The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-04-12
Gleanings from the Scratch
ing Pen.
FERTILE EGGS.

hens are not given TO single male.
The fault of overcrowdng is one OF
the most fruitful sources of eggs that
will not hatch. with most breeds fif-
teen Is a good average.
WOMEN AND POULTRY.
Some of our best planned poultry farm
as VOL as our best-paying ones, are
the outgrowth of woman's skill and in
gcnuity. Most women show uualifica-
ton for neatncss about poultry of which
men are occasionally void and as clean
Illness is an important factor, she Of
ten outstrps our "lords of creation" in
results obtained. The care of poultry is
productive Of good health to women en-
gagged therein, giving them sufficient cx-
ercise in the open air, and just enough
of care aud responsibility to make their
work interesting and to make them feel
their Importance This field for women
is almost unlimited and 1t pays them
better profits than they can reasonably
expect from most other business VEN
tures.-Farm News.
PROGRESS OF INCUBATION.
AS soon as the egg reaches the incu-
batting temperature, the germ begins to
grow. If the egg is kept below the incu-
batting temperature for some days it will
spoil. The blood is moving by the end of
h. Ia AZ In hot
the end of the third day the vascular
area which forms its first set of lungs
is perfectly formed. If you break an
egg the third day in a dish of slightly
sailed warm water, you can note the
beating of tile heart. On the fourth day
the allantois starts to develop, spreads
out on the inside of the shell. and the
entire contents of the egg are eventual
ly enveloped by it. This organ is full
of boold vessels, is the organ through
which the bird breathcs, and acts as
the lungs-Wallace Farmer.
CHICKENS NEED WATER.
You may say, Every one knows that
but good many people forget it. We
have been in chicken houses where the
water pans were solid cake of ice the
greater part of the day, and where we
We're almost certain the chickens didn
get one good drink all day long. The
reason the town-lot fancier is often more
successful in raising chickens than is
the farmer is because the town-lot
fancier sees to 1t that his chickens have
feed and water every day. We venture
to say If the manufacturers of foun-
tains that keep the water warm Were
asked as to where their customers Were
located, they would tell us that the |
great majority of purchasers of conen- |
lences for the poultry house are found |
in the towns, where the chickens are en-
couraged to pay their way.-Wallaces
Farmer.
GOOD FOR POULTRY.
Poultry food should be palatabde. Some
grains are the favorite food for chickens
while others are not. Rye may be fed,
but it is not generally liked by poultry.
and should neer be made the principal
feed. 1t may be used in a mixture with
other grains, and will be eaten by the
flock. Relish is one of the factors of
proper feeding.
Food should be carried. The best con-
mercial poultry foods on the market are
Of the common farm grains.
There are varying amounts of each. ac-
cording to nutriue value and Cheap
ness--wheat. oats corn. barley,rye mil
let seed. cane seed. field peas. buckwheat,
sunflower seds and grass seeds. With
these are combined grit. shells and char
make such q combination, for theflock,
II grains on the farm.-Agricultural Ep-
tomist.
IMPORTANCE OF WATER.
As an egg Is more than nine-tenths
water the Importance of supplying the
hens with all the water they require can
not be too strongly urged. Water not
,nly enters into the composition of an
,gg as the leading substance. but 1t full
fills other purposes. 1t is as essential
70 the bird as solent to the food when
hard grains are fed, as the gizzard that
grinds the grain to powder. but the wal
ter is thus necessary to assist the d.
yestion and to convert the food into blood
Il is generally supposed that birds are
not partial to clean water and will
rink from filthy pools in preference to
pure water. But the fact Is the hen is
rather fastidious and will always prefer
pure water and clean food when they
are accessible to her. II there Is no
clean water in sight she Is compelled TO
drink what Is In sight. A laying hen re-
rr,iraa mora Uatar than Kansas