| Show RM AND GARDEN Everyday Expressions and Observations Obser-vations in Farm Life THE CULTURE OF IRISH POTATOES Arguments In Favor of Artificial Incubators with Some Suggestions for w Managing Them I The interest in incubators being widespread wide-spread we here reproduce from Prairie Farmer sundry comments directions and suggestions concerning incubators along with a view of a section of hatching house for incubators Among the good traits claimed for the incubator are the following It will sit just exactly where you want it to regardless re-gardless of the time season or state of the atmosphere and that is something the conceited insolent hen positively and emphatically will not do She has preposterous ideas of her own and generally gen-erally does about as she pleases while the incubator is peacefully submissive ax patient and if persistently and cour sly attended to and sagaciously ca = ND VIEW OF INCCTBATOU HOUSE JCD it becomes as tractable as mud in he hands of the potter To the progres Hive and would wealthy poultry keeper keep-er it is an indispensable piece of furniture furni-ture and the sooner he enters into close communication with one wins its confidence confi-dence and learns to diagnose its peculiarities peculi-arities the earlier will ho get upon the turnpike to opulence and severity The incubator according to the authority au-thority quoted needs and must have a house especially constructed for it This house need not be large nor expensive but it must have a climate in its interior that is very equable To secure this desirable de-sirable end the walls and roof must b double and have the bjt space between L p 4C ed with some nonconducting material mate-rial like finely chopped stmw hay or chaff It should also be provided with a double window so placed that the light can fall directly upon the front of the machine ma-chine or machines The entrance should L LL be through another building or through L double or storm doors A good ventilator is a necessity and it should be so arranged that it can be partly or entirely closed as found necessary To aid the beginner is herewith presented pre-sented a sectional view of one end of a hatching house F F are foundation stones X X X X are 2xG pieces to which the outer and inner walls are nailed Rafters Raft-ers are same size Dead air spaces in walls and roof are filled with finely cut straw hay or chaff which is every whit as good for this purpose as sawdust while it does not gather dampness If the inner wall is lined with building paper pa-per so much the better Yv7 is a double window in the side of the building V ventilator to open and close The ends of the building are made same as the sides If not over twelve feet long no ties are needed The ends will prevent any spreading As may be seen the whole affair can be constructed in sections sec-tions and put up afterward t Sugar fleet Culture California papers are prophesying that the raising of beets for sugar will in a short time become one of the important industries in that state During the last few years farmers have been planting beets for the sugar refineries and in most cases have found it quite proftable A number aro going into the business on a Jarge scale One gentleman has entered into a contract with 3Ir Spreckels to this end and is about to plant 4000 acres in sugar beets on the Rancho Chino in San Bernardino county Mr Spreckels has contracted with the Southern Pacific 1 rail ad people to transport the crop I noip t > 1ls refinery It is calculated that f land will clear SOO an acre in re CK 1 sugar or 3200000 on the crop This crop on the Rancho Chinoit is believed be-lieved will be a profitable one to three parties the producer the railroad company com-pany and the refiner Cleveland Kay Mare and Colt The illustration here given affords a spirited picture of the Cleveland bay mare Dew Drop Kb 4 and her colt Patrician in addition giving a very fair idea of the characteristics of this popular breed of horses J J jji1 A t i 4l I M 7 J DEW DROP NO 4 AD COLT PATRICIAN This mare is well known in the show ring where she has gained some enviable premiums notably at the American Horse show at Chicago in 1888 and at various Illinois state fairs The colt has only been exhibited twice but has two blue ribbons to his credit A Rabbit 1roof Fence Tike report comes from Australia that the ipng rabbit proof fence now being constructed between the New South Wales and South Australian borders is rapidly progressing toward completion Camels are being utilized to transport the fencing materials The line of fence when completed will be 3oO miles long One man only will be employed to look after it as it is considered he will be able to make monthly inspections |
