The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-11
ARrlFIcIAL iNCupAT1oN.

Essentials of Good Incubator Operating
AnInoubAtor-SuCcOs in Incubation.
Rural EtW Yorker.
Quite q number Of incubators Of differ.
emit makes are offered for selection, each
possessing some particular merit Of It'd
own. Though some Of them are well
equipped with modern appliances Tor reg.
ulating the heat, supplying moisture, and
turning the eggs, yet, after all, everything
depends upon the operator, for while the
incubators will usually perform all that Ii
claimed for them, the novice has been
led, by the exaggerated praise Of the
makers, to rely upon the machine too OK.
clusively, and thus be has been induced
TO overlook many little details that require
human observation. It would require q
lengthy article TO fully describe an inCu.
bator; but any device, by which the tenn
perAture can be kept uniformly at 1902,
with proper provision for Rir aud mois.
ture, will hatch eggs, though success de.
ponds largely upon the vitality Of the par.
emit stock.
In operating an incubator, the common
errors are the handling Of tue eggs too fire..
queltly, and the constant Interference Of
those who examine them through Curios.
ity. The process should be conducted
methodicalEy and q business. like manner.
The first two days the eggs should not DO
disturbed In any manner, not even 10 turn
them, 90 the heat should be well main.
tanned ct o temperature fully up to l03
degrees, and without variation, In order
10 give the germ an advantageous start,
which ID Veryimportant. Afterthe second
day the eggs should be turned twice a day
(morning and evening", and cooled well
once daily. A pan Of water under them,
with 4 lew moist gpongeS In the egg
drawer. will usually supply oil necessary
moisture where there 10 not constant
stream Of warm air flowing through
the incubator. When the chicks
have nearly reached the time for
breaking The shells they will partially
heat The eSS drawer with their bodlei,
and At the time Of coming out q tempera.
ture Of 1902 degrees 10 better than q higher
one. 1t 10 impossible to state which Is the
best incubator. Al Hammonton, New
Jersey, all the inCubators used are home
made, some being heated with lamps,
while others are operated simply by
pouring In supply OF hot water once or
twice daily, and the matches vary from
40 10 90 per cent, according 10 the quail.
| " OF the eggs and the care bestowed upon
them during incubation. Upon ono farm
two young ladies Matched 5000 chicks
last season and propose 10 double that
number this winter. Tho prices obtained
ranged from 50 10 G5 cents per pound, &C.
cordlng 10 the date Of Matching, though
later In the season the figures were lower.
The details Of management Of the chicks
will DO given in another article the oh.
eCt at present being 10 show that there
10 nothing difficult In Matching chicks ar.
tiHClally,
II has been demonstrated that a small
piece Of ground can DO made TO Yield 0
large profit from chicks, II the operator
can procure eggs from his neighbof6. And,
| II preferred, much Of the labor Of manage.
mett can be done under shelter, though
al present, the practice is 10 have the
bfooder houses separate, with a small yard
10 each, each house containing a bfooder,
AZ an acre Of ground eau be divided into q
large number Of small yards, several thou.
sand chicks can be grown quite easily 10 a
marketable age efeon, aud when the
business beGomelia familiar, twill open up an
excellent avenue TO those who have only a
limited space d their disposal, and enable
many 10 engage In II, who cannot venture
upon the larger bubine6s oil stock raising
but such persona must devote their time
and attention 10 II asa bueinesg, and moi
attempt 10 raise chicks AtilAcially In CON
neCtton with other pursuits, except In 4
limited manner for experiment, Com,
lparihion has shown that with Tho aid oI