, 1880-05-19
THE POULTRY KING.

THE POULTRY KING.
a Quarter Of Million Of Spring Chick
ellG RAISED BY Artificial Incubation.
t'orrrspondenee Cincinnati Enquirer.
ATLANTA, Gn., May 1n-The following
sketch, unenbellisl,ed, narraics the particu-
lars Of successful business enterprise, 50
novel, bold, md unique, md so confessedly
tile foremost of Its kin. In the world, that 1t
merits description. The Individual who hus
performed the marvellous achievement herein
chrOnEclcd Is W. G. Dnker, Esq, of the little
place OF Crcsskill-on-the-liuls0lt, ljtlic State
of New Jersey. The process OF the artificial
incubation of fowls lias been one long known
und widely practiced. Tho variety Of artih-
clal incubators is very considerable. iii
FRINGE especially this method OF
hatcling md ralsiliE poultry llns been ex-
te.,styeIy used. 1t IL very largely increasing
III this country. Ono fowl can hatc, small
number OF eggs only. To hatch eggs by the
thousand necessitatcs so many mother hens
md Is so slow niul expensive process that
tho novel conception OF superseding the mt
ural mothers with all artificial one adapted
for wholesale incubation Inns been exhaust
lively tested, and finally SO skillfully exccut-
ed that at this tlmo this artificial poultry
4hlSl1E ~ UECVulA4h u FA9t QNs<N99s S1uu 4AA&
Yuker, all eiiterprising American, Inns tho
distinction Of leading the business iu the
world,
Mr.. Bakers poultry farm is situated on tho
Hudson River, nbout two miles from tho rail-
Ioad station Of Crcssklll, n. j., and y called
Sir. Il.ker cntleayors to raise good many
breeds. se1ectud for superior lnying qualities.
They nre bnt!l thUr0ughbreas Mnd grades,
and principally. Asiatfcs. 1iundans, Leg
horns, Cotorctl Dorkings,, and Spanish. Sit
tg tgws ar. not es'r sse S'n Sns afs
structure Is AGO foet lung, divided into sew
enty-iiyo pens, each ptll divided Into three
q s yo n q s ta st e1teh hns slspx sx
feet wide by twenty. feet in depth. The front
of the laying-house Is glazed. The floors arc
g1ayelctl al!d Kept .dry by ui'slerlrainlng.
rhe fr9nt aylson @ # ~l each pen y s9yeeSd o o
In ilnc weather lit tho winter allows open air
and q small run for the fowls. The middle
sections OF each pen hnve Il Bas'l that raise or
lower at pleasure, md thus can cut OIL nnl
lnclose Tic rear sections of ti,e pen. In each
peii Is kept un averago Of twenty-five fowls
Tic feeling Of the laying hens, is done from,
the rsar ct ns HYs1 Hs mi hsrs sng = 81 a nar5M sr
building, and Oil tlts tr..lilWay two snta!l
trlluk-wagons are rolled, surfing from eacll
cud a,d meeting in tlle middle. The passage
for tl,cse trucks Is four feet Wide. Eaell
truck Is tended by u Keeper, who deposits the
feed In little hoppers lit enctl pen for tllo
chickens. Snull pipes convey fresh water
Nlong tho pens. nl'tl tho urin kLNs vessels ihye
hy 9ys rMSs cf uneE h%Is4a e brae 70 d f WIN G
nSs tf1 ny qtwfsa ssra Rs War W. RfR' md NJ atS: SS
'ntlng food keep tho hens laytnE vigorously
during cold weather; The feed s!setl is varied:
upon cllungng md nutritious tlict., Meuty
Of oyury Kind, scrnps. gruins,. bran, impertul
cgg food, ground bolte. Shells, Shorts, fresla
lnrnt, ald green food 9l all sorts, aro given
to tlleM In plentonus nbnMlnllge.
but this army Ut lttl!s cNnll0t bcgin to pro-
tluce tic vaSt number OF eREs required by
Mr. HAker, and, ny the must brilliant invell-
iion has not VT bSen n anls to nItsl4iy ~ Pro
spring chicken, lie ay t0 buy thousands nf
rgys. lie pays Us n hundred fUr frcx, fertile
cRgs. uild will take them Vi my quantity u''d
Ollo OF the vast buildings ~, this farm Is
the lncubatlng Md hrOOtltng house. II coil
sists ot II laIge tWo-anl-sl-lla't-story str,.ct-
mrv, attached 70 all iinnense ginss !lol,se,
sst Us FL th 'E E t!fsy s teft S@k @ s Sc,nk s1$stS is
"bfoodInE-llo,lse." which issltyiactl into fifty
apartments, twenty-five ni cach side. Tho
tw0-a.ltl-a-lla!f-story building Il II dwelling
iialssr's oi1lcc, iininE;l,all, and iueuGating:
rooms above, n1id below Ill tbs basen!ent
heating app1Iratus, storc-ro9!las. electrlc.MS!t- w
tory apartment, md eollrr-s9oM. Ii,o
s nasfy saSor 5 two 4 Thess hr :aSaias sSf y
chambers arc twenty tcct squire, witt. don.
bic VIM lows, having thrco InnKea OF large,
oGlong incubators through, tho centre, and u
i isi'Kti OF ths four sidcs of tic room. Thsso
iilr,ibatOrH have encll eight tiers of sllallOw