The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18
TIE PROLIFIC INCUBATOR.
EOR HiTCHfNG EGGS IT BEATS THE
HEN TINT LAID THEN.
lnybodv with ~ Vacant Gnirct and Back
Yard AN Raise " konstcr-" and Hro'i'
rrs" L niImitcu at Thirty Cents ~ Pair.

hnybodv with IL Vacant Carrot aud Back
Yard tnn Raise Konstcrs" and Broil.
cps" Inilmitcd at Thirty Cents IL Pair.
Ivory household with hack yard or an I'm.
occupied attic can raise his own chickens.
This Is q nbvoty brought about by the prog.
ross of modern invention which has taken
chickens in It's clutches and got up number
of machines TO look after them without the aid
OF hons. All the hen nced 10 do is to lay the
egg. the machine, do tho rest until the chick
ems arc old enough to Dc lroilrrs.
In tho old days. before amy ono thought Of
applying machinery to chickens the hons
wero left TO DO 1t all. They scratched around
for enough to cat. laid eggs when they felt
likeit. and when they tired of living an active
lilo thcy would sit down on some eggs until
few out OF the 10. might To latchrd out. Then
thoy would chase thu little chicks around un-
III some OF them died and som" lived. accord
ing TO their constitutions and tho way nature
had nrranAo i their surroundings in regard to
food. warmth. and n pac" To sleep. Modern
invention has supn!antel the hen in all this
except III the laying ., eggs That will hatch
II bothered tho farmers and chicken raisers
for many years that the hens would lay more
egg! at some seasons than ut others and that
they would hatch moro a. some seasons than
others. - that AZ times the chicken market
was not we'll supplied and at ether times 1t was
oycrstorkrl. They figured out that il they
could only hatch chickens when they pleased
there would lie a great do more money in the
business. besides leaving tho hens free to 60
on and lay mote eggs ins.old Of spending Q
month and a half trying to hatch some chick
ems and bringing them up until thcy were old
enough to look out for themselves.
10 DO ills work OF the hens machine called
m incubator was invented to do the Matching.
bur "a lie az In I'm In in
the main they are alike An Incubator Is n big.
squire wooden box rrorpcd up on four legs
to he out of the way Of draughts. Under 1t isa
large oil lamp, and on ton is n iiue with cover
on the end of a balance. Within there are
trays. on which tho eggs are placed. Any
number Of eggs can DO put in the machine.
though ii is hardly worth while to run an in
cubator on less than 100 or 80 eggs. large
incubator will hold 800 eggs The eggs should
be good freshly laid ana put in tho incu bator
without having been cyposed to any heat over
lO4'. Ordinary eggs from ordinary hens will
do unless the chicken raiser wants to breed
for blood and quality. lie can get high toned
eggs which cost as much Us So u dozen. and
| out OF which come highly bred chickens which
are worth several dollars apiece.
| 1t is not well. though. to begin trying to
hatch chickens with costly eggs. as it takes q
while to get tho knack. and it is cheaper to
| experiment on ordinary eggs. So that II the
machine is not handled properly the loss will
| not be great. while for eating purpo ses only
| there is not So much difference in the value Of
| the young chickens to make up for tho differ
| ence IN risk.
When the eggs have been secured they are
| put in place with steady tempsraturs OF
about 50 until the incubator is warmed. The
lamp is lighted and the balance adjusted 80
the ao VII Is ased nna the heated nir
| cub ator has been at this even temperature for
II day. tn. egg, are nYt in tho trays. every
rerature Of the Incubator at once falls. be-
cause cause the eggs are cooler than the alr.
it IS back again to a tenreraturs OF 1oTi'.
| At that temperature the eggs arc kept for
three weeks: Every morning and every even
Is casly done ~ putting one tray over another
and and tuning it. the lamp needs to be kept
not burn too high or 20 out. II the balance is
we'll adjusted and the lamps kept properly fed.
tween 100 ana 1903 steadily.
som, some reoIle Wn2 rails. chickens by ma
out and soolei from, tine to time to CORE
sponi with the times thar TIE hen leaves the
!" n the m T" is vast HH
mont over tho hons. and that tho reason SO
many eggs under hens do not hatch is because
| the hon does not sit there steadily to keep
| them at an even teiup"rature.
At the end Of three weeks the eggs open and
chcKcns drop OUT through the eggs into a tray
placed below to rcrciv" them, while IN other
eggs and clint. ar uu! over their unmatched
brothers and sisters For dry these freshly
dTy on SN OF the e es Gateh suo
cess fully the experiment has beaten the avor-
| age hens record several times over.
| When the chicks have spent day in tho In
c@il"i Irooiar, winch is "iSo, heated with
They make their rst lneal, IN this machine
or bard notInd and rhopr"I III oGEs mixed
for few days. wnen they get milk and ginger
mixed w'th bread crumbs and gradually oat-
brooicr is 10 kc"r them warm AMI dry. Wv
J., Three wees is %" time the chickens snend
the m end Of arn s stsss thsD
oyster sII"iIs. And other articles o. ordinary
chicken diet. Fhry are safe now. md thcre is
isa JOCK yard t"e' chis$s"s can !" turned
around there. 1t is y good thing for them to
| scratch around. as chickens need exercise. and
Tor tic "hcEenstn scratch. provision Is made
for them 10y hanging upn cabbage about two
chickens lks TIC last, Of lie cnGl,nge. mud
they rhoP up ~ it from the ground. starting
it requires an n"ilc chicken t" reach it. Daily
the chickrns' legs AMI second Joints. besides
hardening its breasts uul strengthening Its
| WlnES.
The whole thing can b" dnrc in a garret
whorr there is ii.:h and air. irtl tho chirk-
cns ara turn Iult of to br"oirr they do not
| aud cXcioir" are GOOD torlhrm. The ligIt can
come in hy rultIng gn - in lac rouf instead Of
u dArI, -kylIght. aNd III" food can b. thrown on
tina floor on which sand and grave! have heen
| put in Il lhycr several inches deem. The food
| from day TO day -hpuil lee thrown over the
| gravel and sand wher" contact would not In.
jure The fout IN "il"r that the chickens may
| hHyrt IT, wnrH inr l|".r H"ais.
| In thrnu or iUur months ono of theSe art1-
| cal,y raised chchrnS VIII Dn r"udy to bo
hr0iea. i"un. chickens mnbe ia" best broil-
! erS. lirfuTu KILN. them the can he fol up
for n wrrk and permitted - .:"t their food
| without RHviu. 10 work for H. II u plump
| rnirkrn ~ wanted, while il II iirr chicken Is
| procured the amount Of exercise can be in.
| creased a. The sdm time.
| After Ins.iug lAr Lroilrr stage chicken be.
comes a ruu strT II H. ti"n IN Il condition TO
be- roasted ana wrlshs nh0U' TWICE MS IN uch as
| when IT WAS "A gdy young hroi.r. Tho roast
Ing Icr.nl bc-Ins when tho "l.icken is about
eight months Old and extends as long as the