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of an incubator for hatching, and a brooder as a substitute 

 for the mother hen. 



The use of the incubator is extending each year and is 

 now almost universal where any considerable number of 

 chicks is to be hatched. The incubator will doubtlessly 

 be used wherever poultry production is engaged in upon a 

 large scale. 



The brooder is employed to take care of the chickens as 

 soon as they leave the incubator. 



SECTION XLV BEE CULTURE 



Stock raisers select breeds that are best adapted to their 

 needs. Plant growers exercise great care in their choice 

 of plants, selecting for each planting those best suited to 

 the condition in which they are to 

 be grown. 



Undoubtedly a larger yield of 

 honey could be had each year if 

 similar care were exercised in the 

 selection of the breed of bees. To 

 prove this, one has only to com- 

 pare the yield of two different 

 kinds. The common East Indian 

 honeybee rarely produces more than 

 ten to twelve pounds a hive, while 

 the Cyprian bee, which is a most 

 industrious worker, has a record of one thousand pounds in 

 one season from a single colony. This bee, besides being 

 industrious when honey material is plentiful, is also very 

 persevering when such material is hard to find. These 



FIG. 189. A CARNIOLAN 

 WORKER 



From a drawing furnished by 

 the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 



