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in poultry has an option on either of these 
three ways. The local circumstances .of the 
purchaser will largely determine which method 
will be the best. But which ever method is 
used, let me caution you that too much care 
can not be given in finding a source that is 
perfectly honorable in their business dealings, 
as there has been in the past a considerable 
amount of unfair dealing on the part of some 
dealers in the poultry business, but I am glad 
to say that these people are fast being weeded 
out, and the tendency is now for honest, up¬ 
right dealings in all three branches of the in¬ 
dustry, as the dishonest people have found that 
their methods forced them out of the business. 
Not everybody will be independent of the in¬ 
cubator, however, so we will next discuss some¬ 
thing in regard to the commercial incubator, 
also including and comparing the natural in¬ 
cubation of the egg. 
CHAPTER IV. 
INCUBATION 
In order to get a better idea of artificial in¬ 
cubation, let us first examine a few facts con¬ 
cerning the way in which the hen hatches her 
