Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-12
INCUBATOR BARGAIN COUNTER.

INCUBATOR BARGAIN COUNTER.
When you buy that incubator, steer
clear of the bargain counter
Good machines aren't found in
"Cheap John" shops. We haven't time
to figure how far all the different style
machines in a straight line would
reach, but we know that we could
view all the dependable incubators in a
day without doing stunts and have
plenty of time to get to bed with the
chickens.
Incubators and brooders are of two
types. hot water and hot air, but many
of them are all hot air
Many of our correspondents in writ
ing about Matching machines begin
their letters, "I've been stung" They
got 1t at the bargain counter.
The exchange columns of the poul-
try journals are full of fellows who
are anxious to trade machines on
chickens They will give you a gilt
edge guarantee with the machine, but
the only way they can get chickens is
to swap. Such machines always incu-
bate-lots of trouble.
Now, it's pecks of fun to sit up nights
with an incubator full of high priced
eggs and monkey with a smoky lamp
and a cranky regulator and, after
twenty-one days of such nervous pros
tration, to just get left, And this all
turns to bushels of fun and tons of
amusement if you have invited all
rat of fri fn
behold the wonderful miracle of ma
ture when those beautiful, fuzzy balls
of chick activity break from their irk-
some environment to begin the voyage
of life.
In such d case New Year resolutions,
antimarriage pledges and church vows
often prove a failure like the hatch,
and even the company's guarantee gets
a black eye. Then what do you sup
pose happens when the company lets
him down easy by saying, '1n such a
case 1t is the result of poor manage
ment and infertile eggs, and we, of
course, are not responsible and will not
return the purchase pricer' Tableau.
Please remember that the best hatch
ing and brooding machinery isn't just
so much lumber and carpenter work.
The practical incubator that turns
out the big brood of livable chicks
wasn't hatched in n pile of sawdust
and shavings by some mongrel that
stole her nest
1t is the result of costly experiment
and scientific thinking.
n rar,nto l1a IN tor 1EO
eggs costs you from 500 to S25 and a
brooder to match is quoted at SIS to
500, don't twist your face to say,
"Wheww
That's cheap for good brains and sue
cessful Matching and brooding. You'll
see 1t later in fine eggs and stock.
When you buy your chicken machin-
cry, always consult a reputable poul-
tryman. He knows and is always in
touch with new inventions and i'm
provements in the Matching and brood
ing business. AS you are asking the
favor. inclose a stamp This is only
common decency.
Don't get the idea that a larger ma
chine at a cheap price is better than
Il SIHd4lcI ItputaDle udCHlue III lne
same price.
Hungarians always buy boots for
the amount of leather for the price,
not according to the fit
Better have a safety device incuba-
tor that costs 500 and hatches eighty
chicks to the hundred eggs set than
200 egg machine that costs 500 and
burns your house down.
Large machines are harder to regu-
late. more difficult to keep filed with
eggs, and many of them burn more oil
than two half the size.
They are hard to sell secondhand,
and poor hatch is a big loss. The $50
egg size is our measure for best re.
suits.
A big nuisance In incubating is a
half dozen different style incubators.
This often comes from attending rum
mage sales. Some are hot air others
hot water; some have water pans, 9th
ers not; some have automatic ventila-
tion, others slides, and all the instruc-
tions are different.
If you are train dispatcher or have
taken patent memory developer, you
can do the stunt, but never leave the
variety show in charge of your wife,
for there will surely be a fire or di-
vorce.