Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-05
Al&fan0rIa Q6axette
TUESDAY. JUHEj 1877
's'I,e Npey s.ccIleO3iOn.

clvC1 within tie I;ni;a u n"WsnIpcr article.
II lew pigeons were picking up c1in at Tie loot
of the trees which borlrrei thr path leading
20 the El:lu building, - ;i!c Artificial hatcbinG
l0u>,, may be ci!Ic:l. IhS Is . twJ.ana hali
story buIiing. cnnneGlrl G,rrc::y "it!! great
'b1oodiug house, 4 long D!lth ioni grrcJ
house, where piauis axe raised ali the newly
Matched chickens are bred, The basement Of
the Matching house Is divided Lto store ro0nS,
boiler room, az Cicc.rlc battery apartment,
Nc, Whiin l!G rooms above AZ" occupied 10y
the attcniauts who live III tic house. he second
floor is taken up malniy by the lncubatl?G
| anart uGrt and tue chambers connected With IT,
| Mounting the stairs winch led to the sec3nd
| hJor, the reporter cane 70 chamber on 0Gn
| side Of which lcWs Of electric jars were ranged,
and on the other q long iron case, resting on
the floor and holding number ct shallow
drawers filled with eggs. Beneath the case
two large gas jets We're bHrnag, anu the eggs
were being gradually heated as the hot air rose
through the wire netting which formed tbe
bottom Of The pans OF drawers. n dett fingered
woman YVES taElug the draTcrS OF eggs out OF
the case and carrypg them intn the maIn lncu-
bstug chamber.
Wait lew moments, she said. "aud | will
show you how We hatch our chickens After
several drawers Of eggs had been hastily shift.
| ed into like drawers in the main apartment, she
proFessed herself ready TO begin.
''Iicrc arc the boxcS oi eggs, ust as they arc
| brought from the depot, Tor though VIC have
more than two thousani fowls I'll the farm they
! DO not furnish a tenth OF the eggs Which We
USE Now come and viii show y0n how we
| test the eggs, which are sent to Us irotn all
qGarclS, to see if th@y arc yltaI'zcd.
| She led The way to another chamber 0prripg
| Of the man room, which Was 80 arranged as 10
be darkcned at will, like the c'Uset v[ photo.
| prapher. A slugic arcapd lamp was burOiDg
| 10 tic da.kucss, scnding its light through au
! egg shaped opening in dark metallic shade
| 4 hcap of eggs lay on shelf 10 the closet, and
| taking up one, she placed it in the opening.
| Instantly the egg was lurucd III color TO bril-.
liant red the strong light piercing through tand
| revealing every part. She turBed the egg round
slowly, and small dark spot Was seen close to
! the shell. Eyes, that egg Is good, she said,
| 'iOr you cau see the dalk POINT, AID all eggs
without this mark We do not Try to hatch out,
for We know they have not been ytalzcd.
Then bringing cgg alter egg from different
drawers in the lEcubatlDg room, ID various
stages of development, she showed with the
brilliant light how the black point grew larger
and larger until it assumed we'll defined form,
Lut out legs and wings and head, and lay within
its covering Of shell Il perfect chicken. Even
when the egg had only been iucubatcd lew
days, the tiny creature wlthln would move Ii
self to and fro as if dsIlklng the uuwonted hight
and heat. One i lrte older, bObbcd IFS httic
head, actually turning in the Surrounding liquid.
Nov come into the main room and Will
| show you the process OF halchlng.
The incu6atlng apartment Is about twenty
1 l lln ShIs ut
dows. and containing eight large ncu6atcrS or
Matching cases. lisch Of these Cases contains
eight tiers o! shallow egg drawers, one above
another, and they will all hold, when lll"d,
nearly eight thousand eggs. Over each 0i these
tiers of drawers parallel rows OF hot water pipes
are ulaccd which send out steady heat from
above upon the eggs in the trays beneath. ]hc
| gas for heating the water Is manufactured 10y i
| Iaruc machine 10 tie basement. burning gas
lets beneath each lncn5at0r heat ;I'e water III
lhe ulpcS, and ky AL autumatlG arrangement,
| whenever the heat rises above nXcd point
| the supply Of gas is diminished, the Jets burn
less brightly, and the water II the pipes l. al
! loved 10 cool III TIC desired p0lGl W hen that
! noint is reached tic supuy OF gas Is restored,
and the heating process goes CD as before w men
the Cyus are near the point OF hatchlng the an
| INA! heat evolved irGm them IS 80 considerable
that the leiUpriilitlrG o Ihc a;r IN III" drawer
| is affected materially? d even HIigh: 'ar'.'
fans r. nrlrmn.raurc ;.r,, Injurious 20 he eggs il
Is $50 4n,pc,imcs necessary. ia spite 6 the auto.
ma,ic arrangement iyr regulating the heat, 10
iatn out the drawers and ;.iow he cgG, cool;
aud this is done h. .n attendant ou the s'rlk.t&
Of an electric bell connected with cash Cas-.
The cases ;.ra numbered, a:d The nuu'h@r pi ID"
sun,rhcatcd case i, shown By an lucic4tyr Gu
,L,. wall ut au sGiy.aiuE r1UuI.
when the reporter was is, tic room tic balls
were ringing qujit vigorously, aal The 'S9!H4n
IN r,.,rr. wa l,.3ucu,iy ob!i:rd 70 stop ..cr
cx,,lannl;o,ir IL o,tcr to prIi cut tuy trays WhItc
hrawu aud ;not,vI cs!s I.y sd: = eide in soc
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49, rhtc.; w..r ..r.,;u.Iiy formed. Gr9o brca.-
w. ",'I" nt,!n1, hdy was sccp tiJat-
;ns ~" 1I .o: a:;o,::i.g il, rs centre IL lie
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