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Third annual catalogue of the Cyphers Incubator Co . the deadof winter, and we will have no hens wanting tosit for two or three months yet. It is desirableto hatch now, though we are getting 40 cents adozen for eggs, because for every two eggs weshould market a nice plump broiler in February,March, April, May and June at 30 cents to 40cents a pound, and for the balance of the year atfrom 18 cents to 30 cents, that costs us but 5cents to 6 cents a pound to grow, making oureggs worth 16 cents each when they are sellingat 12 cents a dozen, and 35 cents a piece at a timewhen they are selling at 40
Third annual catalogue of the Cyphers Incubator Co . the deadof winter, and we will have no hens wanting tosit for two or three months yet. It is desirableto hatch now, though we are getting 40 cents adozen for eggs, because for every two eggs weshould market a nice plump broiler in February,March, April, May and June at 30 cents to 40cents a pound, and for the balance of the year atfrom 18 cents to 30 cents, that costs us but 5cents to 6 cents a pound to grow, making oureggs worth 16 cents each when they are sellingat 12 cents a dozen, and 35 cents a piece at a timewhen they are selling at 40 cents a dozen. Suchbeing the case, we wish to learn all that can beknown about artificial incubation and brooding. INCUBATION AND ITS NATURALLAWS. For the benefit of those who have not readthe above work, we will here reprint the mostinteresting features of it, so as to give our cus-tomers a better idea of the requirements of arti-ficial incubation. HISTORY. The art of artificially hatching hens eggs hasbeen known from the remotest ages. In Egypt,. SELF-FEED GANG RIP SAW. CAPACITY, 100,000 FEET PER DAY. tradition attributes the invention to the ancientpriests of the Temple of Isis. It is impossible to determine at what period orto what nation the construction of the first ecca-leobion should be credited. The first authenticaccount we find of the early methods is in The 9 THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville,Kt., in his description of the River Nile, Egypt,its geography, productions, etc., written sometime previous to 1356. Also at Cayre (Cairo),that I spake of before, sellenmen, comounly menand women of other lawe, as we done here bestes
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