Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-01-05
THE INCUBATORS.
Correspondent Makes Inquiries
Concerning Them.
ANorHER's EXPERIENCE GIVEN

! ,.o,t.d Experiments Thoroughly sat
min, that Each Matching should
be Placed in the Machine "t "he
Tim.. and No New Eggs Thereafter
i'll should fill an incubator with eggs
and at the end OF the hrst week tTeV
about half OF them out, coulu 1 III the
| space thus made vacant with 1resi eggs
and hatch them successfully w.
| A., Guthrie county, Iowa.
This question is one that nine out oil
fen beginners with incuhators ask Inc
tenth tests the matter himself by actual
Iexperiment. am one of these. could
see no good reason why it was nota good
! idea and entirely pr acucable until trleu
liz. Everything works smoothly until
the Matching begins; then the operator
sees his mistake. Repeated expert
ments have thoroughly satlshed me that
each Matching should De plaCeu III iI'G
machine at one time, and no eggs added
thereatter even if two thirds are tested
ont AS infertile. will give brief general
directions for the guidance OF beginners,
and will at any time explain more IuIIy
anv particular if SO desired.
Practice with the machine until you
can run it steadily day and night with
out any change in the temperature OF
the egG chamber. You should be able
to do this in week. Then put IN the
egos. This will lower the temperature
OF the egg chamber very much unless the
eggs are first warmed. prefer warm
| ing nicely before putting in. Very early
| in the morning is the best tor starting,
I for the thermometer can be looked at at
least once each hour until III O'Clock the
following night. III it remains steady,
| everything is right. At the end OF ten
DAYS you may test out the ln1eftlle eggs
and put in one pan of lukeWarm water
for moisture. At the end OF two weeks
the heat OF the Matching eggs Will be
such that you must watch closely lest
the Temperature rise too high. BE sure
that it never goes above 103 degrees. Ii
there must be variation, 30 degrees IS
far better than 1C5. If the air IN the
room is constantly warm and dry, place
a second pan of lukewarm water III the
machine at the end of the second week.
If the room is in cellar and moisture
shows on the window, one pan of water
under the eggs is quite sufficient. When
the eggs begin to hatch don't open the
door Tor love nor money. Have the Their
mometer fastened SO the chicks cannot
knock it over and see that the temper
ature does not rise above l03. Don't re-
move the chicks from the chamber until
they have been Matched at least twenty
hours; then quickly place them IN a
brooder heated to 100. When you buy
an incubator see that the egg tray tits
the chamber, so that newly Matched
chicks cannot possibly fall over its edges
into the moisture pans beloW.-tred
Grundy, Illinois.
Pacific Coast Hop Growers Association.
The hop planters of Washington and
Oregon are much more eager over the
convention of hop growers at Sacra-
mento, which has been called for Tues
day, January 8, 1895, than are California
people engaged in this industry. Re-
ports from sacramento especially show
| that the growers in that vicinity are very
slow to wake up to their own interests.
| Large dealers like Daniel Flint of SaCra-
mento have in past years attempted to
organize the hop planters, only to meet
with encouragement Now American
Agriculturist never lies down in the
traces. abe harder the load, the more
we believe in buckling to and pulling 1t
out of the hole. We by all means hope
| that Mr.. Flint, DR.. +. A. Snlder and
other prominent growers in Sacramento
will Join with James Hart of Christie
| pher, WASH, i'll arranging Tor the pro-
| posed convention. We beg those who
can TO communicate with Mr.. Flint and
meet at Sacramento January all grow
ers who can be got together. Ii the at
tendance is large and enthusiastic, an
organization can be perfected on the
spot. If only few come together, the
conference will result in much good. In
either event American Agriculturist will
feel that it has done its part, and will
continue to do it's best for the hop grow
ers' interests. They have got to make
up their mind, however, that they must
take hold and help themselves, for no
one else will. And now is the time to do
it. To put off this job until springs
work is upon us will be to put it Oft al
tJgether.
Concentrated Lye for Dehorning Calves.
A number OF preparations have been
used successfully for dehorning calves,
but as the ordinary farmer seldom has
these at hand, will describe my method,
which is not widely known, but has
proved very satisfactory. Perform the
operation before the animal is a week
old. Catch the calf and hold its head
| firmly. With pair OF scissors clip the
hair from about the horn, which at this
time has not come through the skin.
| Place on the point OF knife little
paste made by mixing concentrated I've
and water Puc this on the horn and
rub in well, taking care not to get it on