Feb.^, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 153 



Concerning success in hatchina', Mr. McConil) says he places all the eggs 

 possible under liens or Muscovy ducks for the first week, and then removes 

 them to tiie incubators, wlien almost every fertile one hatches. Several 

 experiments nia<le at the American Agricultural Stations have demon- 

 strated the same thing, while tlie manufacturer of one of the most popular 

 incubators in the United States lately told a large audience that incubator 

 manufacturers had not yet mastered the subtilities of the first seven days 

 of artificial incubation, that the hen and duck were for that period still 

 easily best. 



Throughout the present season there liave been many complaints about 

 the infertility of botli duck and hen eggs. Mr. McComb, wlien asked his 



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experience of the matter, replied that the fertility of the Englisli duck 

 eggs in the early part of the season was bad, later fair, while the Mus- 



covies were fertile right through the season. 



Chapter Y. 

 The Rearing and Feeding. 



Altliough most poultry people are anxious for big liatches, these same 

 people when they do get them occasionally have ill success in the rearing. 

 The proprietor of " (rlenbrook " has no trouble, wliile the feeding is of the 

 simplest. The Muscovy duck when her hatch comes off, if not a large one 

 is made up, twenty-five or thiity being the number given — they may be 

 made up from the incubator or two broods given to one. The first and 



