The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-21

Will produce the b.st eggs. the most
hatcu;tble. ami those which Viii produce
the strongest chickens. ID = vak stock -
used IL viii show somewhere. II the.
eggs hatch we'll ana the cn!cks thrive II
IL all right, but the stock must be al right
To accomplish this. Let n" 7ickly. haIf-
starved, half grown. ruupy Osrds be used
at all il good maxim. also 90 not use
the first eggs. Ii is not easy to hatch eggs
IN winter ard early spring. no matter
how good they may be, consequently We
must not expect too InUch. The chick
ems, il they live 10 see warm weather
aud are good for anything. Will show
good record IL u these chickens that pay
best. Ii they are for the market, they
bring the best prices If for eggs they
commence To lay very young. much
younger than those Matched IN April and
MAY. The reason is that they do not
have the hot weather in which 10 mature.
When the hot weather comes they are
ready Cor business and Till the egg bias
keu when eggs are scarce. These early
chickens. Matched 10y hens and broOded
uy hens. usually do well enough, and are
bound TO succeed TO hatch and rear
them artificIaliv II another matter.
The Incubator must Toe good or
the one who runs il must ha good
good to run incubators. II don't
make much difference whether
! il i the man or the machine. 80 long as
the results are satisfactory. II i better
To hatch ~ out of loo and have them
strong than To get - out OF 100 ana
have them weak. II results are not sat
iSfactory the man biame~ the machine.
: and the machine tor the maker blames
/ the man. The maker says the man who
runs the machine has no brains, and the
. man who runs II SAYS the maker of the
machine either has no brains or no ho'-
e-tv. We Cannos tell which is right.
but if the chicks do not have strength
enough to live. and the breeding st 'Ck i
all RIGHT there must he fault somewn mere;
the country Is ful of those who de-
nUuuce Incuhaturs: to them there never
will be perfection outside If the hen her
self; but let Us hope Tor better things,
. ami hope that the season of 1887 will
give 10 Us an abundance of cary hatch
ed. strong and healthy chicks: we want
them: the puliets 10 lay when the hens
are moultinS and the coCkcrels to llIl
and sell that the proceeds may he ap
/ piled To purchase feed for the pulle;-
which are - help oUt the poultry pro
duct.
Chickens must h. healthy and strong
they must he kept warm and drv ant
we'll fed. not always an easy task IN {
cold climate in winter. but Il pays fo
the trouble it they can only. after al
the trouble. Ice SO kept until they are re
Juired tu turn the outlay into an in
come. Plans are now maturing ~ Owe
the country for early chickens; of Naurs'
not all nf them Will turn out - desired
Some cling To the hen and have bull
Matching houses and nurses; OF course
the hens won't set in very great mum
bers until the balmy days of spring ar
well along, and this will turn such "a
wait for them unto the abused inCuha
tor. it has come To this. If we are will
ing To content ourselves with nature
ways all we have To do i To wait, If w
are tired of waiting for the obdurat'
hen then the other alternative awaits u
in the machine. There are not and nev
er have been but two ways for gettinl
chickens from eggs, the natural and tn,
artificial: most Of us know something q
both.-N. II. FORBES ia -lHi'rjroy, POM
fry .JoHiJi0i.