The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-14


rortauce OF Regulating the Heat Care
of the Chicks After They Get out-ton-
sumption of Tg.s aud Fowls.
Some idea q the extent 70 which incu-
bators or machines FOR egg Matching, are
used may be gathered from the fact that
there are annually shipped from the one tit
tie village Of Hamilton, y. j.. over 10000
chickens for broilng. all OF which are patched
los incubators Speaking u incubators, Mr.
". Brockner, Of - Vesey street said.
There are hundreds Of patterns Of incu
tators. Some Ike one kind, aud swear by it
Others 10 not like that kind. but do Ike an
other kind. They all have the general form
OF a box. in which the eggs are placed and
kept at n uniform degree OF temperature
until they are hatched Bat. Of course, thore
are many differences Of detail You may
buy an incubator for So, or YOU may get one
Tor sli Some meu viii have succes. with
cheap box. while others will fail with am oV
pen,ive one
There have been about 5000 iucubator-
sold of the pattern known a. The Perfect
I A4tifIfis 81 ~ hN an fNaAN N'fNf ''''N -Af'
doors 80 that the operations inside may boz
watched without opening. The eggs are
placed in pans say 100 eggs ia tine boz. OF
course they must be COOL eggs. and not only
good eggs, but eggs from breed where tAe
healihful proportion Of tue sexes las been
preserved II D. well known that ben does
not always hatch out all the eggs sho sits on
Sometimes the farmer puts choice egg ln
the nest, and, though the Ben SITS ol BE- t.c
same rs on the others. tho farmer does mot
expect IL 10 hatch. and be does not blame the
hen If shc does not hatch IL. Yet people sill
PIT bad eggs into the incubator and blnmo
the incubator IT they don't hatch. The fact
is that u farmer is lucky Of his hens hatch
out more than dtty per cent ol the eggs tacf
.it on It Is not unusual for an incubator o.
hatch out seventy fyo per cent
now TUE MACHINE WORKS
1T take. about tseu;y-ouc days O. hatch
a batch at eggs in this incubator Dm.n-
tlis time tine temperature rh0uu Dee Kept ai
about i03 dees. This mean- faal Cue
should Do on ln dogs. anl NOT fae air. M
order Oh secure uniformity there Is a1 auio
matte apparatus which leis in cool a.r when
ever the c1.,s are at higher temperature
than lJ3 d.es
"Ihore are different methods of supplying
I tho heat Some use bot air. Som. u~s h'.
water. which is DO an endless pipe. ami -it
warm by q lamp There s an arrangement
for supplying fresh aif and also i0r rennelrs
the moisture There are various flc.res of
tho proper amount OF moisture tAat IS 0s-
adapted 70 success There may ue O. yarla
O.. .I ..F .
without danger r. J., known ihat BON
often leave, her ncsf Tor short time without
+ falling o. hatch. but she docs nor ar oul
/ long enough 10 let her eggs ct c1id SOFT
does % harm 20 open tine incubator ooca.
lonaly o. take ont Che haf-hsl chickens, og
10 PIT boz new eggs. or to turn the eggs.
Although BE- is not possible 40 hirt o. t.N
whether an eeg is likely ~ hatch DO s easy
f to see at the cnd of ten days in tAa incn.al.f
whether the chick Is forming. The eggs are
then placed quickly and carefully geo The
range of strong light and tho experienced
eve can quickly dotecf whether che chick lc-
begun to develop If 10 has not. ihc ccg +.
+ considered of u0 use Tor hutclug. although
I 10 is NOT spoiled for use as food
1T sometimes happens that tio chIcs b.
4 ANUH grow AAI 900" t''tA f" t.'''
enough t0 pick its way ont hy breaking Che
/ -hon 1ha oftcn happens in tho nest as Wei
/ as ia thoincuiat1r Ihocause ci it /. simply
that tie chick is not strong 10 has not
healthy constitution. But rs constitution
7 was determined before the iucubaforgo bold
4 OF TO-
Many persons suppose that the incubator
/ is q modern invention, but tlis / not So. IA.
/ Egyptians, u both ancient and modern tiue..
used lncubators They adopted tho plan Of
ovens Their machinery was not So incon.-
ous or as complicated as ours, but they ape
pear to havo had quite rs good success with
+ their ovens without automatic regulators Of
the heat or humidity In is related tnat they
f lad some ovens that would bold eight or tcl
thousand cggs They certainly had and have
great skill IN the $50 of the incubator
"Of course such % delicate machine requires
careful and intelligent handling There have
+ been plenty 81 cases where farmers have con
demued the incubators, when, ln fact, their
failure was due 10 stupid management VI the
machine. and when this has been proved bg
successful management of tue same machine
/ by competent men. There are plenty %. peo-
pIe who never can learn % work ouy ma-
+ chine. and set alwuys blame tho machine DO
/ stead OF themselves. S0mo people wii use en-
/ incubator eight or nine years and make DC
pay. Il has been proven that O mal mag
! mako a comfortable living Tor family vI,A
half aa acre Ok ground aud good Incubator
REARING THG a0Tu1nLEss THINGS
"Iha best soil for chickens IS sandy TIE
/ theory Is that tho SIT Impurities are washed
/ away by tho rains, and tho chickens DO not
/ pick up substances that produce all sorts OK
/ diseases Tho raain secret oi successful
! chicken raising is cleanliness. Chickens must
( havo room, and 10 is death 20 them 10 keep
/ them in a dirty COOP.
Tho city oi Sew YORK consumed last yeaI
about sy0, 900 barrels0f poultry 2jJWj,09J
/ dozen eggs The city OF Philadelphia used
about half that quantity. Tho state OF ONO
raised about 81 10000 worth Of eggs ia gas
year. by count Until recently eggs were al.
/ wavs high priced in winter, and oilen beyond
/ tue purses OF the poor. Vow eggs are sold
choaply all tho year round Many are i'm
/ ported, many have como by railroad from
/ distant points, and the number hatchei has
been beyond question greatly increased by
/ tho use OF incuuators.
What Is the use Of an Incubator and wha.
/ is the advantages over the Matching in the Old
! ,,-.~s VI.. qIVaufara l. that tia hqtehinr /,