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AGRICULTURE 



Hatching with the hen. Eggs may be successfully 

 hatched either with a hen or an incubator. If the hatch is 

 not to consist of more than from one hundred to two hun- 

 dred chicks, and if the hens come of a breed of good setters, 

 it is doubtful whether it pays to use an incubator. 



Only quiet, motherly hens of good disposition should be 

 used for setting. The nest should be made of a box from 

 fourteen to sixteen inches square, and six inches deep. Four 



Light Brahmas. 



inches of earth should be placed in the box, hollowed slight- 

 ly, and covered with chaff or straw. The broody hen should 

 be removed to the nest at night and given a few china eggs 

 for a day or two to make sure that she is in condition for 

 sitting. From thirteen to fifteen eggs may then be given 

 her for the hatch. It is well to dust both hen and nest with 

 insect powder to destroy vermin. The sitting hen should 

 be well fed on such grains as corn, wheat, or oats, have 



