Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-02 | Page 11 | Hatch Eggs in Ballast

HATCH K(i(iS IN BALLAST Ship's Hold Proves Success as an Incubator. PORTLAND. Or . Jan. 1 As an Incubator In-cubator the hold of a ship Is a great success, according to the officers and r rew of the French bark Emma I-au-raim. which reached port the other .lav from San Francisco Before lealng the Pay City a large number of ducks' and hens" eggs were purchased and placed In the wind which served as ballast. The eggs were put there as a sort of experiment. It was held that the temperature In that part of the craft was about tight for hati hing purposes The vessel encountered stropg head winds and almost a month elapsed before be-fore the mouth of the Columbia rl ei was reached. When Astoria hove in sight the quack of ducks and the chirrup chir-rup of chl kens startled the seamen An Investigation showed that every egg had hatched out and the young birds were skirmishing among the sand for their frst meal. Duck on Bill of Fare. There are about fifty of them In the lot. They have been fed carefully and srs In a thriving condition, Spring i rill kens and duck roast will appear on the bill of fare when the Emma Iviurans Is on the rolling deep bound from Portland to the United Kingdom, with a grain cargo.