The art of incubation and brooding; . J^^^*5^l^^^^^(^^^^^^l*l^^c|S^^tfa(!^^^^^^Sl^(^^^^^^e^ej5«|5sj5ft/ ?gj saucer or plate, after thirty-six hours incubation. Itshould be done in a warm room, and in a stronglight, when the pulsations of the heart will continuefrom five to ten minutes, and may be can be seen in the veins, but very veins gradually surround the yelk. The chickderives nourishment from the yelk during incuba-. tion, and what is left of it is drawn into theabdomen just before hatching. Fig. 8 represents the interior of the incubatingegg on the fifth or six


The art of incubation and brooding; . J^^^*5^l^^^^^(^^^^^^l*l^^c|S^^tfa(!^^^^^^Sl^(^^^^^^e^ej5«|5sj5ft/ ?gj saucer or plate, after thirty-six hours incubation. Itshould be done in a warm room, and in a stronglight, when the pulsations of the heart will continuefrom five to ten minutes, and may be can be seen in the veins, but very veins gradually surround the yelk. The chickderives nourishment from the yelk during incuba-. tion, and what is left of it is drawn into theabdomen just before hatching. Fig. 8 represents the interior of the incubatingegg on the fifth or sixth day, when the live germcan be seen with a tester moving up and down andaround, and will float to the top when the egg islaid on its side. In testing, the large end of theegg is held up, as in Fig. i, which shows exactlyhow the egg looks in the tester, through the ^^p^^^^«^^^^^<^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^Hs^^els:^l9H5^s^s5( ^&&&&<fc&4&&&&&&&&&&^^&&^^^&&&^;fc;fr:fc<&&&&& lijifegiseii;^ Fig. 8 is seen with shell partly removed, or withthe egg broken into a saucer. Fig. 9 shows appearance on seventh to eighthday. Fig. 10 represents the tenth day, when eggsshould be tested the second time. Fig. 11 shows the development on the fourteenth


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