The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-30
Eggs and Incubator..

Dir. 2. II. Jacobs writes from long personal
experience on leading poultry topic in the
American Agriculturist for June.
The majority of operators pay the beat at
teRtion to the incubatOrs but overlook the
eggs. The eggs are OF more importance than
anything esle, and must be suitable for the
purpose II good results are expected. One
cock should be mated with only few hens
The chicks progress very well until the time
for picking their way from the shell, when
they die if the heDs are largely in excess
Two cocks together interfere too much, and
failures arise from that cause. The eggs
should be gathered often, and CAREFUL kept.
Do not trust to eggs from a neighb0r, and
endeayor to Use only fresh ones. Too mach
heat is dangerous, but low temperature is
not always fatal. The heat in the drawer
should not exceed log degrees nor be lower
than IS: but eggs have Matched after the
heat has been as high as ll6 degrees for q
short period.
Turn the eggs two or three times daily,
with al arrangement of slsts fastened at the
ends to strips running lengthwise By
placing the eggs between these stats toey can
be turned half round by merely pushing the
frame Of Stats. The eggs should be aired
once DAY by cooling down TO 20 degrees,
and pans Of water should be kept in the
ventilstor drawer. Sprinkle the eggs two or
three times daily.
The saw-dust packing has solved the prob
lem of homemade incubators. 1t requires
two days to get the great mass of sawdust
heated about five barrels), bat it also gives
OH neat correspondingly slow. When once
the incubator Is at the proper temperature,
1t varies but little after turning down the
lame OF the lamp to suit the heat
The hot-wster incubator was filed with
boiling water and no additional heat added
for one week. The temperature varied only
eleven degrees IN that tins. This even tenn
perature is due to the eight inches of saw
dust, for the incubator holds its heat long
after the water is drawn off. The heat can
be increased at any time by adding a little
boiling water. Using this incubator, no
lamps are needed, with foul gases and danger
Of explosions.
We believe artificial Matching to be an
easy matter, and have no doubt others may
Eeet with equal success by the same method.
What niIch Cows May Do.
The native" or common COW of this
country does well if che yields 5000 pounds
of milk per year with common care; with
the best OF feed and care she may give 5000
pounds. Under common care and feed the
Holland COWS may be safely expected to yield
$500 pounds. aud with the best feed
and care 1000 pounds or more pei
milk to be put one cent per pound, the
yearly Income from the common COW would
range from $50 to $j2; from the COW of fixed
milking type il would be from $45 to $40, tht
difference IN favor of the latter being from
$18.7S to $2450 per year. In the ten year
these COWS may be expected to give milk tina
amounts to $3.50 to $245.
The above is, however, decidedly an under
statement OF the milking capacity Of some
pure bred herds. The Holstein Herd Bool
OF 1888 gives the record of milk production o.
several Holstein cows which, in one herd, il
1882, ranged from $3.50 pounds 5 ounces t.
17,746 pounds ounces. The individual
records OF the COWS we're as below: