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numbers. The country round was very 

 undulating and highly cultivated, and the 

 whole appearance of the place bathed in 

 the afternoon sunlight was charming and 

 restful in the extreme. 



"The satisfactory thing about the whole 

 from a practical standpoint was that it seemed 

 to be in every way a financial success, and 

 M. Perpigna gave it decidedly as his opinion 

 that poultry could be made to pay. 



" The ' Etablissement ' proper was situated 

 on the high road from Mantes, and consisted 

 of a charming old house covered with a lovely 

 creeper, the Incubator t Room, Offices, and 

 Workshop where the appliances were made. 



" Some twenty-two large Incubators, heated 

 by hot water, and holding 150 to 500 eggs 

 each, occupied the centre of the room. The 

 shining brass taps and railings and general 

 appearance of care and order was a notable 

 feature, as were also the l secheuses,' or 

 drying boxes for newly hatched chickens, 

 and the foster mothers which extended all 



