El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-29
Some Points On Incubation In This Climate.
By W. B. BROWNS.

TOW is the time to study over
M the failures you have had with
your new or old incubatOrs and
also to give said good OF bad incuba-
tors a thorough cleaning and sun bath
SO you will be ready for your fall trials.
Whether you had success or not the
past summer, it will do no harm to try
and seek improvement for the future.
1 have had many inquiries about
this and that reason why incubatOrs did
not do as represented and If had any
preference to any one make. 1 an
sWer, none. All incubators are good.
If you will study nature as it is ap-
piled to Matching eggs you will then see
that the fault is all your own. Don't
take it for granted, especially the in
structiOns you get with your incuba-
tors are just the real thing for your
locality, for in most cases they are not,
and if you persist in going by the in
structions you will meet up with fall
ure every time, for they only tell of the
success attained where the incubator
is made, not in your locality. where it
is put to practical demonstration.
First of all things in using an incu-
batOr is to have nothing but the very
best of tested thermometers, for this
little instrument has got to be rel1a-
bic for you to be successful. Never
use thermometer You have to guess
as to its accuracy, for 1t is valuable
time wasted. In selecting your eggs
for Matching, use only the eggs OF one
breed of poultry. Don't mix the eggs
of the different breeds, for some eggs
are thick shelled and others thin, and
when you mix them in an incubator
and expect the incubator to do your
asserting and hatch all eggs, you are
over stepping or rather Sinking your
part of the work. Place eggs you in
tend to use for Matching in a cold place
where the temperature will not get
higher than 60 degrees, let them sea-
son from to u days place them so
the little end is down. turn once day.
For Matching.
For Matching, test your eggs select
ed for the incubator and see that the
eggs are of uniform size and smooth.
For the beginner, 1 will say that it is
impossible to tell every egg at the first
test for one should test the eggs on
the 10th and 18th days of incubation,
and all clear or partly clouded eggs
should be taken from the trays and
thrown away.
Watch very carefully the airing and
also the moisture, for you Will soon
find out that the instructions you get
with your incubator will not suit in
this section of the country on account
of the heat. As to the airing for the
period of six days (after the three
days allowed for the eggs to show fer
tility) should be from Is to 20 min
utcs time, twice a day. It can be done
when You turn the eggs; from the 10th
to the 18th day more time should be
allowed for the airing process. at least
20 to 80 minutes at each time you turn
the eggs.
1t viii take from two to three times
the moisture in this climate to be of
the same value as in the northern
states where they have plenty of rain.
The safest plan is to use a large piece
of blOtting paper and keep it moist all
the time after the seventh day You
can also see by this process of giving
moisture which part of the incubator
uses the most moisture; also YOU can
tell if the incubator has perfect circu-
lation OF air.
keen ii clean: use nothing but the hest
of oils. as high grade oil is less La
bic to smoke or cause you trouble.
Keep the ground under the incubator
damp, Have your incubator placed in