Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-14

Last week I stopped, to get my article
In the mail, so will continue where I left
of. Was speaking of what the heads Of
the pens ought to be and will add that
they ought to be strong and vigorous.
Never keep a cock that can't crow the
first thing in the morning and all day
long. III England they have passed a
law to prohibit cocks Growing, but I o
tend a Growing cock is a good investment.
Last fall we purchased one that did
nothing but eat and sleep. We decided
an ak was a SHARP medicine but a sure
cure" so the az was applied and his car
cass cremated.
There are a great many reasons for
chickens dying after they are Matched.
Poor breeding stock is one. As the
stock is the first consideration I mention
it first and will take up the others later.
or course the heus should be of mature
age, strong and healthy, as we'll as the
cocks Should positively be unrelated
for best results unless one is line breed
ing to build up a strain. And your
breeding stock should be we'll fed. We
too often let our hens rustic their own
living at the cost of the lives of young
chicks. l notice that that Scattered
Items" maj has gone and told every n
about our big fizzlc with the first hatch,
so l will 'fess up, and say yes, they are
nearly all gone to the chickens happy
hunting ground" One is subject to ups
and downs in the Poultry business and
that is one Of the downs. There are
no losses however that can he ascribed TO
i'll luck. SO as always, in this case it. was
bad management. We run our Incubator
in a cold room during zero weather
altho' the temperature kept at lOJ de.
grees on top of the eggs it was about 30
degrees OH the bottom, too much cold air
came in the bottom Of a thin walled
machine, chicks Matched two days late
and the result was disastrous. Another
reason then for chicks dying is allowing
eggs to get too cold, either under hens or
in inCubators.
Now, 1 must tell our good fortune.
Last week we took off $50 of the finest
chicks in the world, not a weak one III
the lot. At present we have $50, all we
can manage at this time Of year, under
our present arrangements, which would
come under a heading of an article I
once read OH Shift makes thrift"
think l should explain right here,
that my husband is the working manager
Of this firm, and I the talking one, as cv.
cry one, who has gotten acquainted with
us, already knows. We raise our chicks
in brooders of his W plans and make,
and they excel anything OH the market,
and are very much superior to raising
them with hens in our way of thinking.
1t takes effort and failure and exper.
fence to learn to use I%ncubators and
breeders, but when one learns. it is the
new, modern. and best way if one wishes
to raise chicks in any numbers, and even
those who raise only a few car get ear
lier chickens by having All Incubator.
We have spent iva seasons with incu.
bators, and have taken advice of writers
and maker of our machines, but always
have had chicks pip the shell and then
tail to come cut, have sometimes los,
quite a large per G in this way, III
on last hatch every chick, except one,
that pipped, Matched. No deformed OF
weak ones, so we think we have abou,
found out how.
Next week l wish to give our exper'
fence with using incubators.
Will close this rambling article with 9