. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. 3 52 Changed blanket. 7 102 102 103 103 51 Two eggs pipped at 13 noon. Both out at 6 Threemore pipped. 8 103 103 103 103 54 Thirteen chicks from first lot, and one dead in lamp. Examined fourth lot of eggs. One bad. 9 101 102 103 103 53 10 103 103 103 102 50 Examined fifth lot of eggs. Three bad. 11 103 103 103 103 55 10 three eggs pipped. 13 101 102 103 104 51 6 five chicks out, eight more pipped, and all outduring da
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. 3 52 Changed blanket. 7 102 102 103 103 51 Two eggs pipped at 13 noon. Both out at 6 Threemore pipped. 8 103 103 103 103 54 Thirteen chicks from first lot, and one dead in lamp. Examined fourth lot of eggs. One bad. 9 101 102 103 103 53 10 103 103 103 102 50 Examined fifth lot of eggs. Three bad. 11 103 103 103 103 55 10 three eggs pipped. 13 101 102 103 104 51 6 five chicks out, eight more pipped, and all outduring day. 13 103 103 103 103 57 Four more chicks out, seventeen in all. Two eggs in twenty more eggs. 14 103 103 104 103 60 Refilled lamp. Changed blanket. 15 101 103 102 101 57 Bad egg broke in drawer. Took everything out, changedblanket and water, washing eggs in tepid water. 16 101 — — 104 — Absent from home. No record of outdoor six chicks out, and several eggspipped at 10 17 103 103 104 103 60 Eighteen chicks out. Two partly out, which I egg pipped, but dead. One egg bad. 570 THE AMERICAN ECLIPSE ARTIFICIAI, MOTHER. Bearing Chickens Artificially.—In order to rear chickens without hens success-fully, and with profit, several conditions are essential. There should be provided a suitablewarm house, with a southern exposure, and some kind of a warm house or brooder alwaysavailable. In severe weather it will be necessary to keep the chickens confined within doors,but in favorable weather they should be permitted to run in an out-door pen. Nothinginduces disease sooner, or makes chickens more puny and weak, than constant confinementin a warm house. They should be permitted to run out when the weather will admit, butshould always have an artificial mother to nestle under when they wish. This may be madein various very good onemay be made bytacking a piece ofsheep skin, dress-ed with the longwool on, upon abarrel, the boar
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