A COMMERCIAL POINT OF VIEW. 



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on young animal life ; but surely these are difficulties 

 which can easily be overcome ? Do we not produce in 

 England, by artificial means, as splendid tropical fruits 

 as any tropical climate can produce? And why not sur- 

 pass Egypt in rearing poultry if not in cost, at least in 

 quality and in scientific feeding and fattening, for which 

 far more remunerative prices are obtained? Well, all 

 this can now be accomplished in England by any person 

 who will follow my plan of hatching, rearing, and fatten- 

 ing poultry by artificial means. 



This plan must necessarily be modified according to the 

 importance of the breeding establishment, and the number 

 of eggs to be hatched daily from one to a thousand ; but 

 the main principles of a successful artificial breeding of 

 poultry will under any circumstances remain the same. 



THE ARTIFICIAL HATCHING-ROOM. 



Fig. 13. Perspective Section. 



