The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
POULTRYMEN PROFIT
ON Big SCALE NOW
Modern Methods Make 1t Pos
siblc to Conduct Large
Farms.
EGGS ALWAYS IN DEMAND
nv q. n. SMITH.


occuratlon-from making pms to carry.
ing on y gigantic steel works.
The difficulty Of getting the epgs
hatched IN sufficient nunhers has male
large operations practically impossible
unt:' quito +, gently. rho miracle work.
ing machine has come to the from, here
AZ ever, where. and the work Is mad"
easy.
ny the use ~ modern incubatiNr
machines thousands Of chicks can now
he matched q, once. where a few wears
ago onlv hundreds could he Matched
OHo company advertises macNiu,
with capacities from 1000 to 20.lC'
The manipulation ~ them "a exceed
inrly simple. Hot water heat is us"i
4 little coal fire az one end Of the loug
incubator heats the water FOR 'nc ha,r1-
ing of tho tens % thousands OF egg ~
one sitting.
In the process OF Matching the egg
must he turned every day. The ma
chinery has been 50 ingen'ously nd-
justed that 10. 00o egg can he turned tn
thirty seconds Such = device saws
an enormous amouu, 81 labor over the
hand turning method. One man can ia
this way take care or the Matching OF
a vast number OF eggs.
Fifteen eyes are AS many ,s a arg
"' " ~"
hen could cover. even in warm weather
T. l. PLAIN. therefore, that A giant hatch
irr ua,bire with q cap,ri,v n. 10 Ono
-.
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ing ~ orc 'h.'. nus - one o. the
reasons Why the poultry industry IS TAX
t,s ,,,l 49,, t,. r, h,,y,,.s ,,,,.,
'u''"'" "' even win General farming
~ = P'SH'n'' source :" "fE" P"n'''
III o'i' '"'u'''N ANN ! "a" an ul'un''"i
'',hr VIZ" " '"''I "u'IH' ~ l>"""
"iu! 'hl'h~ every thr'" weeks
hatrh.nE D. mot me onIN ir.,h I" Ne
turned. S"lr'Ne IN" 'hi'"s hN ;en'
~ ,n"uSandS mr." turned out Of the
sheiN-whHt then
y short time az" saw i.1"N newly
mai h"d cn'c"s taken out "' Il sou"
capacity inruoator. How can su"n 4
horde OF hufy tender things hc ~rod
'"I
Inc care or IN" Young chicks has been
az serious a problem as the getting ~
them. the b'ooder stove makes THIS
task comparatively easy
nese stoves are a modern Invention.
FheN are built in different >.I's and
with capacities rauciu- from 3"0 To- i.ipu
ea'h. such are ~" is'"l capacities of
the stoves. NiN "r" W. read lv re,vr-
ME. however. iaht there = large risk
N missing A. many as l.Jo0 chicks In
ore hocN T. Nl! he nucn safer ana
"'se' Tor all except those who are export
~ suCh WORK to handle a mucr smaller
number ~ sN!I = developed tho Hooks
may b. -n.trs-d.
Tn, colony hroode' system bears the
same relation 20 the raising Of tie catcks
~ TO- ton weeks old tndt me great m
Cubat.ng process bears to the Matching -
the chicks. Wth these two modern NJ
proVeInen's In poultry culture : - plain
that the possibilities Of the business are
multiplied ten fold over what they were
It few years aGo
suppose We take 4 hroodcr house "a nv
Is feet az y unit OF operation. II may
he divided into two rooms +, feet square
In one ~ .n"-c rooms a broader colon,
! stove * placed n the centre. seven
ur eight, hundred rovf, Matched chicks
| may easily he cared for nere nm, three
or f,ur weeks old When they may n,
given the run @" bath rooms This +.
the most critical Gcrnd IN In, ynyre
chick lfo &c, tho l.'le tender ,hirre
through tho fourth week in .ani,,l .o,-
di'iou and y.u nave then, nrari,.u,. ,,,
| % the hanger zone.
Modern oodIn s on a hr sroe ,ncro-
fore. j. the second src4t stem ,ov,-d
| possibilities fpr hig business in rot,l,r,
culture. third *.