Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
NTER EsTiNo CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How HueCeSsful Farmer, Operate This
Department OF tho Farm - A Few
Hints rs TO tho Care ot Live stock
aud Poultry
Poultry Briefs.

IOultEJ bleiHs
0pe Of the most valuable object les
sons for farmers In the vicinity OF the
station IL that which shows that hD-
eral treatment should be given to
fowls, We know that even to northern
farmers such large area per fowl ID
rather startling, II may be excessive,
but, II 80, II Is an error on the SIDE OF
virtue. 1t at least does away with the
little bare yards that are 30 frequent
ly seen In connection with poultry
houses American farmers have no
good reason for being so sparlng OF
land for poultry runs rs they freqnent-
ly are.
The North Carolina Experiment sta
tion Is doing some work In poultry
culture and ls preparing to do more
A young man, Prof, Johnson, has
charge Of poultry affairs, and shows
commendable enterprise In his man
agement Of them. The writer had the
pleasure last week Of looking over the
poultry plant at the station mentioned
Prof Johnson apologized for the little
work yet done; but II all the stations
had done as much even as has the
North Carolina Station, poultry SCI
enco would be farther advanced than
Il Is today. At least, good beginning
has been made
In addition to the lncubators In the
cellar was q patent egg turner manu-
featured by st. Louis Arm. II Is 30
simple that II Is very natural TO sur
mise that the patent ~ on some detall
Of the appliance rather than ON the
principle Of 1t. 1t therefore follows
that any poultryman can make one
The turner consists Of an egg case re-
volving on an iron rod that passes
through horizontally. Tho principle OF
the scheme is found In the wire wees
that hold the eggs so firmly that they
Will not drop out of position when the
case is reversed Once day the case
Is turned, and the work OF changing
the position Of tho eggs is completed
1t Is u great Improvement over turning
each egg by hand. As most Of our
poultry reauers are aware eggs beng
kept for setting are turned daily to
keep them in the most perfect ar
rangement possible, AS relates to the
yolk,
The most striking object lesson Is
the incubator cellar, which was con-
structed largely by the aid Of the agri-
cultural students that are working
their way. This is the best possible
method of spending the funds, as 1t
helps the station, helps the students,
and helps the farmers by giving them
most valuable object lessons A pit
was first dug to depth we would say
of perhaps four feet The bottom was
cemented, and n regular house was
built above the floor, the whole struc-
ture being two stories in height. The
cellar portion Is about feet in height,
which brings It few feet above the
ground Tothetopof the cellar the wall
Is composed of concrete made In the
following manner: The uprights were
first placed. Then boards we're lald
hard up against the uprlghts inside
and out, the cavity being filed with
cement, sand and stones, When the
grout was hardened enough to hold
its form the boards were raised foot
or so above the fresh grout and more
Of the mixture poured in. This process
was continued till the grout wall had
been carried to the desired height
This is an easy and rapid way of con
structing a wall and one that does
not require any greater amount o.
skill than exists in the unframed sous
OF any farmer. The effect on the tenn
perature was very satisfactory little
variation being noticed even in the
coolest weather In this cellar the in
cubators are placed and are with ease
regulated to and kept at the tcmpera-
lures desired. The cellar Is so well
lighted that no artificial light is rc-
quired by day,