Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-02
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WASHINGTON, d. c. Users of
tncubators are given the following sug.
gestions in new free publication OF
the departmeIl of agriculture entitled
Natural and Artificial Incubation of
Hens Eggs, (Farmers' Bulletin No.
$3.50: .ssr@5 ..
See that the incubator is running
steadily at the desired temperature
before filling with eggs. Do not add
fresh eggs to a tray containing eggs
which are undergoing incubation.
Turn the eggs twice daily after the
second and until the nineteenth day.
Cool the eggs once daily, according
TO the weather, from the seventh to
Ithe nineteenth day.
Turn the eggs before caring for
the lamps.
Attend to the machine carefully at
regular hours. >@z-
Keep the lamp and wick clean.
Test the eggs on the seventh and
fourteenth days. ...-. .....rrs,-a ..
Do not open the machine after the
eighteenth day until the chickens are
hatched. g. & y. ~ - sr-e
In setting up and operating an ineu.
bator follow the directions of the man.
ufactHrers There are large number
Of reliable Amarican-madei incubators
but the department cannot recon,
mend any particular kind. 1t does
advise, however, that poultry raisers
select an incubator that has already
given satisfaction in the vicinity
where It Is to be used. AS the cost OF
the machine is small compared with
the eggs ii matches, 1t Is a good in.
sestment to get a well, constructed in
eubator instead of a cheap one, which
requires more attention and wears
out quicker. The equipment of most
incubators is so subject to change
that particular lamps, regulators. etc,
cannot be recommended. The lamp
however, should have bowl large
enough to hold enough oil to burn sc
hours under average weather condi.
tionss should be easy to remove and
replace, should set absolutely tight in
position, and be at a , convenient
height. r.. ..... -, -.
Larger lneubators Preferable. ,<,7@
An incubator holding so eggs calls
for as much time and care as one
holding $50, and for ordinary use, a
machine Of at least $50 egg capacity
seems most satisfactory On those
large farms that use individually
|incubators, the machine usually holds
from 900 to 400 eggs, and q small ma.
chine is sometimes used for a pre-.
liminary test. the eggs being trans,
ferred to the large Incubator after the
first or second test. Large machines
cost less in proportion to the number
of eggs they hold than smaller ones
However, smaller machines are valu.
able under special conditions. as for
preliminary testing. -. -
Chickens are more even in size
when they are all Matched within a
short time OF each other than when
the incubating period is extended over
many weeks. Many poultrymen,
therefore, believe that It pays to have
an incubator large enough to hatch
most of their stock in two, or at most,
three matches. Much time in tending
to the iheubators and breeders is
saved in this way. A fair estimate
for poultry farm is to have the in
cubator hold Is many eggs as there
are hens, provided that about one-haIf
Of the flock is to be renewed yearly
and no outside Matching Is carried on
Well.ventilated room Needed.
A well-yentilated room, which is
not subject to great variations In tenn