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Success With Incubators
The main essential in successful hatch-
Ing is the placing of the machine in a cel-
lar or room that does not undergo great
temperature changes, and where moisture
can be, in a measure, retained. The cellar
or room should have proper ventilation,
without drafts. A well-ventilated cellar is
the best place, although many good hatches
have been 'nade in the rooms above the
ground. The second point to consider Is in
having a uniform temperature for the 21
days. In almost all machines the directions
call for 103 degrees for the 21 days, and
this will produce a good hatch. Tempera-
ture should be maintained very evenly,
especially the first 10 days. Very low or
very high temperatures, if kept up for a
short time, may not kill the hatch but will
weaken the chicks to some degree. The
strongest hatches result from the machine
that has been kept at a uniform tempera-
ture the 21 days.
Cooling the Eggs.
Cooling the eggs should commence at
the fifth day and gradually increase as the
hatch proceeds. In this cooling the length
The
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It's close enough to keep small fowl in and
strong enough to keep large animals out. Se-
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of time depends on the cellar temperature
and the time of the year. But cooling in a
safe and sane manner has been found bene-
ficial. The moisture problem also depends
largely 'on the cellar or room conditions,
and to a certain degree the make of the
machine, although there is no question that
moisture in some form is essential during
certain times of the year, during dry per-
iods, such as are found at times in March,
when the ground is frozen and high, dry
winds the rule.
With proper eggs, a good machine and a
careful operator, the incubator will turn
out as many chicks and as strong as any
hen, and more will hatch them when the
hens are still shelling out hen fruit. The
incubator should no longer be looked upon
by the beginner as a mystery unsolvable
but as a practical hatcher, that, with or-
dinary care, can be made to do the work
just as well as the hen.
Poultry Diseases
Mr. K. Boyer.
Diphtheria is generally caused by roost-
ing or sleeping in a draft, or being con-
fined in a damp place. The cause of ulcer-
ated sore throat and canker are the same.
Diarrhoea in chicks is often caused by
sour food, bad water, damp quarters, filthy
coops, exposure to cold or wet, and too
much green food. In fowls, too, it is caused
by too much green food, lack of sharp grit,
and errors in feeding.
Indigestion is caused principally by lack
of sharp grit, overfeeding, unwholesome
diet, injudicious use of grain, and debilitat-
ed system.
Roup is the result of neglect or want of
attention to minor diseases of the air pas-
sages, produced by colds.
At least three square feet of floor space
should be allowed each hen and the poultry
house should be kept dry and well ventil-
ated. Only clean grains should be fed and
they should be mixed to afford a variety.
The mash, which is made up of ground
grains, including equal parts of same, also
bran and middlings, should contain 20 to 25
per cent. beef scraps.
Lighter types of chickens are generally
more profitable than the general purpose
breeds when egg production is the sole aim.
Especially In times when feeds are exceed-
ingly high in price should a breed of fowls
be selected that has been developed pri-
marily for producing eggs.

If ordered together we send both machines for only $17.50 and we Pay all freight and          FREIGHT and
duty charges to any R. R. station in Canada. We have branch warehouses in winnipes,-