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NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



Incubators. This artificial and expeditious method 

 of hatching chickens is only adapted to those who have 

 made fowl farming a business. There are many varieties of 

 incubators, each maker claiming for his particular machine 

 superiority over all others. They are worked by kerosene, 

 gas, or hot water. The successful use of these machines 

 entails unremitting attention, not only while the eggs are 

 being hatched, but during the time the chicks are being 

 reared. Except where fowls are required to be raised on a 

 very large scale, the natural system (the hen) will be found 

 to answer best. 



