| Show A millionaires poUL POULTRY Tny 0 1 I 1 the Ilus liless of 1141 uniting sing Dr droller for is vander blits table antho the first yar yard d were a lot of honin houin dans a french breed liked by mr vanderbilt der bilt altho although mr heidtmann cocq docq not think eo so much of them they aro are very handsome and graceful have large blade black and white spots on their feathers and big bile topknots top knots colored dolored similarly in the nest next yard were veto brown leghorns Leg horns beyond those white leghorns Leg horns borns and in tho the fourth yard plymouth rocks adjoining the fee droom is the incubating room the most interesting of all this room contains double and prid two single i cincu banors having a united capacity of 1800 eggs the incubators are of tho the latest pattern those fo formerly used by mr bleidt mann having baying been discarded every possible care is used to make the ina chines successful mr heidtmann has added a number of devices of bis his own to guard against possible failure the safety valves are d delicately eli cately poised to regulate the heat in the incubators which must not barmore bo more than begs nor less j th than in begs the same system of heat ing by hot water pipes is used in them r the heat beat for the boiler coming fro from a large common lu in order lu to provide against unforeseen occurrences nu an alarm bell is 13 attached to tho the li heating catin P alpe delicate rods act on an electric oell bell which rings in in tho the building dunne during the day and in in sir mr Heidt maniN a hous at night tile brooders broaders bro oders are arranged so tint that newly hatched chickens go into the one on occupied by those described As the grow older and stronger they aro are moved mo cd along until they aro are big enough to shift for themselves when they fall victims to mr Vander bilts liking for tender broilers tho the temperature in in tho the first brooder is kept at about 68 begs and it descends gradually in the others the heat is supplied by liot hot water pipes which run above the heads of tho the chil chick ens in some brooders broaders bro oders the heat comes colnes from below but mr sas says that it weakens tho the chickens legs and keeps them small in order to give the flesh flavor and firmness he said chickens must be brought up quickly if they are not well fed and arid nourished they will grow grony slowly and become tough back of each brooder is is an exact copy of chesun the sun parlor in use at winter resort hotels tho the parlor is is small mado made of glass and iron and the floor is strewn with coarser sand than that in in the brooders broaders bro oders there are liala as many pr lore lors as brooders broaders bro oders beyond be ond these are still larger sun parlors of the same kind with ordinary sand and pebbles on the floor still farther back aro are open yards ards seventy five feet in in depth on warm days the strong 5 oung young chickens are out either in tho the sun parlors or tho the open yards 5 ards some of tho the bigger chicks in tho the last brooders broaders bro oders were running about their parlors on the day of visitation there are cooler brooders broaders bro oders in the but kiey aro are not in use now the doors in the brooders broaders bro oders leading lea ing to the sun pir lors are controlled I 1 cords every ei cry pro caution is observed ed to avoid a old frightening tho the chickens workmen aro are busy constructing a brick cottage in in which mr heidtmann will liw lim on the other side of this cottage dredgers are making a canal for tho the white ducks that mr vanderbilt will raise the dredgers have been at work for three years for the canal Is long reaching to the bay A circular duck pond lias has been built mr vanderbilt prefers the white Pe kings mr heidtmann said although bo he now lias has some we now have about forty ducks he eaid said and about chickens by next season we will have from 1200 to 1500 chickens mr vanderbilt says sa s he ne cr ate as good broilers bi as those we ral raise sd here monte carlo is is famous for good eating but be lie says oven there the chickens dont have flavor like ours new york bun sun |
