The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

IN aJ ing as long as 1t IS prop
Il MA erly attended to. While the
is M hon, often concludes to
lsaH auit Anyone who has had
y H much experience Matching
with hens and with incuba-
|. . Knows for himself that the
n a,.. sa il to be preferred, for many
L / . .ss0ns One of these is that 1t Is
4 5 n,0ra trouble to take care OF an
sabstor holding 200 eggs than It
sss ! cara Ter two setting hens; and
4. lneubator is always ready to work,
! ,,stter what time In the year 1t Is
sIled upon,
Tbs incubator of today is a very
,,lisbIa machine, II properly handled.
it'd long experience / have con-
,Indad that most incubators lack in
n Vay Of ventilation. By this I
! mean that they are not so ventilated
, 4 lint the proper quantity of fresh air
,sts into the egg-chamber. To over
oas this by introducing more fresh
ii seems to be a rather hard task
d machines, but cooling or airing firing the
aggs reetifies this defect.
! am not a believer in the non-mois-
sara feature OF some incubators for
Il III times and places. When an ineu-.
bator Is operated In cellar It usu-
lily brings off a good hatch without
aaded moisture, but when operated in
room above ground, especially in a
house where fires are kept up, 1t Is
without doubt better to supply some
moisture after the tenth day.
% be absolutely fair want to add
that i have some excellent results
nom nomenclature incubator operat-
1 ID under unfavorable conditions.
now have and use an incubator which
las moisture pan In 1t and | have
never had a poor hatch from it.
would not hesitate to buy a nom
Moisture incubator because one can
b used with moisture almost as cas-
~ as any other machine. l would,
aFeTer, place pie-tin filed with
vatar or q fairly large sponge we'll
Hetted under the egg-drawer about
ne tenth day. Again it is often best
9 have as many chicks Of the same
sze and age as possible, as an even
lot sells better than one of nany
ases.
There are many other reasons why
he incubator is preferable to the
aea as Matching machine, but 1t is
aot necessary to 60 into this. Some
snort rules which have been found
soea. by long experience will be bet
ler than long discussion Of the SUBJ
! 'eet and give these below:
stan the Incubator and operate it
81 eW days before putting In the eggs.
rms Will give the operator famii-
W knowledge of the workings of the
machine. Try to keep the tempera-
j VIE IN the egg chamber as near 103
sss1ees as possible. A variation of
ae degree either way will not do any
PARTICULAR harm.
Haeh you have learned how to keep
: eonparatively even temperature put
sas eggs In the tray. The tempera-
" VIII fall at once, but do not try
Y cnange this by putting on more
8 !. Inc cold eggs cause the fall
= temperature and as soon as they
I sseome warm the temperature will go
aaek TO the proper point.
Learn to keep the lamp fame Just
: me place where 1t will furnish
slousa heat to keep the regulator
ssnper about one-eighth of an inch
n, tne top of the t1ue or chimney.
!. sns VIII give enough surplus heat so
.ss temperature will keep I'D during
lie night.
], iafn the eggs for the first time at
y, ~ end Of the second day and after
s. s.as turn them at least twice a day.
went experiments have shown that
asa changes the position of her
: ssss as many as five times in a day,
h.,s not necessary that eggs be turned
n ~. oyer. II they are turned only
y good. ~ WIZ NC Just
MAJ p Inc larger end of each egg a
me n, algher than the smaller end. :,
i .Asa turning the eggs do not be
NJ !. aarFy about getting them back
Ihss, eus machine. Once day leave
,oa .a out to air and cool of. This
DIM. s should last from ten to thirty
Feather. ~ '0s s'ass Oh the