. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 152 Agricultural Gazette of IF. [Feb. 3, 1908. Frusli city watci- is always Iscj't lirfdi'i' tlic iluekliiij^> : the vcssl-I I' a iralvaiiisc i| liamllos ( i|i]M'i', ii]it iiiiicil in a siuicer of the same material, a small Imlc iiraf the rim uf the ujitiinied vessel keeps a supjily in tin- saiicex". ClIAPlKH IV. The Hatching. To have seven or ei^lit ihousaml (hicklin^s of 'ious a<::es on a farm must involve vt'ry extensive hatcliin^' upciat it be of the best. Tl
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 152 Agricultural Gazette of IF. [Feb. 3, 1908. Frusli city watci- is always Iscj't lirfdi'i' tlic iluekliiij^> : the vcssl-I I' a iralvaiiisc i| liamllos ( i|i]M'i', ii]it iiiiicil in a siuicer of the same material, a small Imlc iiraf the rim uf the ujitiinied vessel keeps a supjily in tin- saiicex". ClIAPlKH IV. The Hatching. To have seven or ei^lit ihousaml (hicklin^s of 'ious a<::es on a farm must involve vt'ry extensive hatcliin^' upciat it be of the best. Tlie. Fij. 8.—A yard of Leghorn and Orpington layers. incul)ators are home-made, and do good work : l)ut the principal hatching is done by the system shown in Fig. 7, wlu're two rows of hatching boxes, numbering from forty to fifty in each row. are seen, and over oOf) hoxes in the distance. These are ]irinci])ally iiutler-boxes, place(l in rows close to one another, in the middle of a lai'Lie jiaddocl-;. and each tenanted bv a Muscovy duck, undei' which are from lifleen to twentv eggs in variou^ stages of incuI)ation. It might appear a sort of ciaielty kee]»ing these humlreils of ducks in a five weeks" imprisonment, without even a leaf of shade. The photo- graph, however, shows that the sitt ing-l)oxes are all covei'eil, the mateidal being thick (uUdoth or tarpaulin, some t(Uis weiuht of which wi're juir- cliased at an auction sale t'liea]dy. I'lach I'ow In covei-( d with this inateidal, which hangs over the front of the nest, with a s]ilit in centre, which allows the duck to come off her eggs for food ami walei-, and return when satis- fied. About (jno of these lioxes wej-e occupied on the da\- of the writers visit. Fig. 12 shows a due hatch, ibu-kling> haviiiL; chijiped the sliell, sonu' hatcluMl Ikuiil;' |>lainlv Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
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