1 08 A rtificial Mother, 



" Five broods may at once be cherish- 

 ed under an artificial mother. This mo- 

 ther may be framed of a board ten inches 

 broad, and fifteen inches long, resting on 

 two legs in front, two inches in height, and 

 on two props behind, two inches also in 

 height. The board must be perforated 

 with many small gimblet holes, for the es- 

 cape of the heated air, and lined with 

 lamb's skin dressed with the wool on, and 

 the woolly side is to come in contact with 

 the chickens. 



" Over three of these mothers, a wicker- 

 basket is to be placed, for the protection of 

 the chickens, four feet long, tv/o feet broad, 

 and fourteen inches high, with a lid open, 

 a wooden sliding bottom to draw out for 

 cleaning, and a long narrow trough along 

 the front, resting on two very low stools, 

 for holding their food. Perches are to be 

 fixed in the basket, for the more advanced 

 to roost on. A flannel curtain is td be 

 placed in front, and at both ends of Xho, 

 mothers, for tlie chickens to run under, 



