Page 144, plate 4: Poultry: raising chicks with artificial mothers in cages. Practice of the art of hatching and breeding in all season domestic birds. All species, either by means of the heat of the manure, either by means of that of the fire ordinary by René de Réaumur, 1751. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (February 28, 1683 - October 17, 1757) was a French scientist who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. In 1699 he studied civil law and mathematics.

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René de Réaumur, Raising Chicks with Artificial Mothers, 1751

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