Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-05

some catalogs and after deciding
what you want order the machine
early in order 20 have It ready when
you want 1t. After you get your In.
cubator you viii see that very clear
and practical Instructions come with
1t, and II these are carefully followed
even inexperienced persons can run
incubators successfully. In selecting
the incubator one should select the
size best suited to your wants: the
size depends upon the number Of
chicks you wish to hatch. but q con.
venient size for the average farmer is
one for 200 eggs. Incubators with less
capacity, after the infeetile eggs are
removed and the others that fail to
hatch. leave an unsatisfactory num-
Der to the beginner after waiting and
watching for three weeks In anxiety
for the results. Then, q machine OF
more than 2o0-egg capacity could not
be readily filled by the ordinary farm
fock. as eggs should not be kept too
long before placing them in the In
cubator.
A we'll ventilated, dry cellar makes
the best location for an incubator
After making the machine perfectly
level, 1t should be run few days to
heat and regulate It before placing
the eggs In 1t. and then II will need
very little attention from that time
until the chicks begin to hatch. Heat
YOUR machine to 1913 degrees before
the eggs are put in. Then place your
eggs in and don't bother tse.: again
until the third day, except TO ill ana
trim your lamp every evening.
Some people say all the lamp IN
the morning, but prefer to NIL 1t IN
the evening, as the fresh fame will
hold more heat during the cold night.
and you will take less chances OF any
thing going wrong with the Tame
burning too high or too low. On the
evening OF the third day began turn
ing the eggs by hand, 80 IS to air
thoroughly, and from then until the
eighteenth morning turn them twice
a day and keep airing them a little
longer each day. From the fifteenth
day on you will need to change the
regulator just a tribe II the eggs run
strongly fertile. as the animal heat
tends 70 raise the temperature OF the
machine, keep turning the eggs un-
ell IL is about time for them to hatch.
when the machine is left closed until
after the hatch is complete. When the
Matching is done, :he unmatched eggs
| and empty shells are removed with the
,.ays. and the chicks left in the incu-
batter over night. The next morning
.hev ere taken 20 the brooder which
has been heating since the previous
day. Tho incubator Is then cleaned
thoroughly disinfected and made ready
for the next hatch.
An important factor in settins
good matches Is to thoroughly test
on. the infertile eggs. Excellent egS
testers with instruction for use are
furnished with most machines. These
testers can be placed on an ordinary
lamp, and the eggs tested at nigh'
when the room is dark. I consider
the sixth day the best time Tor the
first test. A good strong germ mas
the appearance OF spider in the egg
A blood circle adnering to the sheu
denotes dead germ: a perfectly
clear as well as cloudy egg is IN
fertile and should be removed. THESE
discarded eggs can be saved. boiled
and fed 70 the young chicks. 1 have
found ii a good plan to retest the
/! eggs again on the fourteenth day, ano
! while some don't think this really nee
| eesary I think 1t well to do It When
YOU purchase an incubator, select one
that has A reputation rs a good hatch-
er. fill II with good fresh, strongly tes.
tile eggs, take pains in running II. ano
YOU Will be repaid with nice LOT o.
tchick&,