. Artificial incubation and incubators ... Fig. 25. s au cer,old nailsstone un-edge, ort hree anotchesthe edge,and 31 are stone-ware drinking fountains, very highly recommended bymany who have tried them. All these watering arrangementsshould be placed in the shade, or protected in some way from thehot rays of the sun; and they should be cleaned out and refilledregularly, morning and night. To return to the food:—one very highly recommended is hoe-cake —Indian meal stirred into water, and then put into the oven and baked,up, and feedas grain,thrive mostupon it. Thehave a sys-plying ear-chicks
. Artificial incubation and incubators ... Fig. 25. s au cer,old nailsstone un-edge, ort hree anotchesthe edge,and 31 are stone-ware drinking fountains, very highly recommended bymany who have tried them. All these watering arrangementsshould be placed in the shade, or protected in some way from thehot rays of the sun; and they should be cleaned out and refilledregularly, morning and night. To return to the food:—one very highly recommended is hoe-cake —Indian meal stirred into water, and then put into the oven and baked,up, and feedas grain,thrive mostupon it. Thehave a sys-plying ear-chicks withwhich intions, mightprofit. Theythe ground,feet deep,with bricks. Crumble itit the sameChickensexcellentlyFrenchtern for sup-ly hatchedanimal foodsome sec-be used withmake pits inabout threesiding it upor boards Fig. 26. (an unused hot-bed would answer). Into this they put six inchesof fresh horse manure, trampling it well down, and wetting it bypouring in pails of water; on this they place a layer of slaughterhouse refuse—blood, scraps of meat, intestines, etc.—two or threeinches thick; then another layer of manure, and again a layer ofrefuse, until the pit is full; it is then covered by a foot of manure,and boards placed over that. In about three weeks time the pitis alive with maggots, which are fed to the chicks. Where much GREEN FOOD. 41 of this is desired, a succession of pits, ripening one after theother, must be made. At two weeks old, begin feeding cracked corn, wheat or buck-wheat at night. Up to this time the chicks should be fed six orseven times a day—every two or three hours; after four weeksold, three times a day will be suffici
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