CHAPTER XVIII 



Incubation on the Corning Egg Farm 



We find, in studying Artificial Incubation, it has 

 been in vogue, one might almost say, for centuries. 

 The Chinese practiced artificial incubation by the use 

 of hot sand and ovens, for it must be remembered 

 that the Pekin Duck, which comes from China, is a 

 non-setter. Therefore, ages ago, the Chinese were 

 driven to the necessity of artificial incubation in order 

 to maintain their large flocks of ducks. In studying 

 the art one cannot help wondering that the progress 

 in its development has been so slow, and the advance, 

 year by year, has been almost nothing. 



Hen Reigns Supreme 



The Owners of The Corning Egg Farm were some- 

 what taken aback one day by the statement of a young 

 man that he must evolve a theory of incubation for 

 himself, and carefully carry it out. In incubation 

 one does not want theory, but the knowledge which 

 comes from long practice and the most scientific study 

 of the art. After all these years, the hen, as a 

 hatcher, reigns supreme. There is nothing which ap- 



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