Show PROPER P P adjustment FOR INCUBATOR incubation Is the problem confronting most people v ablio ho raise poultry at present and perhaps some are bontem plating changing their system or of some have been attracted hy by alir tit lure fire of the incubator and jnnny perhaps lire are lis gusten irth etli lat last years results it lb Is generally conceded that incubation arm produce I 1 tic I 1 s stronger chicks life than artificio but thu the chini of the lien hen anti and attention necessary to her cure care make more people turn to artificial methods and as ft a result great numbers of incubator chickens are produced each car in egypt it il Is said that the lien hen is losing some of her maternal lw instincts because of not being permitted to set artificial incubation cu lias has come to he be recognized as an economic necessity many farms have adopted the combination of hatching icik with incubators and brooding alki liens while others abandon entirely the use of the hens its as either hatchers catchers hat chers or brooders broaders bro oders follow directions there is great difference between incubators different makes require different treatment all incubators roust must be adapted to the particular en cn detailed list of directions with their machines and in justice to them they should he be clo acly followed the rile following suggestions hy by II 11 L of the missouri college of agriculture may assist in securing a better hatch sec cc that tit tin thermometer is ii registering co atly and nd also albo that it Is the cioper distance from the eggs if the directions direction i uy ay level with tile the top ot of the eggs it does docs not mean to inches or even one halt half inch above hut but exactly level the incubator should he be thoroughly cleaned and infected disinfected dis di before every hatch batch ventilation should be largely restricted the first week and then increased to full capacity nt at the close the amount of ventilation varies with the temperature of ill the e room cooling the eggs every day after the third day strengthens the germ hut but cooling does docs not mean c hilling chilling eggs should be cooled slowly above all eggs should never be turned after the lamp lias has been cared for the oil on the hands will close up the pores in the shell and suffocate the chick successful results should not be ex pecked if the breeding stock has not Y 2 k r it i J J successful HATCH FROM INCUBATOR viron ment while many possess greater range of adaptability than others the cheaper machines usually lack this feature and while they may produce satisfactory results under one set of conditions they may be an absolute failure under others if I 1 a machine is producing unsatisfactory results perhaps a n slight change will remedy the fault and eliminate tile the trouble incubator companies always send a been properly mated birds of poor vitality produce chicks similar in nature and many of the chicks that die in the shell are not the fault of the incubator but of poor stock improperly cared for birds of low vitality are also more apt to transmit the white diarrhea germ to the little chick and chicks of low vitality do not possess great resisting power toward the disease |