El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19

crisp before they can take root in their
new location.
Wrap EGGS Well
To combat this evaporation from the
egg IL should be gathered as soon as
practicable after being laid, wrapped
I'm paper and placed in as cool and hui
mid an atmosphere as can be provided
A little ingenuity in a man will enable
him 10 devise both a cool and a moist
place TO store his eggs for incubating.
OF course, 1t goes without saying that
they should be turned daily while be-
ing accumulated for the incubator.
Before placing eggs in the machine
be sure that the temperature has been
regulated TO run uniformly at los DE-
grees ar a little less. but not more
than One-half degree less. Some oper-
ators run the first week at 1O2 and
raise the temperature for the last two
weeks 70 100 degrees Certainly Il
should never be less than 102 degrees.
and I have always preferred TO have il
a little higher. though never in the
early stage Of the hatch higher for a
single minute than 100 degrees Later
I'm the process Of incubation the en-
bryo is more resistant OF extremes OF
heat and for a short while can endure
quite a high and quite a low tempera-
ture. though every time IL is subjected
TO either extreme its vitality is weak
ened and finally fails to emerge from
the shell. and with a multitude in that
predicament has the poultryman guess
Ing why his chicks do not hatch. but die
in the shell after attaining fun ma
turity.
Watch Your Thermometer.
Watch your Thermometer closely and
see that il runs uniformly at los dur
ing the entire period-never a fraction
Of a degree above during the first week
and little below preferred. During the
second and third weeks il should be
Kept up TO loS. but never permitted to
run as much as a degree higher. Man
uIacturers, in the matter of moisture.
caution as much against too much as
too little There is never any danger
Of too much moisture in an egg cham
Der IN III PasO IL the machine has
proper ventilation. The trouble is al
ways the reverse-too little moisture.
Use all the provisions for moisture fur
nlshed by the manufacture and then
add some device Of your own for IN
creasiuE the supply. a few shallow
pans placed i'm the bottom of the ma
chine meet the emergency very well.
The machine running at a uniform
and correct temperature and with a
plentiful supply of moisture. the rest
of the operation is simple enough Turn
the eggs at least once every day. Twice
ls better Air them and cool them off
once every day Tn summer weather
they should be aired for 20 or 80 min
utes- In winter weather. not so long.
Of course.
The turning process should cease
When the Ilrst egg Is. pipped, as IL
might be fatal to the chick 10 have the
pipped side Of the egg turned down
Hen Is Best Incubator.
I'm the use Of the hen. the best known
incubator known for incubating, it is
only necessary TO provide her with
hatcha'le eggs, and not too many. and
q good nest and she viii do the rest.
Everywhere IL is best TO have the nest
on the ground. and in FL Paso very es-
seutiaI Scoop out shallow basin.
soak with water and fill with a liberal
supply OF clean straw; excelsior will
not do. A sunny sack spread over the
nest and pinned down at each corner to
prevent crumpling M makes a very
good nest Keep this natural incuba-
tor undisturbed and as a rule every
hatchable egg viii produce a chick.
None viii be dead In the shell 1t is
impossible TO say what number Of eggs
should be placed under a hen. owing to
the great difference in the size of hens
as well as Of hens. but the temptation
IS always TO place too many Fifteen
eggs 7 would consider the limit