. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. C0\EEED nUN FOR COOP WITH COVERED RUN. Reaumer was the first who attempted in a systematic and earnest manner to tiatchchickens by heat artificially applied. His method was to place the eggs in a wooden cask,and then surround it with fresh manure from the barn yard in a state of fermentation, whichwas renewed as frequently as necessary to keep the proper degree of temperature. Thismethod, undesirable as it is, was employed for a consider
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. C0\EEED nUN FOR COOP WITH COVERED RUN. Reaumer was the first who attempted in a systematic and earnest manner to tiatchchickens by heat artificially applied. His method was to place the eggs in a wooden cask,and then surround it with fresh manure from the barn yard in a state of fermentation, whichwas renewed as frequently as necessary to keep the proper degree of temperature. Thismethod, undesirable as it is, was employed for a considerable time, and quite successfully inFrance. Cantelo was the first who devised the method of supplying the heat from above, inimitation of the hen. Various kinds of incubators have since been invented, some of whichwere attended with so much care and labor in management, that although they would hatcha large proportion of the eggs, their use could not ba regarded as profitable. Within a few POULTRY. 561 years past considerable improvement has been made in incubators, until we have them nowthat are so simple in construction, that they can be Successfully managed with co
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