the inside; this allows a
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. se that survive untU the twenty-first day. would die at the time of hatching. Perhaps,they were not sufficiently strong, or it may have been that the pellicle which envelopes thembecame so dry that it was impossible for the joung chick to come out of his prison. In orderto furnish more moisture I made, some two or three years since, a new artificial sitter, thehot water receptacle of whichis made of terra cotta enameled on the inside; this allows a suf-ficient quantity of moisture to transpire on account of its porosity. I have, with this arrange-ment, obtained much better results. The hatching gave a much larger per cent., and Iobserved that the pellicle, of which I spoke just now, was exactly similar to that of eggshatched under the hen. But in spite of the success obtained by this method, I have not asyet found a wonder, for I find it impossible to preserve for more than ten or twelve days thechicks hatched in this manner. One of my friends, whom 1 had make an autopsy for me, found. KELIAXCE IXCUBATOE. POULTRY. 563 tliat they all had diseased lungs, and were afflicted in the same manner as those which haveseveral times been submitted to the experience of the pneumatic machine. I therefore con-cluded that there was a failure of air; indeed my incubator was so air-tight that there wasno loss of heat, and even my opening the door twice a day did not suffice. At last, aftergroping first here and then there, I constructed an incubator which, I believe, unites all therequired conditions. This incubator consists of a rectangular wooden case about forty inches in length, twentyinches high, and about thirty inches wide. This fits upon a wooden bottom, supported bytwo hooks, to enable it to be readily taken apart for cleansing pui-poses. In this case areservoir of zinc is placed horizontally (the capacity of this reservoir bein
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