PROPAGATION 
yet where a considerable number are to 
be hatched, she is so much trouble and 
expense that man has sought and found a 
better way; he has invented a machine 
that does the work with less trouble and 
expense and has named it ‘‘incubator.’’ 
Eggs can be hatched with these machines 
—in large and small quantities—with but 
little trouble and expense. The chicks 
come out free from lice, which is a great 
advantage over those hatched with hens, 
and if the machine is made on the right 
principles I believe the chicks come out 
as healthy and strong as those hatched 
with hens. Whether you make your own 
incubator or buy it from a manufacturer, 
be sure that it is a good one. There is 
nothing so annoying as sitting up nights 
with a cheap, worthless incubator, and, 
after all your toil and sleepless nights, 
get but an inferior hatch of scrawny chicks 
that it is almost impossible to raise. 
If you raise any of the non-sitting 
breeds, and expect to raise early chicks, 
you will have to have an incubator; and 
if you expect to raise early chicks from 
any of the breeds, you will find the incu- 
bator indispensable. 
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