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New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 139 
_ashort tube inserted in the floor. The cover was supported at 
the proper height by pegs, and the whole was surrounded by a 
box or “cold frame,” covered in stormy weather.’ 
_. Another cheap home-made brooder, on which there is now no 
patent or royalty, the owner having given it to the public (the 
E original Harper brooder), has proved very satisfactory. The two 
_ tried here were only slight modifications of the original, having a ; 
_ second air chamber above, and the under side of the upper hot- 7 
air chamber of tin instead of wood. This brooder is for use in a 
_ building or under shelter of some sort. The temperature was 
easily controlled, and no trouble occurred with chicks that could 
_ be attributed to any fault of the brooder. Chicks were kept with 
& the brooder until well feathered, and were at all times vigorous 
_ and lively. 
While the chicks were fed very moderately and did not early 
attain heavy weights, the growth, although slow, was healthy and 
_ satisfactory for chicks confined in small yards. One lot of W. 
: P. Rock chicks from the first hatch averaged 1.7 pounds at twelve - 
4 weeks old. Some from later hatches averaged for different lots at 
_ ten weeks old: W. P. Rocks, 1.1 pounds; “Crosses” (four lots), 
4 1.2 pounds, 1.1 pounds, 1.1 pounds, 1.2 pounds; Indian Games 
(two lots), 1.8 pounds, 1.2 pounds. Among the different lots of 
- “Crosses,” which were S. Wyandotte and Buff Cochin by B. B.R. 
_ Game, were included quite a number Light Brahma chicks. 
- Some Pekin ducks reared in this brooder averaged about three 
- pounds ten weeks old and not quite four pounds at twelve weeks. 
_ The results of incubator and brooder work are intended for a 
Bulletin when enough data to be instructive are obtained. 
_ The temperatures of many hens observed in connection with 
_ the incubator experiments are hardly consistent with the theory 
E of “incubating fever” so often advanced. The temperature of 
_ hens not sitting varied in summer months from 103° F. to 109°, 
_ many being over 106°, and of sitting hens from 102.4° F. to 106.5°, 
the highest observed among those just beginning to sit, being 
— 108.6°. 
_Kerepina Eacs in Dry PAckInNe. 
_ A few of the methods of packing eggs dry for keeping have 
been tried. With these the eggs were all wiped when fresh with 
a rag saturated with fat or oil in- which had been mixed some 
antiseptic, and packed tightly in salt, bran, etc. Eggs packed 
