The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
DR.. Brigham's Prophecy We
viii Have Such Things
Coming True.
STIMULATE THE INDUSTRY
Chinese and Egyptians First to
Use Them. and With
Great Success.
ny Prof. II. II. sTONEBURN.

pressed his belief that In tho not distant
future We would see such esta blishmcnts
located In most poultry producing sec
tions, and his prophecy btds fair TO be
fulfilled
The idea Is not new one In fact,
the Chinese and Egyptians have fol-
lowed this plan for generations. pos
s!bly for centuries The custom hatch
era " China use batteries or small incu-
bators. earthcn Jars heated by small char
coal Ares. Those Of Egypt have gone a
step further and successfully operate
huge incubators which are really houses
built OF bricks and earth One OF these
Is described as being % feet long. 90
feet wide and &c feet high with a capao-
ny of 10000 eggs at one time
n is said that The art OF operating
these incubators r. handed down from
father 20 son and that remarkably good
matches are uniformly secured For In
stance. at the Egyptian hatchery de-
scribcd above. 270. 900 eggs were incu-
oa;ed in one season and $4,000 chicks
produced. This means hatch OF about
20 per cent. record which few Ameri-
can operators can equal
Prior to the perfection OF the giant or
mammoth type OF incubator In this coun-
try a few custom hatcheries OF compare
lively small capacity were established
here and are said 10 have paid very
good profits. Since the advent OF tho big
machines, which are said 10 he more eco
nomical 20 operate than a collection OF
small incubatOrs OF equal capacity. a
large number Of custom hatcher;es have
been established In some cases these
have a very large capacity. Others are
Ia the experimental stage and are ex-
panding In proportion 10 tho local de-
mand
u seems 10 be tn" rule that such estao-
l'shin"nts greatly stimulate the poultry
industry In their immediate vicinity. The
reason IL no; far to seek Farmers and
others who make poultry raising side
line often hesitate 10 invest Ia incubators
for personal use. and depend upon the
hens 20 hatch their chicks when they
and IT possibl" TO have chicks Matched at
low cost they tako advantage OF the
opportunity TO largely increase their fiocks
OF youngsters. Poulirymen with INSULT
cient incubator equipment adopt the same
plan Others frankly couoeds that the
experienced ana well equipped operators
san hatch more and better chicks from a
given number OF eggs. and 80 consider
u good business 20 permit these experts
10 do this work FOR them. Under such
conditions the chick population in the
surrounding territory il greatly Increased
This naturally means more flesh and eggs
Go sell and more money coming In.
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