Incubation of hens' eggs
By: Harry M. Lamon
Series: Farmers' bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 1106; Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) -- no. 1106.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 1920
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Eggs; Incubation
Description: "Most boys and girls when joining a poultry club begin their work on a small scale by carrying on their hatching operations with sitting hens. Accordingly, the directions in this bulletin are given for the use of beginners or those wishing to hatch eggs by the natural method."--Page [2].
Notes: Cover title.

"Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry."

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Table of contents: title: Selection of eggs for hatching; title: Nests for sitting hens; title: How to set a hen; title: Care of the sitting hen; title: Method of testing eggs; title: Hatching.