A mammoth incubator has already been built and used on a. poultry farm belonging to E. I?. Half, of New York. The following describes -the machine: 'After using several-incubators for some time Mr Hall fohnd the labour and trouble connected,with the number of machines he required so great that he decided to make duo incubator of suffici. lent capacity needs, and about 'eight years ago hp built such a hatcher. Tins is claimed by its inventor to be the •largest incubat-ct in successful opera--tion. It has a capacity of 5700 eggs, | and is built after plans unlike those of any other hatching machine. large or or™"- , Tfc is. 33ft long, 6ft wide, and, 2ft thieK, being mounted upon legs 3ft long, which makes it oft in height, j
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4319, 30 March 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)
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