HE ARSON S AUTOMATIC NURSE. 

 For Nursing Weak or Premature Infants. 



HATCHING DUCKS IN CHINA. 



The artificial hatching of ducks is one of the 

 interesting industries of China, and has been 

 carried on extensively for hundreds of years. The 

 Chinese are very fond of ducks and duck eggs, 

 yet those in America are not far behind the Africo- 

 Americans in their appetite for chicken. Most of 

 the Chinese hatching houses are constructed of 

 bamboo, plastered with mud and thatched with 

 straw. The eggs are placed in baskets which have 

 a tile bottom and a close straw cover. They are 

 arranged around in rows and fire placed beneath. 

 They are tested on the fifth day, and on the 

 fifteenth day are placed on shelves and covered 

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