868 Chicken and Poultry Farming in Germany. 
No doubt, on an emergency, to meet orders and otherwise, eggs 
and poultry can, as well, be obtained in the village and neighbour- 
hood : in short, the Schloss and village to some extent co-operate. 
Fig. 4. 
A, Slides up— a slide door ; B, opening for air and food, takes bird's head and neck on'y ; 
C, milky food in a tin dish. 
The annexed illustration (tig. 5) gives an idea of the interior of 
the Incubating Room. 
1, 1, Thermometers ; In, instrument for examining eggs to ascertain incubation ; 2, 2, 2, indi- 
cations of electric wire conductors for regulation of heat by means of thermometer at 1 ; 3, 
lamp for heating, regulated by electricity ; 4, pa]>crs indicating particulars, time due, kind of 
eggs, &c. 
The turkeys, geese, ducks, and guinea fowl, are for convenience 
hatched under hens, as they require longer time. 
The incubators are made, on the place, of wood and tin, or zinc ; 
