, 1880-05-15
Mr., Christy, the English patenteeN Of the
Incubator. has received orders from Amer

INCUBATOR, has IcCciYCu OtuOso ~ n.y.
lea 10 consequence of the article above
referred to being copied in the "Anerican
Poultry yard" The value "ofaNsnch a
machine is Incalculable. 1t can be kept
steadily at work. Eggs may be put into
it The moment they are laid with the pros
pect Of almost every fertile egg, being
Matched at the end Of 81 days, provided
that an even temperature. with proper
moisture be kept up. The eggs are fex-
amined with a .sstester'' at the end OF eight
DAYS, and those containing embryo chicksare
left 10 the partitioned drawer. These almost
without exception produce chickens. Ad-
died eggs are thus seldom present, and
~infeftile eggs are removed while good.
The latter form an article of diet for the
chicks, and nothing is wasted. The
tester" used in this y ard is very ingeni-
Gus. By its help the big, dim eye of a
week old ichicken can be seen In the shell,
and the head can also be seen to shift its
position as the egg is turned. When the
chickens, having pecked and shuf1ed oft
the shell, are found in the drawer, at
morning or evening inspection, they are
transferred to the Drying Mother, which
is a miniature incubator of pretty appear
ance. Here they are allowed t%wenty-four
hours to collect their senses. They are
then placed in a cage attached to the artl-
fetal mother. The cage is their indoor
abode for three weeks, by night. By day,
they enjoy the liberty of a play ground or
park" an outdoor apparatus resembling
q gigantic tea-tray, where they scamper
about free from cats, rats, insects, and
intrusive visitors of the human species, able
to shelter themselves from rain and sun, or
to secure wamth in the cloth folds OF the
artificial mother.
Under favourable climatic influences,
chickens can be reared anywhere by this
arrangement which was here perfected.
AS soon as the chickens are full grCwn,
they are introduced 10 pleasure grounds
and palatial structures worthy their line
age and plumage, The yard is divided in a
systematic manner, so as to give every
convenience, and so as to maintain the
distinctions and purity of breed. The
maneuvres Of those who wo uld break In
and steal are frustrated, as well as the
maneuvres of those who would break out
and scratch. The system here adopted Is
peculiar, and results from an economy OF
space that need not, or could not, be at
tempted elsewhere. The fences, platforms
laying sheds, and coops, differ only from
those in common use by their superior
construction, We may say that the pro-
prietor of the yard is happy to give practl-
cal advice On these matters to all who
seek il.
The poultry in this yard are chiefly
light Brahma Pootras. OF these birds it
has been said " The Brahma fowls boast
to-day of a popularity greater, perhaps,
than that of any other, unless it be the
game. And this popularity is we'll deserv-
ed. Judging beauty by tn standard most
commonly applied to stock, the Brahma is
one of the handsomest of our Barn-door
fowls, while the testimony as to It's valu-
able economical qualities is IN %lversal.
Indeed its rapid introduction into popular
favour would prove this, apart from any
statistical evidence. Hardly twenty-three
years have passed since the first public
exhibition Of this fowl, and now we may
say that it is the staple stock in America,
England and the British colonies"
The parent birds of this yard came from
the establishment of one of the most noted
breeders in the United States. The "Buf-
.faio Courier" of February 18th 1877,
stated. in regard to these birds, which had