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Word: clutching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with which modern poulterers perform fake sunrises to make their hens lay overtime, they used incubators to hatch out eggs. The old time hatcheries were cone-shaped mud huts heated by burning chaff. An attendant always sat within to warn against temperature too hot or too cold. Of a clutch 95% hatched successfully. William D. Mann, U. S. assistant commercial attache at Cairo, found out about the ancient Egyptian brooders when he was seeking an Egyptian market for the latest type of U. S.-made incubators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

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