38 POULTRY BREEDING IN 



MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, AND UTENSILS. 



Without desiring to recommend any particular plan for 

 the saving of labor, it is yet desirable to state that in any 

 establishment of magnitude the expense of labor forms a 

 prominent item, and that it will therefore be to the inter- 

 est of the proprietor to invest a certain capital in the 

 purchase of such machines and utensils as will not only 

 economize labor, but also perform the work much better 

 than it could be done by manual labor. 



The principal machines required are a grinding mill 

 for the grain, a pug mill for mixing the poultaceous food, 

 a mincing machine for the meat and vegetables, a potato- 

 mashing machine with wooden rollers, a sifting machine 

 for sand and vegetables, a weighing machine, scales, and 

 sundry smaller machines. 



Also a steam-boiling apparatus, a heating apparatus, 

 and in fact such appliances as will not only economize 

 labor but also materials, and particularly fuel. 



The manual labor itself ought to be subdivided in such 

 a manner that each person has a particular branch to 

 attend to, by which every one will very soon become so 

 expert in the special duty, that the work will be performed 

 much better and in less than half the time. 



ARTIFICIAL HATCHING. 



Let it be well understood from the onset that I do not 

 advocate artificial hatching and rearing in exclusion of 

 the natural method, but solely as an absolutely necessary 

 accessory in any large breeding establishment. Take, 



