Show opinions ml InmlMlnr MuniirmrnU Most persons recommend cellars for Incubators anti that Is I where I ran an Incubator for two seasons n good part of tho time without murh SHCICM writes S II Qratlgny In Midland Tout try Journal A dry cellar Is I all right but who has on07 Dhl you ever are It dry cellar It may seem dry for n short time but stay In one for Several bourn or try to sleep In ono and You will find out before morning how mud darai ism there Is I In n dry cillar Now eggs exposed that dampness for three weeks must absorb considerable moisture something they do nut IItt under a hen and something that will utiiio a largo number of full grown chicks In tho shell that could not get nut To leave tho cellar door or window win-dow open will not do the cellar would bo subject to very sudden outside Ihcr mal changes that tho regulator conic not meet and you would hate a nlKh Job In addition to jour day Job v Ith out tiny extra pay A good ciilllato would do away with tha excess ruols fare and should bo built so as to pro Miit any cold air coming In A long box cay ono foot square open at tho loner rtid which should bo about ono foot frcm the floor of tho cellar Awl extend ex-tend to the root of tho house with n capon cap-on top to prevent rain from falling lit would cause n swift current of air which certainly would carry off a largo amount of dampness and add to the sanitary condition of the cellar Bud a ventilator could bo placed In tho wall and would not lake up any space In the cellar As that method was Incon venlcnt for ma I tried another I put two sucks of lime nbout two bushels In tho cellar nod the next hatch I had was n good one The air chamber In the eggs when the chlcka were ready to hatch was the largest I ever saw Lime will absorb n wonderful amount or moisture and Is I the cheapen remedy for that purpose at which I know after jour building It I up but tho ventilate could bo put In while tho building la I being put up with little expense I never tried a hot air machine In a cellar but Imagine they are more suitable suit-able for a cellar than a hot water Incu Lntor Instead of putting In moisture tin per Mr Hanklns Instructions I had lots of trouble In keeping It out I filled 1 machine with duck eggs ones nnd put In moisture on tho fifteenth dny A large number of tho diiclit poked their long beaks through tho shell and laid there and died they were so large they could not move When I cleaned the machine out there uero almost n hundred eggs with the long beak sticking out like a pump handle only not to long When I began be-gan fighting moisture Instead of furnishing fur-nishing It I began to get good hatches Another great trouble Is 1 to get eggs 4 In winter that will hatch You might six well throw our money In tho river u to buy eggs up here there and everyplace I I every-place as they will hatch very poorly and I what rhkks do hatch will 1 not pay el I for what they oat You mutt mate up I the hens yourself keep them In n warm place gather the Wits before they get hilled and keep them nt n tempera tore of not over CO degree nor low 1 han 40 degree You should < J have n blood ready for tnem two or three d1 before the chicks are hatched have the temperature 100 degree unit never allow It to get below that until the chicks are feathered It you do I I his you will not lose tiny chicks on account of Improper heat or by crowdIng I I crowd-Ing cr with bowel trouble unless the j j I alter Is l cansnl by Improper I food or oup Another very essential point i Iso 1 Is-o keep them busy If you have them I orl In n brooder house or small pens make hem scratch for almost all they get Ir they have n free range In good weather and are not overfed 1 they will take enough exercise It Is nn easy filing to raise them In warm weather on n free range but I raising them In winter In n brooder house Is I another hlng I hud best results by feeding small Amounts often If n small hand fill could be thrown to fifty chicks In liter every hour It would Imitate na fare nearer than to feed three or four linen a day or even every two hours Feed a variety but never feed dough It will cake and sour In tho crop unit cruse severe illnrrhocn Shorts mid dlings Oatmeal corn meal bran etc mixed raw will make dough And should never he foil unless cooked A cake made of corn meal oilmen bone meal ergs need meat chopped fine mixed with sour milk And baked like cornbread corn-bread Is hard to beat for the first week They should never be allowed moro than half what they will eat except nt night More food will dlgett with the crop kept half full than If kept full If there Is I any secret In raising Young chicks It certainly It I In keeping them warm and busy Tho lasl hatch I had was 1CI chick And raised 1DO Mercury was 8 degree below zero tha day they were taken out of tha Incubator I filmed to have Iho thermometer nt 105 to 110 degrees every night when left It allowing It to fall 10 or 1C degrees before morning without Injury to chicks It you leave tho mercury nt 100 unit It falls 1C do Brces by morning tho weak ones will bo crowded to death So It Is I bent to leave It a bit high or gel up al midnight nnd turn on moro heal Ono hundred nnd ten will not hurt strong chicks and If they are kept busy they will bo strong A strong chick will crowd away from too much beat while a weak lazy ono will try to soak up all the heat It can and dont teem to leave sense or energy to move to n coaler place but It Is I not slow to movo to the warmest warm-est place It cnn find As long ns I kepi the temperature at S5 to 00 degrees threw out al tho rate ot ten dead chicks n day When 1 began 1 be-gan keeping them wnrm 100 to 110 I began raising broilers Instead of burying dead chicks |