Show IMPORTANT WORK IN THE POULTRY YARD ak k aliv WHITE ORPINGTON COCK AND HEN from the united states D of A agriculture inaho the poultry r raiser on cm far farm or is in city who mho wishes ados to produce fall and ad winter eggs with sith a by product ot of spring fryers should begin now I 1 to a for the early setting ot of eggs say poultry specialists of the united states department of in the spates states ot of the extreme bout booth set or tings ting should be made from the first to the midd 1 a of 0 february in the cen can fr aral g roup group of 0 a stated are from the early haviv part to the last of february and I 1 in if the northern tier nor of states from the letter latter part of february to the early pa part t of april IN alth ith settings set tinga tined timed rahi batch on bei this schedule d the chaks will hatch a in ample time to allow their maturity mariky before cold weather the pullets ibb th from these them b broods bd d lay by during he late fall or early winter she w hen eggs are scarcest the th setting schedule outlined at also will permit the development of early clock spring fr fryers the young chicka be d developed albed to the point where he they may be turned out on the ground by the time vegetation Is out and so way may augment their feed with ith green ida stuff the smaller b breeds da of ch chickens i as can be hatched botched let later the than th those aich aie larger and slower to develop incubation I 1 one difficulty Y I 1 in tag setting eggs egg 1 in spring at selected led dates date it if the natural at I 1 ot of incubation 1 is followed iho is finding broadi brilon hens at the proper time tt if natural in incubation I 1 is depended up apon exclusively it probably will be best for the poultry ralser raiser to dates and ad make settings ulu never broody hens ban are a available A good nest for setting is made asole ot of ad 15 inches square and beat about 15 inches high with a top the front I 1 is a upon open except for a board six inches high three or four inches of damp earth should be placed in such a nest set and ad on this straw hay bay ov or chaff should be firmly is packed tha hens should be dusted thoroughly with frith I 1 I 1 insect I 1 powder pc it I 1 is a good plan also to 0 sprinkle tp a little of the powder 1 la the nesta aside using an incubator the suggested schedule can be fol loved exactly it an incubator is used the machine should he be operated in a warm arm room preferably a cellar as ft a protection against outside tempers temp era tore tare changes it should be disinfected dis infected thoroughly before being used with a solution ot of a reliable coal tar far diel disinfectant fec instead of using such a solution a small receptacle containing bric half ounce are of per pitin nieng an banate is ot of potash lmh on which one hall ounce of for alin has been poured may be shut up in the incubator the resulting gas wa will I 1 I 1 there thoroughly a ehly disinfect the mei machine ob A after the lecue incura bou atze tor or n should ld be run empty for several days to get it in good operating condition it after the eggs are 1 la place th the temperature should be at from to degrees fahrenheit the first week to degrees the second week and at degrees the third week ask the eggs usually are turned top for the first time at the end ad of the second day and twice dally through the eighteenth or nineteenth day th the eggs are rachild outside matild the hatching chamber once dally daily after the seventh and up to in the nineteenth d dav a moist ire should be furbish ed 1 in artificial incubation 1 in the south in high altitudes aud ad when shen the incubator room Is dry this may be done by sprinkling jug the eggs with ith war warm water or by placing a wet set sponge a or pan of to under our the egg vey tray during the botching batching period carefully y fill the lamp and who trim ali the wacl irk each an h day |