Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-20
BUYING AN INCUBATOR.

Auo tlInc VI year ID uiaHin5 h~"A
when the prospective buyer should be
considering the incubator question for
Abe coming season. We all want to
get on a nice lot of chicks early In
the spring, and It will be impossible
to do 1t successfully without the use
Of the incubator and brooder. The
question with great many is, do
need an incubator" And / feel conf
dent from experience this question
should be answered in the Affirmative.
shall endeavor to give you the bene-
at of investigations and experience in
this line.
We know OF nothing we have ever
Investigated and used that pays so
well for the capital invested as an In
eubator. We should not consider the
price so much, but look for the best
machine according to the light we
have. We have received number of
inquiries asking II we thought an In
eubator would be better to depend on
for fair hatch with high priced eggs.
We would say an incubator is as FAR
superior. to hatch any priced eggs, to
the old hen as the modern binder is
TO the ancient reap.hook of our fore
fathers. We have paid high prices for
eggs and placed them under hens we
had great confidence ln-hens that
had always proven to be good settlers
and quiet, but for some unknown cause
as soon as our fancy eggs were placed
In their care they became very timid
and inclined to leave the nest result
ing in a total loss. OF course we are
not superstitious In regard to this,
but It happened to turn out that way.
II we had placed the eggs in the inCu-
bator and maintained an even temper
allure, which is the first thing to look
after In operating an incubator, we
would have brought Off chicks that
would have brought us enough to have
paid for a dozen incubators.
so many people who have never op.
Grated a machine seem to suppose
that an incubator is an everlasting
task II was but a few days ago a
friend was looking over our machines
and remarked: IAN incubator Is 50
much trouble to run and so apt to
result In a poor hatch. Strange, in
deed II we fail TO hatch half of the
eggs we set under hens nothing is
said about 1t. but II the incubator fails
10 bring forth every egg, and ofttimes
every chick a prize winner. the fault
is attributed to the incuabtor. Nine
times out of ten the eggs are the d.
rect cause of good or poor matches,
and the hens that lay the eggs are
at the root OF the whole matter. and
the incubator is no at fault at all.
IL would be safe to say that the in
cubator Is the magnate in the great
poultry industry. for how could the
large poultry plants Of our country
put out the millions of pounds of broll-
er meat each year II II were not
through the agency of the incubator?
Again. 1t has been abundantly demon
strated by the fancy poultrymGu that
the incubator matches stronger chicks
and these develop into finer fowls
when reared by breeders. IS they are
absolutely free from lice. We notice
this being true In our own flocks, so
we cannot afford to dispense with the
use OF the incubator. as we can hatch
and care for 500 chicks easier than so
chicks with the old hen method, and
on much less area of land.
Artificial incupation was practiced
by the ancient Egyptians, and today
by Egypt aud China. Germany and
France have used incubators for a
century. but this country has used
them only about thirty.seven years,
so the incubator is not an experiment
by any means. We would almost guar
antee the incubator to do 20 per cent.
better than the average hen, II the
fertility of the eggs is the same. 1t
does not take an expert to operate an
incubator as some suppose, but any
sane person that will follow the di.
rections that come with the machine
viii be successful with almost any
machine now manufactured and adyer.
tsed for SALE. G. Clipp In Stock
man and Farmer.
Proper Care OF Horses.
Never wash horse with cold water
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