Show OLD SETTIN HEN HENY IN LOSING RACE incubators on farm hatch 24 per cent of chicks prepared by tha united states stales department of agriculture ri culture the huffy fluffy old mother hen bed continues continue to lose out lif in the race with the me chan leal substitutes but she Is still on th the eJob job according to the reports sent to the united states department of agriculture by the crop correspondents spon dents of the bureau of agricultural economics about 43 per cent of all chickens raised are still hatched under hens the reports indicate incubators cuba tors on the farm hatch about 21 24 per cent of the chickens raised and eggs supplied by farmers and hatched for a fee amount to about 10 per cent Com merical hatcheries now hatch about 23 per cent of the annual baby chicks crop A distinct difference Is evident when regional areas are compared in the south atlantic states from virginia to florida and in the south central states the lien hen holds her own and hatches about two thirds of the chicks its as compared with all others rhode island with only 14 percent per cent of hen hatched chicks Is the lowest in this respect and in no other states Is the percentage lower than 20 the north atlantic and the western states buy the largest proportion of baby chicks 45 per cent and 41 per cent respectively farm bt hatching itching of chicks in incubators Is most popular in tho the north central states more than 30 per cent being reported from this source Aliss missouri ourt and kansas each with 40 per cent of their chicks hatched in incubators on the farms are high in this group |