Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-04-18

IHWG9M II hen OIIeu COuCluuSo ~
quit. Anyone who has had
IA much experience Matching
with hens and with ineuba-
tors knows for himself that the
incubator Is to be preferred, for many
reasons. One of these is that 1t is
no more trouble to take care of an
incubator holding 200 eggs than 1t
is o care for two setting hens; and
the incubator is always ready to WORK,
no matter what time in the year it is
called upon.
The incubator of today is very
reliable machine, II properly handled.
After long experience have con-
cluded that most incubators lack in
the way of ventilation. By this
mean that they are not so ventilated
that the proper quantity of fresh air
gets into the egg-chamber. To over
come this by introducing more fresh
air seems to be rather hard task
in machines, but cooling or airing the
eggs rectifies this defect.
! am not believer in the non-mois-
ture feature of some incubators for
all times and places. When an iuou.
bator is operated in cellar It
ally brings off a good batch wil
50 b. na,'s 5.l Z, "a Rel d sfaiGa N
room above ground, especially Ga a
house where fires are Kept up, It is
without doubt better to supply some
moisture after the tenth. day.
To be absolutely fair want 70 add
&c
from a nomenclature incubator operat
ed under unfavorable conditions. ]
now have and use an incubator which
has a moisture pan in 1t and have
never had poor hatch from it.
would not hesitate to buy nom
moisture incubator because one can
be used with moisture almost as cas-
lily as any other machine. l would,
however, place a pie-tin filled with
water or fairly large sponge we'll
wetted, under the egg-drawer about
the tenth day. Again It is often best
to have as many chicks of the same
size and age as possible, as an even
lot sells better than one of many
sizes.
There are many other reasons why
the incubator is preferable to the
hen as Matching machine, but 1t is
not necessary to go into this. Somt
short rules which have been fuunt
good by long experience will be bet
ter than long discussion of the sub
ject and give these below
Start the incubator and operate
few days before putting in the eggs
This will give the operator famil
lar knowledge OF the workings OF tn
machine. Try to keep the tempera
ture In the egg chamber as near 10
degrees as possible. A variation Q
one degree either way will not do an
particular harm.
When you have learned how to kee
a comparatively even temperature pu
the eggs in the tray. The temperi
ture will fall at once, but do not tr
to change this by putting on NOR
heat. The cold eggs cause the ia
in temperature and as soon as the
become warm the temperature will G
back to the proper point.
Learn to keep the lamp fame Jul
at the place where 1t will furnis
enough heat to keep the regulate
damper about one-eighth of an inc
above the top of the fiue OF chime
This will give enough surplus heat s
the temperature will keep up durir
the night.
Turn the eggs for the first time
the end OF the second day and aft
that turn them at least twice a da
Recent experiments have shown thi
a hen changes the position of h,
eggs as many as five times in a da
1t is not necessary that eggs be LurnC
half over. If they are turned on
part way over the effect will be ju
as good.
Keep TIE larger end of each egg
little higher than the smaller end
When turning the eggs do not
in hurry about getting them bat
into the machine. Once a day lea
them out to air and cool off. TIL
cooling should last from ten to thir
minutes according to the state of Il
weather.