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their respective weights. It is in consequence of these discoveries that I so strongly 

 recommend the constant application of moisture during artificial incubation; and knowing 

 how easy it is for a novice to overdo or come short in the matter, I recommend the use of 

 hens for the first seven to ten days. 



It would be very easy to give a page or more of directions how to manage an 

 incubator, but all the written directions in the world will not give some men success. 

 Nothing but experience, and that bought with many failures, will teach them the little 

 attentions necessary to ensure success. I have striven to give these plainly, and if any of 

 my readers are benefited by it my labor will not be lost. I add a table of record of daily 

 temperature and remarks as jotted down by me during a few weeks of successful operation.&quot; 



KEGISTER OF INCUBATOR. 



