The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-20
REGULATORS AND BROOD
! ERS FOR PROFITABLE
: CHICKEN RAISING.

WI oinuutiou I0idllfo 10 tne ub0 u
incubators and brooden in Matching
ana rearing chickens. The high cos
OF poultry foods and the great demand
for fresh eggs and frys have convinces
poultry raisers that it will pay to us,
a dependable system to obtain chick,
this year.
The old sitting hen will not worl
when we want her to. She and hei
friends refuse to go broody in Januar,
und February. but they I'LL every avail
able nest as soon as the weather turn.
warm and the time of Matching the
best chickens is over.
my hens would not sit early and ,
could not buy any early sitters," IL
heard every summer and fan by own
:ers OF little chickens.
Any one who likes poultry can op
crate an incubator successfully. 1t Ii
necessary to turn the eggs morning
and night and I'LL the lamp once q day
1t is not necessary to examine q goot
machine more often than two or three
times daily, when the above work car
be done.
Every incubator Is equipped with 9
thermostat to regulate the tempera
ture.
The more popular types Of kerosene
lamp incubators are heated by hot air
although there are some good styles
heated by the circulation of hot water
The main advantage Of the hot air ma
chine is that OF durability.
The past year has found the electric
incubator springing rapidly to the
front. This machine can now be OBJ
tained for use ON any voltage. It Il,
also made to be used with one OF the
home lighting systems found on many
South Carolina farms. The cost OF
operating an electric incubator is no
greater than that OF . lamp machine
The temperature can be maintain et
at q uniform degree and the mach me
can be placed in any room Of the
I house.
It Ia usually found that . profta biz
size incubator to buy u one with .
capacity OF about 20 eGss. The size
containing from 12o to $50 eggs is also
popular with poultrymen who do MOI
desire to gaiss moro than 200 or 500
chickens year. However, q large In.
cubator when only ons-half filed will
, give as good Matching results as Q
smaller machine, 30 that Q big ma
chine gives you an opportunity to
hatch eggs Tor others or hatch sH6i
cient chicks to sell the surplus TO your
ned6hbors. The best Size tor an olsc
tTic machine is about $50 eggs. Just
now these machines are rather high
- vw-1~ -
bat 1t v hoped that within . short time
tho prics Of the electric will be about
the sarne - the lamp p-heated incubator.
Tho bettor types Of incubators are
built with double walls with one inch
or more OF insulating matsrtai between
the walls. TAis 1rovents the tempera,
ture Of tho egg chamber being affect
cd vitality by changes In tho outside
temperature Of the room Tho cheap
er incubators have simply . single
vail or a double wall with . piece Of
pasteboard between. It does not pag
to buy the cheaper Incubator made In
this way.
Some machines have . separate
compartment beaow the oees into
which the chicks drop a. soon a. thsy
are ha4ehe ed. This - . oonvenieoes,
but Il II q no spsci.a advantage.
The avsroOs number Of chicks
haachsd from the eoGs pt.esl n IN
| incubstor - about onShaAf. When
you buy an incubator t = wen 10 or.
der ono or moro portable bsoodass, al.
lowing 50 chisis to each broeAer. Most
q ths manufac&arers rats ~ eapastty
Of their broodsFs at absN tviSo a.
many chicks o. thsy win satistacto<1iy
/ Rsar.
TADs portable brcolsrs ere aSout
! two fss4 IN diameter ana stand oo
three cast tVa 3sGs. The kerooeos
lamp - uad@ 90 side and . w0ossn
! ths bsooder. TAs baby chicks push
under &hiA wooden curtain and tAs
heat Of tho iaAp keeps tho inside OF
the brooaer It the required tenpera,
tare ot ninety 70 .inety-nve desTSes
1t II . sineae matter to ra1se 4,
cold weather almost all the chickens
In . broodsr Of this kind when Il ID
placed Ia . bright room. Later On In
tAe seaSoo when the days begin TO set
;
put in . smaH Vtre front house.
An Incubator snd ono o. more brood.
ers wt1l enable any ono to hAtch
! chicks when he wants tham. Tsbru.
ary and Msrch arc the two best hatch.
ing months Of the spring season. Pull.
iSts hAtchsd these months will com.
mence TO lay in ths early Aall and con.
tinos to lay during The winter. It is
easy - keep . puilet laying during the
cold weather but 1t - difficult to start
. young puilst to laying untf1 after
the colder westher u 1ast. Then the
old hens which have completed their
nek begin laying. ThAs 10 why It ia
best TO hatch p~fsets early and have
<sen laying when the price Of egss ID
! % high in the fall.
Extension Bulisttn fs. Poultry Cul.
twe Cor 6outh CArolina," which is
mailed frss 70 any one by the Exten.
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