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Show 0000-0K0-CKCK Incubators in Use in Egypt Ancient Models ground level has a small door; the one directly above it Is entered from beneath through a manhole. The ovens are arranged In pairs, one below be-low and the other above. The egg8 are placed In the lower oven, and a fire Is lighted on the floor of the oven overhead, to furnish the warmth requisite req-uisite for hatching. San Francisco Chronicle. The Incubator for batching chickens Is probably as old as history, which in the Mediterranean region runs back more than 4,f00 years. There were, doubtless, Incubators In Egypt before Moses was born, and to this day In that country they are Just what they were In the lifetime of the great Hebrew He-brew leader. The art of hatching chickens Is handed down from generation to generation, gen-eration, from father to son, a secret craft. Baby chicks are an Important article of trade, and they are produced by millions for rearing. The typical Egyptian Incubator Is a rude and cumbersome affair when compared with the modern device. It Is a building of considerable size, of sundried brick. - Through It run one or more passages, and on 1-oth' sides of each passage are ovens (so to call them) In two tiers. The oven at the |