The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22

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In a broad. uncovered box, with bot
tom OF fns GARTH In q basement window In
Liberty street. II q brood OF little chickens.
apparently two or three days old. Their bodies
aro covered with yellow and black feathers a.
ans rs fur. They run about In the most lively
manner. nseping and chirnins constantly.
Some pick n tho earth. and others drink water
at a narrow little trough. holding up their
heads to allow the water to filter down their
nccks. blinking meantime comically. Three
small boys shouted with delight whom two OF
tho chicks faced each other. with bcaks ex-
tended and wings out They picked viciously
twica At each other. and then both ran away
with prolonged peoping.
They are orphans" said pleasant old gen
tlemAn In the basement. They were Matched
In an incubator Yesterday"
On one side Of the room were . number Of
incubators. They looked = little like an Ice
chest. with glass pannels In doors that swung
down by hinges on tho lower side. The frame
was about az by 8k foot large and feet high
over all. At one end Was q black tin vertical
cylinder four inches In diameter and foot
high. Pipes ran from the top Of the cylinder
through the top OF the frame and back again
under the bottom to the cylinder. Inthe frame
between the two series Of pipes were number
OF shallow trays With wire cloth bottoms. filled
with eggs placed on end. A kerosene lamp sent
WORK could 10 seen In o small glass case on top
tubes you ave there" the old man explained.
and the water circulates around over tho eggs
ard back undernsa,h 10 the cylinder ~ 1t cools
but II the lamp Is turned on too high ~
just then large valve revolved In tho top OF
10 The machine Ia sell. regulating. When the
temperature rises. az electrical connection Is
TINT valva. When the tenn erature falls"
Here the old men opened tho side doors. and
In q W minn;: the the valve closed ,,,,., .v. ,,,.
up when the valve closes. and down when It
,h,d Whs hat II the temperature that matches the
ss o s FOR sH s ss Art s.s ten THAT S:s' .s
.omna,; Il a . Keeps the variation
NO; After three days the eggs, must be
pans Underneath the trays m nst BE- kept fuII Of
water. SO that the air will DO moist. On the
Sss rs" BE IN
and can yet be used for cooking. Then they
haVe % died ss half 0 an ~ hour r' daily WIN
Keep sySery'tna II order until the nineteenth net
peep in their Efforts to got out ~
Then you huve to help Thorn break the
I've don't have to do anything OF the kind
| It's widespread notion that tho mother hen
bus to help her chicks out of the shells. but she
picking the chick makes "a small hole through
the shell. Then hs rests like man on the
RE. png dive Then he ,ss breaks ns
atss him. lie Is wei and homsly then
atodi%etal lotion partly soSepsd with with
earth and two warm Ss water piIss that KEEP. the
Pieces OF iiannei hung over the pipes and down
gather under The flannel as they would under a
SSeG heads Witt brna rouna Eyes se prov
leeting from under strip Of red flannel IL an
Ars chickens matched by MACHINE as vIsor.
Gus rs those Matched naturally?"
49,, More Nor. 40. ineuba,SIs are e., pnsentimental
Ave per cent, more eggs than hens. The chicks
arc never afflicted with vernin. They get the
o eoek sSs Back S The BIRD iGsa
m asylum he n
cubator Is that the sprlng chickens can be pro.
at the " when are
only a small capital
| How much capital?"
"A medium sized incubator. holding from
| 700 to 1000 eggs costs from $3.50 to Sl85. One
| holding 1000 eggs costs $780, Much larger
| ones are made to order More than one mau
has made success with less than $500 to star,
on. But many men with large capital fall b..
cause they either know too much or thoy. Dc
not give the business the proper attention"
How long have hntchers been in usel"
" From 8, 900 to 5000 years. Herodotus tells
| about cellar in Egypt where eggs were placed
beneath furnaces so a. to apply tho heat from
above. There we're Railways through which
the attendants passed to turn the eggs They
had noticed thSt hep would turn the eggs
| eever1 times in day WAen sitting on her nest
| Tho Egyptians follow the old system now
They get l7.OOO.000 chicks q year out o.
| %. 100000 eggs placed in their incubators. The
best American machines hatch out more thar
81 per cent. OF the eggs. There are forty-on
chicks in the window there. got them from
iorty-four eggs. or course. think my incu,
hAtor is the hest. The new ostrich farm IL
California uses incubators. because. Us yor
know. ths ostrich does not set."
incnbators?"
Yes. Chinese have used them thousands o
years. The French and English were among
the first {" make them. but on South African
ostrich farms the American machine ~ pre-
ferred. One American manufacturer has son
| more than ninety machines there in the las
few years. Wherever Yankee Ingenuity II
placed untram melted In competition with tn,