The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
A PLANT INCUBATOR.

A PLANT INCUBATOR.
Unless one has an EXCEPTIONAL.
protected garden spot Or UNUSUAL!
good window facilities for starting
plants, try the following incubator.
The quickness with which the seer
terminates in it will more than make
up for the lateness of the start. fol
l did not wish to write of 1t until
We had tested the plan.
Ours is box tall enough to hold
a common lantern, with a tray to
set in grooves above the lantern,
much as trunk tray fits in. Good
loose soil was filled in the tray, the
tomato and cabbage seed planted IN
rows in the soil, not covered quite
as deeply as if sown in bed. A
damp cloth was spread over this 10
prevent the soil washing when it is
| watered.
The lighted lantern is set in the
box, the tray fitted in, glass laid
over the tray, and there you are.
The lantern wouldn't say lighted.
80 augur holes were bored in the
end and sides of the box TO furnish
the necessary oxygen.
The cabbage seed were planted 1T
each end of the tray, the tomatoes
directly in the center, nearest over
the heat, but it would be better 20
have two separate incubators, as the
cabbage terminates much more
quickly.
Notwithstanding we didn't have the
glass covering until the third day the
cabbages were all up nicely in 4S
hours, and the tomato seed beginning
to sprout.
The incubator stands by a small
east window, in a room without heat.
One year we successfully used an
old chicken incubator to start toma to
plants in. and it was fine; there be-
Ing more room transplanting needn't |
be done so soon.
1t seems one could use an oil stove
Tor this, placing the seed box on top
Of the stove covering the box with
glass, and not turning the blaze too
high. One could have the tomato
seed box over one burner, the cab
page over another, and keep the to-
nato burner turned the highest
Quick and frequent transplanting,
With judicious hardening off is what !
makes nice stocky plants for the gar
len. Frequent tr-nsplsn ling Gevel-
Ups fibroGs or feeding roots. and tacv
Ire ready to go ID work searching for
God as soon as set in the garden,
md II the food is supplied the plants
make surprisingly quick growth
9. G., in the Indiana Farmer,
FEEDING BROILERS FOR GROWTH
At one of the institutes, a gentle
nan in speaking of the scheme Of ,
eeding broilers so that they nigh. ,
eceive the greatest growth in the ,
hortest time, said that he thought ,
great deal depended upon the kind +
t food given, how prepared. and {
hen given. Of course. the principal
bod must be the different grains.
orn alone would not make a good r
nlcken, as it is most valuable for ,
8 fattening and warming qualities. !,
Wheat contains the material for :
one, feathers, ETC., oats for muscle,
he feeds corn, two parts: wheat, :,
ne part; oats, one part, and by this =
scures fast-growing chicken. Feed -
ny OF these grains alone and we =
ave all kinds but fast growing, =
eak-leggcd, sore-eyed, no feathers, Z
nd every conceivable deformity.
id to these grains a quantity o.
eat, which will take the place 0;
sects, which form a part Of thei.
stural food.
See that the fowls have plenty OF e
nd or gravel as they have no teeth, :,
Id must have this gravel to grind ~
e feed in the gizzard Give oyster II
clam shell ground or pounded as o
lie as wheat. Keep also by them u
me powdered ckarcoal-it prevents o.
e digestive organs from becoming u
ogged with soured food if they have "
ten too much. Il
II all these things are provided W
them, the houses kept clean. and p'
caslonally sprinkled with carbolic OF
Id and one a month given a thin al
at of whitewash, the chickens Ell
ould keep in perfect health. But
any signs of roup or other dis. &C
sc. to which they are subject g
ould appear, use a liberal supply m
Douglas mixture. which is simply CT
9 pound OF sulphate of iron (cop- a
ras) and one ounce of sulphuric re
Id dissolved in a gallon of water. tn
sc; two or three tablespoonfuls to m
en- one hundred chickens, in their fir
I'd or drink, for each day until m
~ are better-Weekly Witness. st
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