The Marshall republican., 1914-02-20

Is but I1ttlc more tnan SKIN ana
bones; the egg yolk making up a
large percentage OF the apparent wei
ght OF the chick. At the end OF the
three days period it weighs less than
at Matching.
Now it is obvious that with such a
frail bodily complement, the power to
Great or hold heat is small. In other
words. Il is easily chilled. Hence
nature provides It's powerful assist
ance: the warm. downy feathers of
tho hen, whose body stands convent
Ont 90 the chick. like a stove. tenn
rcrlturc lOI. Instinct tells the little
fellow just what TO do and for the
first few days he Is right up close to
'thc fire
Now note the difference under the
present artificial conditions. Hatch
cd ut temperature OF 10i-thcn down
into the nursery where Thermometer
shows from 50 to 30. No apparent
harm yet, but wait and see. Then
into the brooder where particular dir
]cctions say % to 100. three inches
from Ccoldj floor. And in from three
TO live days. the trouble sets up and
you lose tie regulation 80 per cent OF
your chicks.
How do I manage? Why, some
thing Ike this. try to have @ vac
ant incubator standing by, heated up
10 about 100 ou the floor Of the nur-
scfy tray. ogg tray removed. Just as
soon as possible, without danger TO
hatch. / remove the chicks and place
IN the other incubator. In q hours.
they nrc removed 10 hroOdCr. showing
ll5. 3 inches from floor. which Is
warm sand. and some alfalfa leaves
On top. Thus / have no white diar-
! rh1ou.
The ro1sou YOU have Il r., that the
chick cannot keep up enough heat to
prevent the egg yolk inside rs little
body from becoming chilled; that Il.
falling below "A temperature OF gS =
ana her, It s.: % cold mass OF indIgos-
liable material, which the chick can
not possibly asaimllato. and soon, In
q lew hours perhaps. you soc the re-
suit. and say your chick has white
diarrhoea.
Have YOU any bottle babies IN
your house? That H., were any OF
your children raised 10y hand. Instead
OF by the natural way? II 10. do you
recall how particular the nurse was
to get the milk warmed up Just right
before fceding' II It got the 'ood
anyways cold, digestive trouble was
sure TO set mp. It's natures effort 10
gct rid OF something II cant handle,
and / sometimes think that white
diarrhoca IN chicks rs also an effort
% nature 10 rid the chick OF lnllgest.
lille matter. Only the little chick Is
not strong enough 10 stand the opera
ton.
In my first brood last February
live chicks, &C two days old, escaped
through tho wire gauzc Of the brood
or, and had been out In the cold
broodor house, IN freezing tempcra-
turc, for some time before / folnd
them. thoroughly chilled. 1 put
thom back IN the broooder and In @
couple OF days had five cases a.
white d%iurrhooa, Per contra, DOT
long afterwards, IN opening a brooiel
house door where there was another
brood, ten days old, one escaped my
notice and got out In snow several
inches deep. Half al hour later
found Il l%louudering in the snow cole
and crying. l put II back In the
brooder, and there was no bad result
WHY? Simply because there was
nothing TO cause Il. There was nC
undigosted yolk or food TO chill.
And now do you get my point?
simply assert hat white dinrrhooa.
invariably, except In the few case
from external infection, Is caused ny
THE CHILLING OF THE EGG YoLl
IN THE BODY OF THE CHICK. L
that plain? You can see why white
dlarrhoea takes place within iron
one to five days from Matching, and
why we say that IL We can get tn
chick over the first ten days, We are
safe.
: All this looks simple; just Il littl,
/ physiological fact, but | will ask you
to consider what It means, That Is
II | am right, and know I'm from
numerous experiments. II means ,
complete revolution in the constrac
tion OF inoubators. No II will b,
riaht uulaae a furpiShag a warm VOL