The Ozark spectator., 1917-04-11
MONEY IN CHICKENS F HAliSlED RIGHT
 N-rr- Proper .sy.sati$n Massss sas -. s..<k irakss Mvsh
 Cars.

By H. E. Dvcrachsk, colssus ( 'i
 Agriculture. Fhye4tsvilDo.
 Successful incubation CoOmo0oD with proper storage ol the eogs yG1ss to the time that they arc put h - machine Eggs should be kepe h . cod temperature k aDpgoHnnov 70 degrees and if this ts1aesraAEo s not maintained t will dGs anA Gn1Dsf the egg to be oulled ct e 111ooe at tAe first candling. It is reooohAnnAV eA that the eggs be turned oA2v oA fer twelve hours be1ors the hA40 . begun they should reet oa end - the large end up Q that tAe aag - may adjust itself A good cselAR . . prerequisite of good hatcA- ' sA0mDo be one that is well ventilated e aD times. and the windows should eo - arranged that no direct sunliehE -. on the machine V
 Very often we are asked tAo VDo A incubator ono should buy. Dnria6 A- cubation there is probably veKy 0eoo difference in the regularity S3 AGo4 maintenance of hot waAer and Aoe air machine. However,, the he9oe . more quickly heated up af any u0o. The hot water machine has tAe alvo0r tags in the fact that if the lamp sAouD1 unexpectedly be extinguiSAe4 0o heat will be retained longer. O. a6 count of the tank arrangement on tA1D kind of machine t is doubtnA ' . b as durable over a period of yoasU e the hot air machine due e nA1nRol rusting out
 Always run an incubator 10 c This enables the machine to thoEsa0k ly dry out It permits ot cogsese tD0- peraturs adjustment and a1 tAo - time gives the operator a noVeA1Uo of the workings of his maohAA
 On the egg tray the egss shsaA Aae be piled one Apon tAe other Ne - chine should not be Q crowdol oAn1 efficient turning oan not take plA0o. . imitation of nature the egu aAsu11 - turned regularly twice . day, n1sn1n9 and night, commencing sa tAs sNR ing Of the third day.
 Temperature may b. reesrdoA Gn the eggs CT by the ths9momSkr A - pension immediately above the - tray. This latter method h unQUD. tionably the better becsuss is oevln10 the danger of the thermoms4av - resting upon an infsrtile egg or - one in which the embryo has dAsA . is recommended that the maaAlno = regulated at tsmpssaGnRe of loo c. gress during the 1Sst wesk aAA loo degrees thereafter.
 inG the hatch, on rhs seventh anA fourteenth days On the seventh ~ under the candle the live germ VI have the appearance Of a spider luo c the network of veiRs that arc dsvsaan ing. Infertile eggs will appear GA1n9 and germs that have died VIII ahov up with a semi-circuiAr red nnA 1Ao purpose of candling on tho 6ourtoeneA day is to determine the siuo S( Ao air cell so that the operator nay knov whether he is supplying s10alenA moisture. Dead chici1s at this t4Ao ~tn have an tmmobtle ap3earaaso snd the air cell viA be hasy e ae0- pared with the clear air cell of tAo egg containing a 1.-Two chick InAQGDo eggs may be saved and boiled fer - chicks; but they sAould net bs may- ketsd
 The greatest problem in ar<10aAl incubation is the proper supplying = moisture to the egg. It is . fAGG tAnt from nine to eleven per cent sl thD total contents of the egg may svaoH rate during the hatch and nn1ueDs must be supplied to ocmpsnsaGs - this loss. A big advance tn the - fracture of incubstors reoeutly Aas been the introduction of sanA - which are kept puddleA wf&A wpkw during the hatch. ness trays sSt in, medtately below the eeg tray ia tAs machine. Some people have dilshss q water in the bottom of the insuhnA>s. Others sprinkle the eggs wftA vasu water. using whisk hroon e ea atOmizer, all of which methods - sooA. but it would seem that tAs sa,A tray arrangement is the best, hseh fron the standpoint of labor aAA = ctensy
 Regular care of the lamp AuTing tho hatch is necessary. Tue shasreA nnH ton of the wick may bs soraped eR with a match. When the lamp . n. placed in the machine after Allina it sisould not be turned up too higA hs- cause smoking may take DaAss. An accumulation of soot may Resr1t enA consequently the nams nAy 10 - and ruin the possibilities sl . nooA hatch.
 On the evening of tho edshtsaslA 1nr the machine should bs cioesl and - opened again until hAtshlng . - over The idea Is that the cAisk n@t not be disturbed immediately hannes matching. The hatch shosld bs = tirsay o~sr on the evening 0 Oe A~~~< A -&s.