Show BETTER HATCHING METHODS IN SIGHT cornell comell professor predicts alai marked lied improvement ny by prof A L U romanoff poultry department cornell w nu service more afore simple more economical and surer methods of hatching batching eggs in tile the future are predicted this prophecy Is based on tile the present trend of scientific research today because of lack of scientific knowledge about the nature of birds eggs they are incubated wastefully infertile eggs and eggs of nf poor hatching quality are set into the incubator and destroyed in the same incubator attempts are made to hatch eggs of various species of birds such as turkey chicken and ani duck and failure to hatch them efficiently results but in tile the future we shall be able to produce eggs of better ity breeding stock will lay fewer infertile eggs and fewer eggs with defea the outside or inside qualities the quality of eggs wl will I 1 tie be much ucb improved by selective breeding proper feeding and housing of birds and by proper selection anil and care car ot of bat chable eggs afore knowledge will be gained about eggs of various species of birds their handling at different stages of development and the natural requirements of eggs for incubation scientifically designed incubators one tape for chicken eggs one tor for duck eggs and special for others will be developed these incubators will be more simple and more economical to operate and they wll will insure a good healthy hatch the artificial incubation of tomorrow will result from research activities today the view of a brighter better future should bring the whole hatching industry nearer and nearer to perfection |