ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION. var 
given. Chopped cabbage, onions, and other green food 
are supplied. Skimmed milk may be used in the food, 
which should always be scalded or cooked. Plenty of 
water, gravel and dry earth are kept before them, a few 
screenings being scattered in the dirt to induce them to 
scratch. In giving water never allow them to become 
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Fig. 46.—INTERIOR OF BROODER BOX, 
Showing hot-water pipes and cold-air pipes. 
wet, as dampness is fatal. Avoid dottom heat in a brooder, 
as it causes leg weakness. It is always better to have too 
much heat in the brooder than too little, but the reverse 
is the case with an incubator. 
A light, sandy soil is best for chicks. Hence, poor 
Fig. 47.—-ToP OF BROODER BOX. 
Showing one of the brooder tables, and one space with table removed to 
show hot-air tube. 
and unproductive locations can be thus used with advan- 
tage. Chicks require unceasing care, but by raising 
them in large numbers, labor may be economized. ‘I'hey 
need no care at night, other than to keep up the fire, 
which may be arranged so as to give sufficient heat till 
morning. They should be fed very early and late. 
