. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. 132 BURNHAM S NEW POULTRY-BOOK ; what the hens begin, as thus: after allowing your hen to sit 10 days upon the eggs, remove them to the Incubator, and set 'another clutch under her. She will continue to cover three or four settings. You can complete lier work in the macliine ; and your chicks will come out strong, healthy, free from vermin, and none are trodden to death. Then comes in the usefulness of the " Artificial Mother," which requires little care, and. halsted's â¢â aktificial ; no study to manage. After five years' trial, I
. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. 132 BURNHAM S NEW POULTRY-BOOK ; what the hens begin, as thus: after allowing your hen to sit 10 days upon the eggs, remove them to the Incubator, and set 'another clutch under her. She will continue to cover three or four settings. You can complete lier work in the macliine ; and your chicks will come out strong, healthy, free from vermin, and none are trodden to death. Then comes in the usefulness of the " Artificial Mother," which requires little care, and. halsted's â¢â aktificial ; no study to manage. After five years' trial, I repeat it, I would never be without this machine, if I could pro- cure or make one. My success has been constant and perfect, and I thus raise one-fourth more chicks. A mother such as I use costs but ^10. The size above represented is 20 inches wide, 42 inches long, and 15 in greatest height. This will hover and raise 50 chickens, and will last for years. Others liave tried it successfully, and 1 recommend it, from personal knowledge of its utility. But whoever attempts to use an Incubator^ to any extent, as a means of hatching chickens, from the outset^ must first inform himself, tlioroughly, by patient study and care, as to the details of its riglitful management â to make its use success-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. New York, Amerian news company;
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