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stock and eggs, may involve a considerable investment of 

 capital for mechanical appliances as incubators, nursing 

 mothers, feeding apparatus, house accommodation, 

 <fcc. In the winter time artificial heat may be required, 

 and in the summer shade from the sun. Boosting and 

 nesting places, and coops require to be kept clean, 

 otherwise fowls young and old will be infested with insects. 

 Poultry infested with insects will neither fatten, nor lay 

 eggs to pay for their keep. A plentiful supply of water 

 is necessary, but the spilling of water and wetting of 

 coops and feeding places should be avoided. Proper 

 fountains for supplying water and food, so as to obviate 

 any spilling, &c., are desirable ; a good deal has been said 

 about " sand baths " and they are generally necessary 

 and always desirable. 



Carts, Waggons, &c. Carts are classed as (1) single 

 horse-carts for general purposes, (2) harvest carts, (3) 

 market carts on springs, (4) carts with pumps attached 

 for the conveyance of water, (5) lorries or other vehicles 

 for the conveyance of implements, (6) carts with crank 

 axles and low bodies sometimes termed " builders' carts." 

 And waggons : (1) pair-horse waggons, (2) light waggons 

 on springs, (3) other waggons for three or four horses, 

 (4) shepherds' huts on wheels, and vans with fittings for 

 men engaged in steam culture. 



Prime Movers. Steam engines, water-power, windmill, 

 horse gear, &c. Small fixed steam engines may be supplied 

 with steam from vertical and semi- portable boilers. Large 

 ones have generally either Cornish or Galloway boilers. 



The bed-plate of a small engine may be bolted to the 



