. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. CARE OF POULTRY 349 a sitting hen. Incubators are of all sizes and are used mainly by persons raising poultry on a large scale. Directions for operating the incubator are always supplied by the manufact- urer and should be closely followed. In the natural method the little chicks are cared for and kept warm by the hen, but in the artificial method the young. 91. AN INCUBATOR chicks must be kept warm by an artificial mother, called a brooder. Brooders are variously constructed, but are usually of two parts, one warmed by an oil lamp, for sleeping,
. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. CARE OF POULTRY 349 a sitting hen. Incubators are of all sizes and are used mainly by persons raising poultry on a large scale. Directions for operating the incubator are always supplied by the manufact- urer and should be closely followed. In the natural method the little chicks are cared for and kept warm by the hen, but in the artificial method the young. 91. AN INCUBATOR chicks must be kept warm by an artificial mother, called a brooder. Brooders are variously constructed, but are usually of two parts, one warmed by an oil lamp, for sleeping, and another warmed by the sun through glass, for a runway. After the chicks are a few weeks old they can get along with- out extra heat. There has recently been invented a brooder known as the ''lampless" brooder. It keeps the chicks warm. 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 Fisher, Martin L. [from old catalog]; Cotton, Fassett A. (Fassett Allen), 1862-1941, joint author. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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