Show POULTRY DEPTO DEPT artificial incubation for successful it is necessary to have good incubators good eggs and good common commonsense sense management mana geme it the same directions that apply to one will viii not necessarily do for another make neither can cala the same directions successfully fit all conditions dut but there are some matters that will generally apply to all incubators in the first place the machine should he be strongly built of well seasoned lumber next it sheild be located in either a well ventilated dry cellar or in a double walled room above the ground the first proper step to be taken is a to carefully follow jie e directions as given by the manufacturers one or more hatches may be necessary to note Nh ghether ether the directions fit it your conditions if not then there 61 can be gradual changes made as might be e suggested important rules to remember rill fill the lamps each evening and never use oil of less than degrees test always begin a hatch with a new wick keep the temperature or of the agg chamber as near degrees as possible and keep tile the incubator away from the sunlight test on the se seventh verith and fourteen hi ili day study the air cells of the egg to 10 determine it if moisture or ventilation is needed deeded after the tourte courtl day turn tile the cs night and morning up to the eighteenth day keep the burner tree free from dirt and scrape the charred part the wick in preference to it never turn up tip the flame of the lamp so high that it will smoke in placing the eggs in the machine have the large end pointing the same way and never odd eggs alter after the hatch has started cool tile the eggs after the fourth day by placing ithe trays on top the din machine and placing a 2 thermometer on a fertile egg As soon as the temperature has fallen to 90 degrees return the trays to the machine if the air cell of the egg is unusually large add moisture it if small I 1 give ventilation the air cell on the first test should measure about a quarter of an inch from the middle of the largo large end about five eights inch on second test and lid about three quarters of an all inch on the nineteenth day incubating white and brown shelled eggs at the same time in tile tho same machine generally results in unsatisfactory hatches the shells of the former are thinner than those or of the latter and consequently require different treatment after removing tile the infertile eggs in order to have nl even temperature for the eggs in tile machiner machine spread out the fertile ones in the trays so that they will occupy about the same re latie position to one crile another in selecting eggs for hatching have them of a uniform size neither too large larga nor too small also reject thin shelled eggs and those having a ridge around them or round found land and poorly shaped ones A lien that shows unusual dellop ment of the abdo ulon and has attained the stage known as down behind is too fat for a breeder the file liens hens in a breeding yard should be in good condition and kept active by scratching for their grain tho the effect of 0 arp ape of fowls cowls upon egg production was tented for seven periods ill Js ot 0 thirty days ach at it the west virginia station the three pens of oc pullets iio in each poll pen laid during durin the experiment finsod eggs the old hens hells nere ero throe three and four years old and laid 6 1 eggs the pullets gained IOLI pounds DdS in ill N weight eight and the old fowls 84 the results however do not agree rill w ith at ai other stations and probably tire the apparent advantage of old fowls foals was due to unusual conditions A broiler will shrink as muel much I 1 as a t half pound after being dressed live broilers should be shipped at three to fow pounds per pair and diessel not under two and a half pounds per pair to a hungry person any old lien hen may taste tender and good but to tile the epicure only the best grades sell well and it is to tins this clias class that the market poultry men must enter cater they pay tile the price rowls fowls of the larger breeds are best fitted for fattening the age may be anywhere from three to five months and tile condition of the birds should be such as to show healthfulness and a tendency to talce on oil fat lat poultry but rot not hog fat I 1 as I 1 pretty sure to alt ays bring a good price on the other hand it hardly ipacs pays to ship poor scrawny stock it shipped together ln n one lot the scrawny one will rause cause the good ones to be cut down li in urice it Is profitable lable to sort and ship in ill separate lots ithe the following method of finishing bi hits has beer used by some poul I 1 thymen lor for a number ci of f years when I 1 near nearly I 1 y la large rg e enough for foi broilers the chickens are put into a pen having a shady run and a shady side here they are given clean fresh water one or two times a day and all the fattening food that their can eat corn in various forms is glen given cooked ground I 1 and whole for ariely warm potatoes and bread crumbs are added to tile the ration also when it can call be had milk is Is I 1 given them to drink this method will produce plump and fine looking carcasses it is generally believed that egg formation takes place at night the proper coloring of eggs is a dark brown for a light brown the market weights tor for ron roasting sting fowls varies from two and one half hair pounds to three according to tin the season small bones short leg legs and well rounded round cil form wu are good points desirable si Ir tile the early alv roaster maste markets call lor for light weight birds the weight weighs gradually increasing until late lale tall fall an all I 1 early winter As a rule chicks chicas that grow their feathers slowly are haidler arid and grow faster than those that thai exhaust their strength by feathering out early carly the farmers of rhode island haie haic bred the rhode island reds tor for fully thirty years they are solid meaty fowls with short thighs long iong breast bone deep yellow skin lad and light pin pill fea feathers the white wyandotte is a goott sized blocky breed well furnished with breast meat being small boned their weight is in uie meat as coni compared with fowls of 0 heavier frame this variety acids cad s for bi broilers anil add ro asters as they ire arc hardy the chicks grow fast and 2nd stand considerable forcing until the chicks weigh a pound or a pound and one half hair they growl grow very few feathers their rain gain being in their plump bodies linseed meal oil cake meal is tho the product of the linseed oil factories As a poultry food it is superior to ti cottonseed meal it is very fattening and therefore should not be fed too strongly mixed with ground grain in the proportion to ac 2 to I 1 is about right bulk in food is required for health rich and concentrated food is not readily digested and invites invites disease some poultry men are of the opinion that ft a craving for bulky food is one of the causes of fether fe ther eating in itter among confined poultry clover cured only enough to is excellent ind and fowls will eit lt a portion of it all winter when they would turn away from cabbage cabb the shattered leads heads 0 clover from tile the Ilay haymons haymows mows are one ot of the most valuable of foods for egg production in winter pour boiling water on the closer cloer heads cover them over with a bag and allow them to steam and soak until the mess has cooled nan to about blood heat then drain the water and use us a pint of wheat bran with each two i quarts of clover heads mix thoroughly 1 hughly and d led feed wm warm 13 can starting tal tin the incubator clel cheun out tile the heat or hue flue pipe into which the lamp chimney extends and clean all parts of the laosa thoroughly having the burners as near as is possible as bright as when they were nere new use good machine oil on all the bearing parts of the ma machine elline atter after first removing all dust and dirt do not blame too much of your incubator failures on oil your machine pertile fertile eggs depend on oil a healthy well kept lad and properly fed stock liens that have had roup and been apparently cured will be be a very poor dependence on for fertile eggs it is as 0 G brown once said incubation will often commence e wath w th eggs laid by such hens continued for a period satisfactorily and then suddenly stop of course in fit such cases the Incubator is blamed for it when it really belongs to insufficient V vitality 1 in n the eggs we can look for the same trouble with eggs laid by lions hens and equally so when tit the e duale bird heading liea ding tho the breeding yard is too tat fat J A small egg has ha much more shell sin face in proportion to contents than lias has a large one fo that to run the machine to suit stilt the tha small ones olies will be too damp for the large ones where here moisture is use used d and vice versa tile the utah farmer |