4 o 



The Machine as a Mother. 



Blankets packed above 

 and around it will regu- 

 late the heat. Holes 

 at the top and sides, 

 closed with corks, give 

 necessary ventilation. 

 The chicks are placed 

 in the nest-box, where 

 they are fed and * ===:: 

 watered until large 

 enough to turn out in a coop. 



BROODER. FIG. A. 



A HOME-MADE INCUBATOR. 



It is useless to attempt to give a discussion of the relative 

 merits of the different makes of incubators. It is with these 

 machines about as it is with the different breeds of live stock. 



What suits one man's 

 location and 



habits 



may not suit anoth- 

 er's. The incubators 

 are well described in 

 papers and pamph- 

 lets, and are always 

 on exhibition at 

 poultry - shows, 

 where they can easi- 

 ly be compared. We 

 give here simply a 

 description of a well-known hot-water incubator which may 

 be made by any carpenter. 



With the help of the illustrations in Figs. F, G and H, but 

 little difficulty need be experienced in making an incubator; 

 and as the one here described is in general use, it has been 

 fully tested and found to perform all that may be reasonably 

 expected. Fig. ^represents the interior of the incubator. It 

 may be noticed that there are an outer and an inner box, with 



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INCUBATOR. FIG. H. 



