The Washington times., 1922-04-16
COMMON SENSE
IS BEST ASSET
|NINCUbAT|NG
Nothing Especially Difficult In
Handling the Modern
Wooden Hen.

April is the big Matching month,
and it Is strange to say that in
spite Of the now worn advice to
hatch early. the month of May
sees but slight decrease In
Matching. June and July hatched
chicks, from commercial stand
point, have been condemned. But
last year saw the largest output
of late hatched chicks ever record
ed. They have their place, &c
the wooden hen" this year will
be called on for a number of
hatchtngs. Incubation, through
artificial methods. has come "a
stay. The Improvement In the
high grade incubator has been
marked during the last few years.
Buy Standard Incubator.
While they are not yet fool proof,
insofar as regulation is concerned,
the Oft far-fetched claim that a
child can run them Is apt TO mis-.
lead many who, on the face OF these
claims, think IL an easy matter 70
operate any machine. But I'm spite
or the face that no machine Is vet
perfect. good results can be obtained
when they are properly operated.
There are cheap incubators that can.
not, I'm the long run, compete with
the high grads standard makes. and
one who wishes the best results
should obtain one OF the well-known
standard machines.
The purchase of second hand In
cubators should be avoided unless
the purchaser knows something
about the age and use of the ma
chipes. Some OF the old standard
makes, IL they have been properly
cared for. can still do good Matching.
But machines that have had I'll care
are apt to be poor hatchers. Due 20
lack of heat. uniform heat In all
parts OF the chamber, they are warp
ed, although II may not be noticed
from the outside. In other words.
the incubator that has been used is a
good deal like the secondhand auto
one cannot tell about the merits un-
I'll used. and the placing of 30, 100
or $50 eggs. at even commercial
rates, In a machine that will not do
good work, is an expensive proposi-
ton.
Not only is the loss of eggs in
CURED, but one month IN lost from
the Matching season, and that month
would loom mp large in the fall.
Again, still larger will look the feed
bill for pullets that are carried into
the fall and winter without laying.
In running any machine no hard and
fast rules can be given for fttsssdffL
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tain essentials should be- followed
which are the foundation or al ishas
goes 10 make successful ifcubasion.
The new machine must be aset up
level, that the. heat and air may be
equal, as far as possible. IN every
part of the egg chamber. Incubators
can be operated in a barn, nv,ns
room or cellar. But the results arc
better, with less care. when the ma.
chine Is placed in a well-ventilated
cellar. A temperature OF fos degrees
will give a good hatch in any ma
chine. Too low a temperature Is less
OF an evil than too high; los TO 1lO
win not harm eggs, especially II they
are over ten days In the machine, II
the temperature was not held at thia
point over several hours, and when
found to be such the eggs were
cooled. Keep in mind that IL IL the
first ten days In the machine when
the greatest care should be exercised.
The temperature should be from
102K to 10s and eggs cooled but httle
during the first ten days.
Cooling Process. ,..
In fact. eggs should be handled
with great care during incubation.
The length Of time TO cool eggs
win depend largely on the temper
ature Of the cellar or room where
the machine is operated. Too lone
cooling will retard the hatch, al.
though during the so-called natural
hatchine season there In little 70
fear in the way OF over-cooling.
The moisture problem still re
mains unsolved. and there is little
difference in the non-moisture and
the so-calied moisture machines, no
matter what make one is operating
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