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TRIAL OF INCUBATORS. .
THE final of the three incubator contests
closed at thle end of last. week, with 'rather
unsatisfaclory results. One hundrad Musa
eory duck eggs were put, in each of the
seren machines on November 0, the following
being thenumber of ducklings hatched, nnd
other rccords:
Incutbator. Infrtlllo. Budl Good. Hatched Peor
ceont.
Nonoctel e..... 7 ., ll ..a1 ,, ... 8, .,. M
?fi w k..,,., .. .. * ... ,.. a .,. a . . s
(Golden Cob.. 1 .. n ... 1 ... I .. 8
Oyhlers.. .... 12 ,, 8u ,.. 0l .., 14 ... 27
e tin',i..n.. 13 .. . ...e. t.... n ,., 9a
Petiltuh n.;.. 5f ... 08 ... 49 ... 0 .
SThe aimount of oil consumed, during, the
five weele by each machine is as follows:
Nonpariol, 6 quart; Zenitl, 0 qutrts ; Golden
Coa, i. quarcl ; Cyphers, ,10 .'qiirts;
Egypotiaii' g quarts;. mEclipse," 4 qirts ;
iPel -lumt, 114 quarts. " * * ,
Tho ihocrilo egg ahnd hooi described as
bad were remorove ona tlhe eigh th day, 't
bialance cing considerrd as eoniaining liro
birds. t' will thus be seen out of 412 good
eggs the whole of the machine hatched but
1c20 duckling, thll balance being all
dead in .shlell. Olno of tho conditioas as
to th b worleing of tho maclines weni
to the e.,;ffcl tlhnt did any ' accidenout
haplpei to either lamp. tank, or other pior
tillon of (ho npparatus tho miokers weore to bo
communaicated with ut once. However no.
thing of any moment occurred throughout
'the uoichl, but Mr. Ellis reports that while
carrying out theo naker's or agent's instrue.
tions, lhad Ie been at liberty to exorcise.his
own judgment in (teI way of supplyiung
mioisture, better results might have been hadl
from sonic of 'the machines, A cheque for
£2 10/, offered by Mr. Ellis for the most
:suceooefil of the rontelsants, has been in lr.
Bradshhaw's hlnds for somae tiime. This haii
beon duly forwarded to ifr. Stewart of St.
Peters, who won two out (it three contests
with the Nonpariel incubator. ....
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