The Globe-republican., 1898-08-25
Little Thin1 10 Incubation.

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Little Thing In Incubation.
II man Is about to start using Ar
incubator for the first time it will bt
well for him to look after some of the
little things that have so much to dc
with the success or failure in handling
tnese adjuncts to poultry raising. One
OF the things that should be looked az
Ter carefully Is the regulation Of the
heating apparatus and the record OF
same by the thermometers. It is best
for man to practice with the incuba-
tor without eggs lin it till he is sure
tnat he can control the heat. We be-
neTe 1t Is mistake for any amateur
70 go ahead at once with the eggs in
| the drawer without knowing if he can
Keep the temperature uniform. In look
| Ing at the thermometer each time, do
SO quickly. as draft Of cold air will
quickly cool off the air inside of the in
| cubator.
Another thing that will be of interest
TO note will be the relative heat COM
pared with the outside temperature.
Some incubators are so carefully and
thoroughly built that the outside tenn
perature has little effect on them.
There are others. however, that seem
to be greatly affected by the general
state OF the weather. This is of great
moment. as. if it be found that an incu-
oator responds too quickly to outside
influences, it will be necessary to place
1t IN the cellar or some other place
where the temperature is uniform, or
at least changes but slowly.
1t Is not necessary that the eggs be
kept at a 1O3 or 102 all Of the time. The
eggs may even be taken out each
morning and allowed to cool down to
70 or Is degrees, and then returned. We
believe there is less danger of the eggs
being injured by too little heat than
by too much. We have seen hens leave
their nests in the early spring and
stay away till it seemed that the eggs
must all be chilled, and yet the same
biddies would bring out full brood
of chicks from the eggs so treated.
AS to the thermometer, be sure that
it Is correct. There will be no gain
in saving money on cheap thermom-
eter and losing it in whole drawer
Of eggs. If a cheap thermometer can
be obtained that is reliable it will be
as good as one that is expensive, but
see to 1t that it is in every way re-
liable. no matter what it costs.
Iowa Export Butter.-Dewitt Good
rich, the Iowa butter maker, SO prom
inent at the Worlds Fair dairy con-
tests, made the butter recently sent
to England by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. The cream
was very lightly ripened. and the but
ter a light straw color. It contains
fully Sc per cent of butter fat, about
10 per cent Of water, and 3 per
cent of salt, which means one
half ounce to the pound. It was packed
in cubical boxes. made Of spruce, each
holding one cubic foot of butter, and
lined on all sides with two thicknesses
Of parchment paper.
Advices from France are to the ef-
feet that since the forty-dollar per
head duty was imposed on horses,
prices have risen materially and the
French breeders are correspondingly
happy. Five American importers are
now visiting the breeding districts Of
France in search of French Coach and
Percheron stations and mares. One
small lot Of stations was shipped at
Havre a week ago, We learn. consigned
to an American gentleman who has not
been identified with the
French Coach breed.
Exercising Brood Mares.-Mares with |
foals should be exercised plen-
tifully with slow and light work. After
the foal is a month old 1t may be left |
In box stall or feed lot out of sight |
and hearing Of its dam from morning |
till noon, when it should be allowed to |
suckle. II the mares udder Is very
full of milk, it should be partly emp
tied when the animal comes home at |
night and before the colt is allowed
to get it's evening drink.-Ex.
Note the Results.-Now is the time
to make observations for next year, to
note the result Of any new expert
ment. You have tried a new breed
Of fowls and have experimental with
them, in various ways. Are you salts
fed? Get note book and make q
record of their likes and dislikes and
of the diet that agrees or disagrees
with them. II you will do this you
will be better able next year to han
lie your new breed.-Ex.
Demand for Eggs.-An exchange says
hat New York city market requires
more eggs each year than are sent out
" the three largest egg producing
;tates. II one considers how many
,ther large cities there are in sections
vhere the egg production does not
quail the demand, We will see why it Is
hat the business cannot easily be