The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-03
MATCHED BY HEAT.
rHE yAsT INCUBATOR THAT OYER
JoOES THE NORTH RIVER.


-.,u,s nj the Palisades, IL the home Of Mr.
w,,,,,r, G. Baker, n gentleman who, some years
. ,ctircd from the business Of making steam
x.n,c, anuaratus, and purchased what even
,,cn was one of tho most beautiful Of the many
charming seats that adorn the picturesque banks
NJ the Hudlou Tho expenditure OF many
thousands ~ dollars has made the place one or
,bc most attractive In the world. The grounds
,lopc gently from the r ar OF the house for about
.hnndred yards, and then terminate IN preci-
rice whose side T. so near perpendicular TINT
,,onc held out at arms length aud dropped VIII
,ouch nothing In its fall untilit strikes the rocks
that border the river 80 feet below. An extern
.lyc clump Of trees at tho left side OF the house
furnishes abundant shade, ana gives shelter IN
tho night TO foxes that prowl around the hen
boxes. carving of some poultry, bit eencri llv
welding the Ingenious f,x trap. az the back OF
which live hen in vain invites them 10 enter.
m, grounds behind the house. about live
,,res IRE the ornamental part of the cs-
,a,r. In front. on tho opposite edo OF
the road. are about twenty-five acres
more. on which IA the largest hen farm In
the United States On 1t Thousands Of chick
pns re brought into the world every month;
not hy the ordinary process or incuh1ion Tor
nero hon eitti1: on her eggs Is rlri'N y ~ Nv
srtiGclni me ns whereby tns hatchng IA effected
A. qnickly as by ths hen. In this great rotliry
ycfwin DESTROYING the eggs, no ravcnuus and
uuscrupulnus male BIRDS tire King the shells aud
reg ling upon the omtryo chickens within. III
The egg has In II the germ. the chirp ot tho
chicken will gssurcdv he heard twenty days
sficr IL Is placcd Ia the drawer, an1 twenty-four
hour- later tho little creature viii he forming
r. irst .ipurrssi1ns OF the outer world. 1her1
,re m.ny hundreds of Ut laying hens on the
Lrm but beyond providing their quantum Of
tlgs, nothing u required or them, until their
aging days are yv9r
SUBTLE TESTS.
The apartment IN which the inc"ha'ion ia
seven WINDOWS. aul contains oight incuratori,
esch having etgh' drawers. rhc pacity OF the
lncub ting departments Is 600 eggs \ ST Of
ga. l. burning under he end OF each incubator
and heating water. winch is conveyed by pipes
10 gamblers over tire eggs. the DRIVERS are
ON How. ami whom they are nlCd the eggs touch
the bottom OF the water chambers above and
The heat Is thus thrown downward. es IN tho
casa Of a Sc ting non. y st.id, middle aged
woman, whose interes : and instincts are all
~ fgcd IN the uetsui OF bringing Chi 'kcns into
the world. guides US around the lncubaiing
fuonl ot which she has solo supervisi u. Tho
slisAtes variance from the incxprablc laws ofna-
.utc, she iells - Is f.ia 20 the IF gie NE with
Incubator do. 1.-THE WA. or becomes In tho slight-
ist &c srcc too warm. every egg In the drawers
oencatn it - in-tanilv DESTROYED. Merely ascrr-
.aipin- the temperature with n thermometer
MI not suffice 20 insure proper ~. recitation
u ~ natural heat. A far more subtle test -
'rqulrcd. cllv mic battery az the door CONF
munlc tls wish the hot " ter chambers and the
"a jets. md wtcn the temperature rises, how
,t.ntly tutus the light lower; aud should the
water begin TO cool, this watcher, that never
ttSs NJ rel hes u, VI lAucr, raises me lsht
and rertinea the evil Over every drawer IS
sine chamber be ring a number aud the date ON
which the eggs were deposited In the incubator.
Core sponJing numbers aie affixed To plates on
the W II IN 49, 'ther room. Hud connected 10y
electrical wires wien the zinc chlmbers. II tho
nachtncTy gers out OF order, and the battery be-
4 remouticned fats To r,iure the temper .turo
when necessary, bell over the number in the
otner room. CORES pom sing TO one Of IN, Zinc
I'm
81 the danger TO the eggs In the DIR wsr beneath.
Once day the drawers are taken out 81 the
rcun tor. and the eggs are turned. an operation
"quiring sufficient time to all ~ trctu T. cool
Town about fifteen degrees. thus attaining pre-
.sely the same result IS when the hen gees oG
Ter nest. IL IL necessary. TOO. 10 pay the closest
attention 10 the quantity Of moisture IN the At
no-pdere of tine mediation room. In summer
nc windows are all left open, and this prevents
he eggs from getting too dry; but N winter.
when oocn Windows would Iedure the tenper4-
iuTe, moisture has to lie intro 4uc-d every day,
lust tue hen. when she leaves ncT nest IN the
wenne, goes INTO the grass. and, getting the
lew On her wings. imparts to tbs eggs tao
mo mt OF .mpues5 Necessary 70 prevent their
contents from caking.
HATCHISG rnoCrSs.
We nre now conducted into closet rot m
Ike the dark rnon," OF a pnotugr pber, where
n llsht IS hurntng IN kind of enclosed stoyc
Or lamp. Ino fame cin % seen only tlroIgh a
ANAL oval hole OF the snape Oi an egg tnd ne tlv
Is iafle. Mnen an egg T. placed before TINS hole
the hlnt shines thrOugh IL aud Ell Dies the ol-
server 10 'Sanine the interior tnoroughiv. Be
tuputteu To TINS test, ard all MT entirely
sound r. reiccteI. During the rr cess OF la
cunau. u specimens are taken from tno dr .wers
ana 4 med al in'ervAs. We are shown an
ee. that hes been twelve days In the incubator,
enI, b okin- IN ouen the snoi We sec a cnicNen
lNhy4e ewes are the most prominent uart OF Is
torIl moving slowly. At I'VE days Ifc l. also
piaiuly perceoioie, the motion Deing qdckcr
tnd ~ re spasmOdi &c IN 81 twelve day-. lne
hit!e Creatures at the CARRIER stag. took ike
tu u taJpo.cs swimming IN the nuid Interior
OF the egg. At two or tnree DAYS a networ, Of
q n. al "A ID Do At 4ff
Ia tue middle Nj. BAKER takes an egg and,
tre kirg ~, q uiiubsiy plDfs the contents intO
Rsaucer. IL has Ueen only twenty four hours m
the iuc 4Oatpr aud Is probably equal 10 tue ave-
a. = lresn egg" OF New York, lhe yoiA IS not
20 NcrfHi 'HaguifyIng giass.
A wo,ld u WINTERS l. contiincd in tina, egg.
Thee Is neither iOIui nor ssmblsuce u a chick-
81. ia almost IN the ccuiTe T. a grey spot, So
cimhutiye IA - &c la verceptible to the naked
eve, "nicn the glass SHOWS 10 he beating aud
papt ting. II Is The heart Of the INFORMED
chi acn, the 0Ist par, e tuc little creature IN
l. " rtncu IntO life. lt WurNs ike aliniuu.tve
ste "a engine, n.oviug wun tn ragulsr i,y Of
CO kw"rk, aud al every distinctly matKrd pul-
tah"n :, nding minute slmaiiy small streams 81
t!ctd thIouHA countless yeins, Ike tain ied
tAr-ade, tuat brancn Away from it, earring tue
ht,le avail {, OF h.e ali thrO- gh ths yOk Of The
est, hd CD 10 tho neart fr0.a winch tiey
Moved, to be sent oIt az IN Even Nhilo we
W"icn these Gaines indica ions OF liic tne
tiroObIngs UecOuIe tai tar and flintsr more
aud more slugsishI III OlOod circLlAtes, md Ia
tieW INMATES ail uolUn mas ceased. After the
o. naa osoL $50 daYs Ia tue Incubator all tuis
". he seen Win The u Ked eve. tue pulsatIons,
AMI tue Infusion OF blrod through tho veins
hayiug necJWe much more marked ana yi-Or-
ou-. IA near, ttsulf having chang from gray
10 bright red. Al tbs more advanced period
tho ~ ncra not he brJ~eu. the iuuIo4tiIns uf
ne Dciu Nlainit discern iDle thruu- d tue shell
nut an little nelrt, and tle veins tDat u SUI
Plies, ore sul II That are pcIceptula, for no
f'rui Il chic kon has "a vet app arud, tho4gu
sppts "a DiUOd, aud "A gradual soh4lfyIng of The
content o. lno ~ indicate the rapl4ity with
wuich inouoa,ion pru-re ,scs.
COMING OUT.
We arc SHOWN DIR wer / he a novel musical
box, the rhifplug u the unborn chickens ~ k
luz ltself heard thr ugh the s,ill uubr ken
shell. la .nOther b ten 81 eggs, II day further
,Vhuccd, the httie creatures nave partially nh-
81 l iheinsrlNcs, anu, win heads Sticking out
or tntIf trar-N reks PRISON, are tnq Iisttvrly m
~ cum = "a much of the WOilu a. hes within the
ln.ts at tn I'm, upa ION drawer. No assistance
l. ever rendered tue littie captivrs In tier
elotts 10 .ledk tue rh,ll- mat cOnuue them,
the rule teins h. II a chicken ha- not nj
ci-nt VigO, to uerdte itsef Il 4. not wort rem
IT,, ana u > DE allowed TO perlsn in the .hru
Olc m-re drawer aud We have done with the
luruD.Llon room. As We look intp IL see 4 =
o. cl. IN dining beyond 81 mass Of nrgh vel.
lO~ u " ruoMu, Dul 81 81 ,scf ms cotton -hows
IN 60 as u.auy chlckeus just OUT OF IN tncl,
For Two ours ley ar kept IN this drawer, anl
tnru. b itg or, ana warn, they are removed -
green mouse uu the farm. Inithrr We follow
u .n, led ~ .lr. BtKer.
Toe greet nous Is lG feet long and 30 feet " ide.
an b - a uel-nt OI ID iaet. IL is uiyIded INTO
q ur commandments. OF which contains