The art of incubation and brooding; . k is written to aid and inform beginnerswho know little or nothing of artificial incubationand brooding ; to assist those who have learnedsomething about it and wish to know more ; andto supply a handy reference for those who know itall. As originally written, it would have made avolume three times as large as the present one, butthe people of to-day want everything boiled down,concentrated, concise, convenient. A triple ex-tract contains all the perfume and vital qualities ofthree times its bulk of plain tincture ; so we haverewritten it, carefully elimin
The art of incubation and brooding; . k is written to aid and inform beginnerswho know little or nothing of artificial incubationand brooding ; to assist those who have learnedsomething about it and wish to know more ; andto supply a handy reference for those who know itall. As originally written, it would have made avolume three times as large as the present one, butthe people of to-day want everything boiled down,concentrated, concise, convenient. A triple ex-tract contains all the perfume and vital qualities ofthree times its bulk of plain tincture ; so we haverewritten it, carefully eliminating all superfluousmatter, and placing the gist of it before our readersin a compact form, convenient for the desk andnot too cumbersome for a good-sized pocket. In-stead of using a thick, porous paper, which wouldincrease the bulk fourfold, we have chosen a heavy,superior plate paper and new type, believing thatour readers would prefer elegance to unnecessarybulk. ^^^e^^e^^^(^^^^^^^^^«p^^^«j5«^^^^^^^e^^^^^^^^^^^9^5 4/ 3*3*3* ft. INCUBATION IN EGYPT. Artificial incubation is almost as old as thehills. It was known and practised in ancientEgypt, and is to-day an important industry of thatinteresting country. While no monumental picture of an incubatorhas been discovered, the authorities are a unit inthe belief that the Egyptian hatching houses of thepresent time are substantially the same as those ofprehistoric Egypt. Diodorus of Sicily speaks of it as an art that hadbeen in use a long period before his time. Plinysays nearly the same. The Roman EmperorHadrian found it generally practised in Egypt, andmakes special mention of it in his description ofthe usages and customs of that country. A French missionary, who traveled in Egypt in1737, says: I found there were about fourhundred chicken-ovens, each one furnishing abouttwo hundred and forty thousand fowls, makingabout one hundred millions produced each year i ^^^^^•^^^^•^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^5^«J»«J»^»«J=Js«j5«J
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