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must be warmed the same as for full-grown poultry ; then 

 a good ventilation without draught, a dry floor, sun light, 

 and a small run. 



The portable artificial mother, particularly recom- 

 mended to breeders and amateurs, is shown by fig. 17. 

 She performs her duties towards her chickens with far 

 greater success than a hen possibly could do. 



REFERENCE TO PERSPECTIVE SECTION OF ARTIFICIAL 



HEN. 



A is a glass-covered frame three feet long, fifteen inches 

 wide, two feet high at the apex, and twelve inches at the 

 rise of the glass frame. This forms a dry run in wet and 

 cold weather, c is an air-flue across the frame for the 

 necessary ventilation, and formed of perforated zinc. At 

 each end of this flue a ventilator is fixed, by which the 

 admission of air can be regulated according to the tem- 

 perature of the atmosphere. It will be apparent that 

 chickens are not exposed to draught by this arrangement 

 of ventilation, d is a frame lined with long fleece, under 

 which the chickens will roost the same as under the 

 wings of a hen, and will even prefer the artificial mother, 

 as I have ascertained by experience, e is about one inch 

 deep of ashes, which may be sprinkled over with flour of 

 sulphur : they make a dry and warm footing, and retain 

 the heat ; but they should be renewed or sifted once a 

 week, y, the floor, should be slightly covered with sand 

 and renewed every day. g is a small door, communicat- 

 ing with the open run. h is a glass frame, made to open 

 by means of a slide or by hinges. 



