. The complete poultry book. Poultry. 20 THE COMPLETE POULTRY BOOK. greise should be used, as it Avill get upon the eggs and prevent them from liatch iiig by closing the pores. The placing of tobacco stems among the litter with wliieh the nest is made has been found beneficial. Flowers of sulphur is also used in the same manner. The disinclination of the hen to sit anywhere but in the nest which she has first chosen may be overcome, and the visits of intruders prevented, by the use of a door of coarse wire netting, which Mill be fonnd serviceable for many pur- poses in tlie poultry-yard. If th
. The complete poultry book. Poultry. 20 THE COMPLETE POULTRY BOOK. greise should be used, as it Avill get upon the eggs and prevent them from liatch iiig by closing the pores. The placing of tobacco stems among the litter with wliieh the nest is made has been found beneficial. Flowers of sulphur is also used in the same manner. The disinclination of the hen to sit anywhere but in the nest which she has first chosen may be overcome, and the visits of intruders prevented, by the use of a door of coarse wire netting, which Mill be fonnd serviceable for many pur- poses in tlie poultry-yard. If the hen cannot be permitted to forage at will,. food and water should be placed within reach, and her eggs should be occasion- ally sprinkled with water. The turning of the eggs to cause them to be evenly heated is entirely unnecessary, but if any should by any accident be broken, those remaining should be washed in tepid water, to prevent the clogging of the pores of the shells. On the eighth or ninth day of incubation, the fertility of the eggs may be tested by holding them between the eye and a bright light, or more certainly by means of the "egg tester" shown in Fig. 5, which represents a tin cup three inches high and two and a half in diameter, narrowed at the top so as to leave a round opening of such size as to admit the end of an Qgg:, and having an oval mirror fastened at an angle of forty-five degrees with the axis of the instrument, as. 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 Thorne, Charles Embree, 1846- [from old catalog]. Springfield, Ohio, Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
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