The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-05-07
WE'LL FORMED EGGS SELECTED POR
MATCHING.

WE'LL FORMED EGGS SELECTED PoR
HATCHINa
of incubators for Matching winter
chicks is not particularly profitable.
The second important advantage
claimed for incubators is that Of saw
ing labor. or. in other words, they en-
able one person to hatch much larger
! number of ~chicks than would be pos
Sfble with the use Of hens This claim
Is worthy of consideration. 1t is, in
fact. the chief reason why incubators
have gained their present standing.
AS to the percentage of Matching
and the vitality Of the chicks, the aver
age incubator. especially in the hands
of the novice, will hardly equal the
! extensive study of the results obtained
! with incubators by Kansas farmers
The results showed that about as many
farmers failed with incubators as sue
ceeded with them
The percentage of eggs that hatch
either in incubators or with hens is
commonly overestimated. The extraor-
! binary matches at poultry shows are
! usually arranged by setting two incu-
bators and testing out the live eggs
just before Matching and putting them
In the one machine. A GO per cent
hatch Of all eggs set for the season is
good enough. Many very large and
successful poultry farms have lower
| averages. The advisability of purchas-
ing All incubator will depend upon many
| circumstances. All those who breed
! Leghorns will require incubators. With
| the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or
| Rhode Island Reds should favor
Matching with hens until the poultry
| work grows to such size that this be-
comes impractical
Eggs For Matching.
There are many superstitious no.
tons prevalent regarding the relation
/ of the shape of an egg to it's vitality
and the sex Of the forthcoming chick
en-. Such notions have no ground in
! fact. Eggs having weak shells that
might become broken in the nest or
unusually small eggs should be dis
carded. If there are more eggs availa-
BILE than we wish for sitting it will be
better to select the fresher eggs than
to be overparticular about shape and
appearance. The eggs for Matching
should be stored in cool, dry location
and shifted or rolled about occasion
ally.
Eggs exposed to freezing tempera-
ture If not actually frozen may still
retain their vitality, but it is generally
considered best to keep them at a tenn
perature between 40 and 70 degrees.
If kept too warm eggs dry out rapid
~ and will not hold their vitality. A
good rule IS not to set eggs over two
weeks old. The idea that jarring, as
by thunder. will injure the Matching
Of eggs Is without foundation: like
wise the advice to let eggs rest after
shipping has been proved to be ground
less.
Accommodations For Sitting Hons.
The convenience Of the arrangement
Tor sitting hens has great deal to do
with the success Of the Matching. BY
all means should advise that place
be provided for the sitting hens away
, from the general poultry house. This
may be in separate room or building.
! where tiers Of boxes are used for the
nests and feed. water, and dust wal
low provided in the room. The nest
boxes are open on the top. not on the
side. and a board is laid loosely across
' them M to confine' the hen The hens are
set 7in groups, SO that those sitting on On
ssos rhinh e Re IN hatch tIe as Is,