Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
CHICKENS IN THE KITCHEN.
Matching Them Out by Article on Washing
and Ironing Days.

Matching Them Out by Artifice on washing
and Ironing Days.
ssJNHAT CHICKEN-KEEPING OBSTINATE
Il Of mine viii drive me into lunatic asy-
lum sooner or later" said the treasury clerk
yesterday. He has been cackling all day
about feat which he hiss accomplished in the
line Of artificial incubation. 1t seems that he
had a hen on recently. or. more accurately
speaking. two hens. He says that there is q
science in setting hen, and he has always been
very successful On this occasion, however,
the second hen, which had been set three days
later than the first one, made up her alleged
mind in the middle Of the operation that she
would discontinue 1t. He tried to overcome
her determination by fastening her down in the
nest by means Of board with q brick on top
of 1t, but it was no use.
Being obliged to give that mp there was
nothing else TO do but to put the eggs of hen
No. under hen No. 1. who WAS continuing to
SIT all right or course the eggs thus trans
ferred were three days behind the other
Clutch as believe be calls it. He was kept
awake nights for whole week trying to think
what could be done when the brood properly
belonging to hen No. should emerge from the
SHE'LL She could not be kept on the nest for
three days longer in order to hatch out the
other eggs, ard it did not seem as if anything
could be done about it.
However. hen No. CHANGED to bring out
her brood on Sunday last. In the ordinary
course OF events she not to fetch them of
the nest until the following day. Fortunately
that was washday. So my chicken-keeping
friend took the Unmatched eggs and put them
on the dresser in the kitchen, where the tenn
perature was about 100 degrees. He saws that
the normal temperature for washing and iron
ing clothes is 100 degrees. 1t is the same for
Matching chickens There was not chirp to
L. H., s. 81 l~,.4. Al
in forty-eicht hours Just the same.
"On Monday night he put them under the
hen which was covering her chicks in a box
from sunset TO daybreak. and on Tuesday morn
ing he returned them to the basket in the
kitchen. where the rormal temperature of 100
degrees was still maintained, because ironing
had begun. BY this time there was rustlIng
sound to be heard inside of each shell. That
night they were put under the hen again and
my friend fondly hoped that they would ali be
Matched out by morning. But when he exam
ined them the shells were merely Clipped a
| trife and one or two little beaks were poked
ont. 1t was al anxious moment. for the hen
had walked of for the Gay with her chicks, EVIL
! IDENTITY rot considering il part OF her coatr2c'
TO fetch ont second edition
! "Acccrdingly. nv friend thought that he
! would take Ihst DAY CI. Ths government
| might perhaps run along for while without
his assistance, bci thoss chicks mus; be broaghi
| out at any cost. From time 20 time, at inter
! walls OF an hour or SO. he helped them a fyife
by cracking the shells. and at length he had the
satisfaction of bringing all of them-there
were seven. / believe-into the world. He
| wrapped them up carefully in raw cotton and
that evening he put them under the hen after
dark. She did not know the difference and the
| next morning she took them all of with her on
foraging expedition, though the newly
Matched ones were hardly able to keep up with
| their older brothers and sisters.
"You would think that it was a great exploit.
II Won could hear this bookkeeping lunatic
cackie over it He saws that the artificial incu-
baton Of fowls is a problem that presents small
difficulties. Even the ancient Egyptians used
to practice it on large scale in rude ovens.
| He believes that ostriches could be Matched out
| Just as easily in the kitchen, without the inter-
vent!on of the mother bird, IL wash days and
ironing DAYS were to alternate throughout the
week This would hardly be q practicable
method at home, but possibly an ostrich farm
might be run in conjunction with a laundry.
1t is all n mattee of keeping the temperature at
about 700 degrees. Nv friend says that he has no
doubt person could hatch out an egg by hold
| it in his mouth for twenty-one days"