The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-24

In full hast. 1t Is held In the Uld
Sun building, A very large numb el
of the finest chickens ever seen ia
Chanute are on exhibition. The bird,
are In fne aye aud anyone who
wins in this show viii have to have
worthy birds. There are nearly SOC
birds on exhibition, not only by local
fanciers but Many from outside, bred
by our most celebrated fanciers. You
simply can't affurd to miss his show,
II you ever eat chicken. The quality
Of the birds exhibited 10 beyond
expectation. Every admission tit ket
sold entities the holder to one chance
10 the drawing for turkey each
evening. The show will continue
through Saturday and until 10 O'Clock
Saturday night.
Taking the practical side of the
poultry business, the biggest profit
comes to those who raise their
chickens in the e0untry-in the
villages, suburban towns and On the
farms. Nearly all Of my Incubator
and brooder customers live outside
the big cities, and they raise chickens
to sell to the city folks and they make
money BY doing it.
II has not been so very many years
sIace eggs were selling in the spring
throu2 bout all the West Central
States, for ten cents dozen, and In
the extreme eastern and western
sections OF the United States they
were down to twenty ana twenty Ave
cents. Quite q change, though, 10
late years, especially 80 the. last two
Years.. 1 don't know OF the, market
price Of eggs At Liucoln being below
20 cents during this time. Chickens
nave been so scarce aud the price SO
high that could not have enjoyed
many chicken dinners had mob made
broilers out Of some of my chicks
hatched for exhibits and in my
experiments.
These good prices have come to
stay. In every part Of the entire
country, poultry raising-for eggs and
market-can be r-ied on SUD-
cessfully. 1t ~ not much work to
raise profitable bunch Of chickens
II you have good incubators and
breeders. The work, drudgery aud
disappointment comes from raising in
the old way with hens or with cheap,
unreliable machines. 1t Is true,
some care and patience is needed
There is only one way that you can
get money without having to do
SON ething for 1t, and that is to have
It. left to you by a rich relative,
People who are In the poultry busi-
ness find the work Of Matching and
raising chicks, and In gathering The
eggs, sending them to market, etc,
very pleasant. Lots Of people who,,
on account Of their health, can't, do
hard work, fina that the outdoor life
that poultry raising affords improves
their health, furnishes agreat amount
of pleasure and yields nice profit
besides.
The only way to raise chickens in
large numbers in a short space OF
time and have them at the right
time to get the biggest prices for
them is to use incubators and
breeders. BY use OF the hen for
hatchisg and brooding, enough chicks
cannot be raised in season to make
it pay. Many Of my customers tell
me that they would rather take care
Of 100 chicks in a breeder than to
care for one old hen and her brood
You can set as many eggs In medium
sized incubator as you can put under
teu setting hens. With the machines
you have absolute coBtrol at all times.
No lice to fight. No danger of eggs
being broken or chilled during iBcuba-
ton. Eggs and chicks perfectly safe
at all times. No work at all COM
pared with the work that ten fussy
old hens would cause you.
Reader, If you want to raise
chickens-show chickens or market
chickens-either for pleasure or profit,
you will be better satisfied II you use
incubators and breeders. During a
years tint 1 get letters from thous-
and of poultry raisers who tell me
how they raise their chickens and the
methods they have found the best.
II 1 don't know from my own ex-
perience that artificial Matching and
brooding gives the best satisfaction,
the letters get would soon make me
know II. e.
(By P. n. Wickstrum, the Queen In
cubator Ma Lincoln, Neb,)
II you desire to keep the pure