The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-09-25

NNenOdh, IL - w. X. Curt IS, of Ran.
somYllle, n. Y. one OF the CurtIss
brothers, who not only raise many
thousands Of ducks every year, sue.
cessiully, and make this branch OF
the poultry business pay them well,
out who in 1908 also managed 10
raise about $4,000 chicks with sue.
cess and profit. The proof OF the
padding is in the eating thereof Mr..
Curtiss freely gave away the secrets
OF their success or successes. in an
address at the recent poultry instI.
tute at Cornell University. He first
laid particular stress on the quality
OF the eggs used for Matching. THIS
Is the real and only foundation. You
nave TO have strong eggs, and strong
ly fertile eggs, he said. Breeders
that were fed by the dry mash sys.
tenn gave eggs OF the highest fertility;
the fertility of the season averaged
fully ten per cent better than when
wet mach was given. You can't raise
strong chicks from weak eggs, and
a wet mash Is more likely to give
weak eggs than dry mash.
No incubator ever made, so Mr..
Curtiss claims, can hatch as strong
chicks as the Cd hen: we are not
yet able to improve upon natures
way. We can't, however. grow large
numbers of chicks with hens: In we
want a great many chicks we must
employ artificial methods Of Matching
and brooding After the chicks arc
Matched, we want to raise them, and
not see one after another dropping
on. The hot water pipe broodsr.
with hover ut back closed, was not
found satisfactory. The plan OF driv.
ing the chicks cut from under the
hovers three or four times a day, TO
get them out into the air, was tried
and helped some. but the results were
not wholly satisfactory. Then the
hovers were changed, and arranged
with 6inch space at the back, be.
yond the pipes, and this was an i'm.
provement. There was room both in
front and in the rear for them to run
out. Installing the Universal hovers
In colony houses gave splendid re.
suits. The chicks grew well and
crowded outdoors OF their own wolf.
ton. The Curtiss brothers last year
built an incubator room from two
Mammoth incubators, two stories
high, using the second story for n
brooier house. The lower story Is
ten feet high and the second story
eight feet, with a fat roof. The ]
chicks are brooded by the pipe sys-
tenn, using the heat from the heater
which runs the incubators on the floor
below. Universal hovers are placed |
over the pipes. In the hours a tenn.
of so TO 70 degrees Is main |
tanned, and 81 degrees under the HOY
srs.
Mr.. Curtiss believes II does not
matter much what you feed, so long
ls you have good. strong, vigorous
chicks. He feeds a variety, as variety
prompts the chick to eat. The infer.
'ile eggs are boiled hard. and mixed
With other stun TO make a GRUMPY ]
mass. For this purpose, bran and
ow grade of -four, with a little corn
AC~A 40 uoCu nc uoOA1 VI the pens
Ire covered with cut clover, and chick
God is scattered all through IT, For
! change. pin-head oat meal and pin.
lead wheat is given. Try to give
iomething new all the time. He says;
Don't put too many chicks together
n a box, 30 TO 35 is enough. They
lifted up the cover II they appeared
o be warm, and took of the cover al
osether towards the last. The ami.
nal heat was sufficient. They run
nto the box to get warmed up; all
IN In or all run out together. Their
olony houses are 6x6 feet on the
round, and they put partition in
D prevent the youngsters crowding"
The puilets should all be well
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