New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11
SPRING CHICKENS.
HOW THEY ARE MATCHED AND HOvERED
INcCBAToRs AID ARTIFICIAL MOTHERS SUPER
sEDE THE PATIENT HEN BRoILERs TIE

was CO MESSING dlsagreeable TRUTH yss. there must
have been panror In last year for my poor
tax cents" Bat tbs little woman In tie restau-
rant explained she poured out the coffee that this tax
was really mild municipal extravaganza to secure
Injuries for venerable couple who Jagged super
huous.
The town characterized by this poverty OF panperisn
Hammonton. New Jersey It's commercial adj
vantage lies in the fact that is placed at point where
the railroad running from PAila elpnia to Atlantic CITY
Is crossed b. tho NcwJcrscy Southern which runs no
where in PARTICULAR. Its natural advantages are pre-
csey those offered other equal ARA In the vast
unfcnccd stretches OF scrub oak and pine known as the
Barrcns. where is very much like all the est
dismal ard homesicI region is this to the eye OF tho
traveller who Is rolled along for mile after mile with the
fat monOtony either hand unbrOken save 10y an
occasional &c lar swamp roaI win ling YEARLY
through the woods, n c'ed clearing where
lonesome citizen has built house AMI planted berry
patch Soil there IA none In the accepted sense OF the
word, bat the lonesome citizen plants his raspberry
vines IN the gcrng sand with n faith that stag
gers. AMI he Is not put to confusion. Years 1t oc-
to philosopher that sand when would nour-
ian scrub oaks and pines would hospable welcorc
to grapevine poar tree or currant bush and expert
enco has proved that The philosophers thought
genuine inspiration. Hlmmonon has developed into u
town OF 1900 souls. mainly bcca1sc fruit trees VIII
flourish In the sand. and two long freight trains are
needed every day carry away from this station
the bllckb"rreS PICKED erc III hclr season. NlSltpS
are told TINT as mich $3.50 made last year from
single OF raspbcrries and all tins whom
and rots auI smnts ana hligs and mildcws ana
other too well known parasitic fungi. together with
many unnamed cryptic srmc pests will keep from
orchards whey yards and berry patches the fruit grower
who shrcw1 enough to ouwit the Swarmlng insects of
high and low degree which bore into trunks and grille
branches and dcvonr foliage anl sting fruit sccGro
a fair return for his labor.
FIFTY TONS or pRoIrErs.
Eut in tie winter, when AMI vine resting and
the warfare with worms AMI fungi been chlel into
a trucr IIanmonton beiakcs Itself 10 another and n
newer lnIuStiy leads the worll in raising 5roers
when this IS called industry IT is not meant that
chickens are OF recent invention Neither Is artificial
Incubation any novelty, for II practi-e IN Egypi
in the &c of tue harlohs. Around Boston good
deal Of Matching AMI towering without the ncp
the hen. or. II should be- Mel, OF the duck cncr
because dlcain.s are rcarol th,rctooIt quito a
nhundantiv rs spring chickens Bat ilammonton seems
to have SWIM into The business grhudcr and more
successful scale than any other place. This year 20
least 5OooJ biu!ers Will be marketed between the mil
lie % Jlnulry and May. which means about 100000
pounds Of drcsscd clictc IN meat al the finest quality.
sir Jacobs who f. an Editor and therefore Il VIC
man. dCcsrcs that The climate AMI sand OF ammon'r
gives tie town exceptional a.vani' -c. lui many oi
q chchcn GROWER, insist ti 20 Nr. jacobs l.c.i -
du- ;hc prosperity OF tie broIcr business ana perhaps
pari o, 81" cIcht is due to each The an is c't "i
mild bal SHOW rarely sails ara i'Nti
lon~ wan tho coolest wave Of tic winter zoe once
gave m % novel opportunity Tor sport 20 tc lc}a ari
riil, tina. tle puic opls d..i-rl .o. ie %
give then a q. arcr 20 .stic AM tlcn thr ssal r.t
inc stratum " lo1-a. l1i-lI gravel H'p's sn,i
p,fcrt a.-..-. 1at hr4st ron -pa~s s, a' f,st i,
IL fli.. washing noEn vlta ); , rpIr''.c- an' yin-
the STREETS and cio fa9i, or, ord c'rln 50 .nai
J., D. t'. open r.tf.o - il aill t.a E.- given
ito r.n. region IFS .h.ity lclfh resort. 81 Nr
f. r. Jacob. w. -..'.i'r f. -oIsicr o'er f tc
vial element, ct tAe general ifo.l !ty o: Mc s,.o--
~ hrp.lc. 30 my De- sail at bee edits poultry paper
o. .li.cl On aI th' Lr.i, am lIarr.-D. ~ rlrlnu
rr,. acc eu arl b.. zrI aec.riin- go l'lsrc.; STAT
ne b. APP :, fcoc1 md a. srrh lo.-f temper tt Ac
in.pir- 80 .'.lt Alm v.h confidence. anl ihat hc j.
consumed hsa thrifty patriotic ana ir,-u-'s- desire
10 boom ilanueDln o., t.r W, 'r'p'.n ~ "tuf .I lD
cula'lou.
4 KirLrs .Arivr rarCrrrY.
ono NJ Mr. Jac0b-'s frcfirn- d. O. iori u. 'H r'r
rranrrr- vi'h Information. aul 20 was nal-r hs s"l
arco uat Tralr,. rci or,cr malc t'ar through tic
Lat,n,re. aul vas atIplnrrl generally ~ TIE Town.
Tie fast cs'a ncn' tust e'ri vf one - tlc itr-cr
Ones ulucicl y Ns Howe. Nhp clmc A,ro two scars
ag' "a Mr Jacon,- -ul.rson ami ct mp hs ncun or-
M Hose had lnoaclrc Of Ioniiry or their v1J-.
ami couisu't ton white Lc.horn fom Lau--aau bat
he is now a. slful as BIS teacher TIL. is not tc only
Instance 10 prove how qHicsly TIE tr-incss cen Doe
nnstercl one ,hiccn farmer who ., pow harvr.lin-
successful crop OF hrnicr-. wrote la,i vricr 10 Tie
dealer OF whom De bought BIS hr,t hatcher that tae
macAlae was worthless hocsuse be Eat been warming
lctp ceg- ia lt Tor elfly fortnight and hin scn
single cies ,ir fIovcs plant. which may Boz taken
n r.p~eritiiec one o. tie ar-cT 81 I-s. .,. oi
riain wooden hlllnc 200 feet iou-. 10 tcct vile and
icn, tie son'h. Ga the north slide .. feet hi-N.
wAic tie cave m font are bar feet from thc ground,
and s.sl,s -, AT in'erya.. in tie "p'nc ROOF An
aliefWay two All one ntf feet Wide rnrs along tie
north side. AMI the remaining sp1cri oparacl uio
n, ,I ~
app rtIunuis feet hy = placed 100 chicks they
hatcel. and they never leave Il tn thcy are taken
to be hirf ana DIRE marko Along the ffont oi
this buliilng enclosure 10 feet wide. which b
also oiNLIcl eYc.y frst, making an on,ooOf r.nss
connected with each apartment wiulin- Sir. Howe
thinks uat par f,t ~ - IS quite too spacou, .or
100 cc,cr- (, wander anJ II lac were binding agnin
he would no, waste much ground A. is there are
now about 1900 chickens ii- Of cJc feet by 20
and 900 bTolcis VIII DC marx tel during tie SEASON
sngle stove tho centre OF the bnilin; @iti CON
ncced wafer pipes running unicr tie chicken pens,
with chhnuc Ike opening - allow The warm A!i to
Use under The artificial nOLcr, furnishes all the heat
needed. and IN cold weather hut one asG half tons or
coal are consumed I'm month. The mother f. simplo
board yard square with valance or murtaln Oi cheap
woolcn ttun falling from it, EDGE TO the floor. THIS Is
rascl ~ tho chickens grow suii their height How
do I know when e. /, warm ouor@h :" sal the pro.
rri,,or y" Why / watch tie cir.cns ani when tLcy
ieeu ~ huddlc mp Eno Gey are chiliy or can tel
by placing my haid under tie bfco 'cr thermometer
may no a necessity to tho ines orsnccl bal We have
u.4scd beyond that stage In lldnnonton." Tor tie
natcing incubaors Of every pattern ar usr bat an
expcrt viii undertake make perfect hatch with
lcrosene lamp aud 4 dry goois box Cheap home made
incubstors vita large tank int, which not water Is
poured the tank being such size that backcfu 81
boilins water raises tho temperature one degree are
common. Just "a good results are obtained With these
~ with the his,pric,l machines. with automatic
&C. frtf 4
pro per temperature. The cheap machines. however re-
uuifc closc watching, anl wien ami DO, tiAe
care Of large establishment ant tineis money, the more
elaborate machinery Is preferred"
HOW woMTS CAS- SUCCEED.
Chicken rearing Is busiurss admirably suited - The
sympathetic nature and quick iutcli ;cncc oi woman
and the next establishment visited conducted bN