Article April 2, 1904 Issue

Entering upon a New Experience

ANNIE MARIE BLISS.

There is a fascination about many phases of country life which appeal especially to the city bred, and sharing with others this enthusiasm, I gladly accepted an invitation to visit a poultry farm and observe the hatching process.

All my preconceived ideas upon the subject were far afield. I had fancied that, in the old-fashioned way, the hen broke the shell and instantly a fluffy ball of down tumbled out and began to run about.

So I was a bit anxious at the unexpected picture which greeted me in the large number of wet and struggling little things lying around on the netting in all stages of semiactivity. I first noticed a shell that was but slightly cracked, with the appearance of a little bill at the point of fracture. As I looked, a conclusive action inside told of the struggle to gain the outer air.

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