The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07
SOME POINTERS
ABOUT CHICKENS
IInnolnln AnrIl 1. 1911.

Editor star. | have always won |
dcrcd how It Is that people |
get SO interested I'm the business
or occupation Of raising chick !
ems. but wonder no longer. For in'
place Of 1t being simple, ! find 1t com.
pick, and in place of It being crude,
unsanitary, and dirty it is quite the.
reverse, and requires a good deal of
intelligence to run It,
Indeed science, mechanics, and
many other things have been called
into play to furnish devices, and.
knowledge for carrying on this BUSH
ness. And | will say, that it would be
very hard to find anything more in
eenious than the mechanical device
or thermostos that controls the heat
i'm the incubator, or the accuracy with
which the work is done. Indeed It is
simply wonderful to see how delicate
ly, and how perfectly this device can
be adjusted so as to keep the tenn
perature of the apparatus, or incuba-
tor at the right degree of heat.
The breeders are only 2 little less
wonderful than the incubators, and
at the same time, so simple that a
child could make them. There are,
of course some Of them more difficult
! of construction, but i'm this warm
climate the simpler ones are said to
answer.
And ! would like to say that these
| inCubatOrs and breeders are brought
to so high a state of perfection as to
amaze people and not only at the in
telligence and ingenuity displayed in
their construction, as in the perfection
Of the work they accomplished and
which seems to be an improvement on
| nature itself. There are also devices
that are used for nest traps, water
troughs, and many other things, that
are no less ingenious than the de-
vices that control the heat in the
incubators and breeders.
And amazing as this is, it is no more
so than that displayed in the pains
taking care that is taken in every
degree, and detail of the management.
| And particularly is this true of the
| little chicks, and the chickens, and the
good effects of which is shown not
only in their wonderful growth, but in
their good health as well.
And had such intelligence, and care
been given to the diet of human be-
ings, it is safe to say that a countless
number of precious lives would have
been saved, and almost all of the sick
ness, suffering and poverty, banished
from the world.
And as to the results could anything
be better? For if it is praiseworthy
| to make two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew before, how much
more praiseworthy it must be to pro-
duce countless little creatures that are
instinct with life, intelligence, bright
ness, and beauty, and whose pert looks
and cute little ways are a constant
source of pleasure, to say nothing of
the profit there is in this business.
1t may also be news to most people,
to learn that it does not require a
large place in which to conduct this
business, for a small alfalfa patch will
supply the chickens with all the green
food that they need, and a small
scratch place, or floor. will be
large enough to give them all the
work they need, or require.
In support of this statement, I will
say that l visited one place, where
a most profitable business is carried
on, and which was so small as to sur
prise one that any chickens could be
raised there at all, much less a profit
able business done there. In this place
the proprietor has devised most