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Il-~ >// BIG P We all know that there is big money in poultry. How much there is in it for us, depends entirely upon ourselves and whether or not we are keeping up with the procession in raising the kind of chickens which bring the most cash and in getting them into the market at a time when the demand is greatest. The value of poultry production for the United States this season was but a shade under that of wheat or cotton., I amounting to over half a billion dol lars. Since the perfection of the in cubator, the importance of the indus try has been greatly augmented. By the use of this splendid device it is now. comparatively e sy to bring in large quantities of chickens for the winter and early spring market when p -ces are very attractive. Hens can be urged but they can not be made to set if they do not wa to; the incubator can be set at any time. All that isJ FLOCK OF WHITE LE( necessary is a prorr regard to the tem- ] per-.ture, and to 1Ue brooding of the 1 young chicks during the tender period I of their existence. The incubator has interested thousands of women and 1 children in the work of chicken raising, and it is not to be said that the r.aurns are less profitable than plowing or other heavy manual labor. Cheap Machines the Most Expensive. There are many excellent incubators' upon the market, but there are also many cheap, imperfect machines, the -~~rhsers of which, failing to s.ecure results, become disgusted and in Stheir neighbors that artificial in cubation ipa fa~ure and a fake. On the other hand, the purchaser of a good - , t t. A PLYMOUTH ROCKC PRIZE-WI1NNER. machine--one which will do its work t irell-is usually so successful that t others in the neighborhood quickly fol- C low his example. Nevertheless, there is no danger of the poultry business b beIng overdone. It is one of the mosto staple and profitable lines of business ij in the world to-day, for its products e are always in increasing demand in1 n every town and city in the world, and I throughout the entir- year.t But before going into the incubator Iz business it is necessary to have some fi good egg producing machinery, that is,.s good, laying hens and comfortable and cheerful quarters, along with a ge d a. system of feeding, to induce them to o lay. The fertility of eggs is also af-p fected by the conditions of the hens. The agricultural papers and poultry journals are replete with information upon the management of incubators, b and manly books have been publishedjf A'+LUTSlDE BROC en the snhieot: U'nt n errent rnny far mers and farmers' wives do not see' these .innrnals or 'onks. Tlowever, let It be known that the oneratlon of an 1 incubator is easy and simple, and once I that almost superstitious dread that some people have ef takin~r up some ROFITS IN CHICKl GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL overcome, and there will be little i: trouble in teaching the uses and man- : agement of the ordinary hatching ma- s chine. Not Difacult to Manage. While there is nothing complex or difficult about the successful operation of an incubator, close attention and ex actness are necessary; yet the results are more than worth the effort.. The woman who fills her lamps regularly every morning, and the man who winds his watch or clock at the same hour every evening, need not fear the task of running an incubator; i 25 t but unless one is willing to attend to the few wants of his machine at the right time, it will be unreasonable to look for a good hatching of chickens from the best incubator upon the markeL ti The writer has used incubators and I bas found great delight in hatching e , t] g a 1 - 4 a bi t< S '03 is S( di P o: Il ~ it (I -W it ORN COCKRELS. arge flocks of fine chickens from C hem, but it was necessary to do a g ittle experimenting first to get the ma- c hine in good working order, to keep ai :he lamp trimmed so that it burned a r< ear, white flume and to do a dozen r ther little things, which in a very hort time made the owner as familiar with the incubator as with any other imple piece of farm machinery. The period of incubation is always me of expectancy and when the chicks jegin to come forth from the shell :here is either keen joy or a decided lampening of ardor, according as to :he results of the hatch. But don't be ome discouraged if the first hatch rings you only 50 per cent. of chick mns. Go right ahead, determined to . )mit the mistakes of the first 1trial and uim for 85 or 90 per cent. of the next atching, which you should get if you ave a good incubator and handle it roperly. After a little prac-ice you :ome to know your machine, how it is iting and what it will do, as well as *o know your driving horse, in fact you can gauge it even mor-3 clo.4ely, or it is a machine and you car.. control t to a nicety. There are hot air machines and hot ater machines, there are small nachines and big machines-machines o meet every need and requirement; he only thing is to get a good machine. An Attractive Side Line. The poultry business on the farm has iways been considered largely within u.e province of the women folks, and ti be enlargement of the industry by uI tilizing incubators has not changed he be situation, except that many others St an farmers' wives are now raising' ca hickens from incubators-.c "Modern chicken raising, as it has Is een adopted by thousands of people in wning small rural homes," said an re acubator agent to me recently, "ac ounts for the sale of an enormous umber of our incubators and brooders. n fact, it Is among this class largely at we do business, and they are laking the money out of it. A vast eld is still open among the more con erva~ve residents of the interior farm i o ections, who still stick to old methods, |u: naware of the comparative simplicity |th f a good incubator and of the great 01o rofit possible through its use." th T1 Breed'ng Up the Fiock-.b Even through the iedium of the in arnyard flock, reigarded by ' 'nly ve armers as a very insignificant part St de si in 1t a f1 DER INWINTER. ' t her lIvestnek, a very reat addIiion j "a the yearly Income Is realized. The h nek simnplies ere and meat for the e iome throughnut the year. and even If b no additional Income results, the barn- if nrd flock has served a great purpose. ji Fowever, It Is such an easy matter to ti breed up a nondscript lot of chickens +1 It, ato a big laying, heavy weighted and tighly profitable flock, that it seemi trange that there should be a singli lock of dung'-hills throughout the coun ry It costs t.o more to feed and car or a broad by-easted Plymouth Rock ,r a Wyandotte, or a huge L:ght Brah a, or any of a dozen other splendid tandard varieties than it does for th ommon scrub, and with the low pric t which good eggs, or practically pur rd cockerels can be had, it is the asiest thing iroaginable to have. aftei wo or three years of systematic breed ag, a flock of chickens producina bree times the profit of the origina. ock. 'Standard Kinds of Chickens. A fascinating little bulletin has beer ;sued by the Department of Agricul ire (farmers' bulletin No. 51) whieli ; replete with illustrations of the prin ipal standard varieties of chickens, ae reading of which by any chicken rower, however small, should certain r stimulate a New Year resolution to iake the flock a real money earner. TIs bulletin, while it will prove, prob bly, a mere stimulant for mo c rtensive literature on the subject, can e obtained without cost from Sena >rs and Members of Congress. or the ecretary of Agriculture, and the proof I its popularity is apparent in the !ven or eight editions which it has en neessary to publish to supply the emand throughout the country. Caponizing Fowls. One of the most attractive features poultry raising is the production of ipons. This is a story all by itself. is an experiment which one can en r into and with a very slight expend ure for a set of instruments, can fol iw it to any degree desired. It re uires some judgment and a little at -ntion, but caponizing is not difficult; is one of those things which, while looks, in the beginning, to be a hard roposition, gradually comes to you all f itself, so that the first thing you now you become almost an expert, nd the reward is very considerable. apons always sell readily and at a "od advance in price. The birds be >me very docile ahd easily handled ad are always money makers. The radiness w t' which the new capon covers from the wound is a revela y FAgjILIAR POUt. n as to the splendid physical make >of a chieken. Any boy or girl who t ever succeeded in skinning and uffing a bird will take hold of the ponizing idea with avidity; in fact, ponizing is by far the easier job; it as easy as the skinnng operation, for bird mounting the stuffing is the ally difficult part. ORIENT AL INCUBA TORS. acuIar facihjty of Chinese for Arti If we are to look *- the beginning any particular industry, we are mally told that we might find that is particular work was first carried tin China. This applies as well to .e artificial hatching of eggs. roughout China the hatching of eggs r heat is a very large and important dustry and has been practiced since ~ry ancient times. The Oriental who ~sires to hatch eggs by artificial heat L't constructs a building of sun rd brick, plastered on the outside fth mud. Completely fill one de and the other also, except for >or space and sufficient room for a an to test the eggs, are round, bar -like mud brick walls with earthen rs set into them. This j-r is var-v ep, and comes within six or eight chles of the ground. The conical hot n is filled W~ith ashes to the depth f eight or nine inches, to k- i the emperature more uniform and to aid suddenl changes of tempernfure hen doors are opened and there is a rong wind. On tho top of the ashes thrown a hit of old mat or similar$ aterial to keern the baskots of e enn and to prevent raising a dust hen they are taken out. For hoMr ithe eggs: a basket is used that ~aves a space of about an inch be een it and fl-; inner wall of the r. Round and full, thee baskets ich hold from 1200 to 1950 pes After the eggs are put into the has a a slow snmoldea-n: fire, made with ry' fine charconl, is started. After day the pes are taken out, a harad i at a t"'e. and put Into a similar asket. This Is done from two to yur times each day aecording to the mperature, The Chinese use no hermiomfoor to test the degree of at nttniined In the incuhator. the ges being simply touched to the eye nlJ. A fter being In the Incuhator for our days the eggs are tested to see 'thor contain a living germ. hy hold -l them up to the light and looking hmauh them. Eggs containinE nc living germs are sold on ine street fo food at about one-sixth of a cel each. After being tested they are kept i the jars for seven days, bein changed as before. This makes a totn of eleven days in thie ja:s. Then the are taken in a bamboo basket an rolled out on . mat on th platform above the jars. Her they remain until hatched. Th only heat they receive is from th room, except during cold weather the: are covered with a heavy quilt. Afte they are hatched the chicks are pu in shallow haskets for a short time t -,ain strength and then they are read for sale. The hatch by th . remarka ble method is from G0 to 70 per cent THt AMERICAN INCUBATOR IN TURKEY. After testing, it is stated'that 90 pei cent. of those remaining will hatch This style of incubator probabli would not suit American reqiuirements >ut the ilea of utilizing the heat of thi mom111 <luring the later stages of incuba tion1 is very valuable, as it economize. both heat and space. POcLTRY FEEDING. An Important Phase of t- e Chickei Crowing Industry. Poultry feeding is sometimes a mos -serious problem to those who desire t< make this line a specialty. Experi ence has shown that there are certair special lines of agricultural operation; with which poultry raising may ad va-utageously be connected. In dairy ing therec is usually a large quanrit3 of skim milk or butter-milk whiel may be uIlized to furnish a consider able part of the poultry ration. Upoi the fruit farm fowls are also of ad vantage. They keep down insect pest. and they may have a free range i greater part of the season without th< possibility of doing any damage. Plun growers have found poultry especirall: useful in obliterating the curcullo, and 'even the apple crop has been consid erably benef4, It ; is found tha1 TRY SCE.NES tat fowey injure small fruits it is best tathybe contined during the lim itedi season when the fruit is ripen ing. Waste fruits, either in winter or summer. are a welcome and valua ble aiddition to the poultry ration. The market garden also furnishes a large amount of waste products which may be utilized for poultry feed. There is the waste lettuce, the small heads of cabbage, the unsold beets. carrots and potatoes, the green corn which cannot be marketed 'or any BROOD OF INCUBATOR OSTRICHES. purpose, the was'te of the ~mall fruits. tc. If properly cared for the hens w ill br ing a ste. :y and reliable in come during the winter months. D riedl lov er. roots. tubers. etc., should 'e sava for them (luring the winter. These .snoul i be steamed and fed with the mash or cahhaf.Cs, and beets may ~e fed raw. A catch crop of bucekwheat or oats and peas will furnish much food at little explense. oran. meat. meal. aveat screenings and oats pur. ebased for poultry will bring good re gurls in eggs and will also .dd ma terially to the fertilizer supply. HL.-d Lcenrncd the Business. An hone4t and. singular as it may seem, a stupid Trishman, who had work. ed for a coal dealer half a year, andi shown nio canacity to le'rn his dutias, was f,.liv dischare'ed. "Go to th ofe nd gec: your money. I've been patien with vo.' h-d vou are too thickheaded to learn anyth'inz." said the~ nroprietor. "All roiht. sir." anewered Barney: "mcbe ):m t':ik-head~ed, as yez say. but Oi've learned wan t'inz. anr. way" "Tf von 'ave. and learned it well, I'll not dis' charge von." saidl the proprietor. banter. inlv: "n.on wvhat have you land "tj've learned. sor. that siventeen hun 'red makes a ton in this place." replied Barney, and he went back to work. Hours For Sleep "Natnre requires five, -C'ustomn rives seven; Lazinei's takes nine. Ad wicednss eleven." 't Let Me Tell You On This Genuine 1906 Chatham Incubator OU see we make more Incubators than any other concern in the world. We have two big factories equipped e with every up-to-date labor-saving appliance. B We buy lumber in immense quantities. And turn out from six to seven hundred e Incubators a day. E This means high grade machines at low r cost. t Now we are after the trade with an Incu bator of up-stairs quality at a down-stairs price. And to prove to you that Chatham SIncubators are the best made. we are will ng to let you try one 84 days FREE OW TO BUILD AN - e. IlustrtdINCUBATOR ,4 r1s Incubato A R0E and Brooder plans &BROODERI free showing how tom build your own machines at, little cost. Anyone can do it. Also fine illustrated catalog of Incubator and Brooder bp PLANS e Writeforbo. IL.I SEER CO. F R E E Dent. 37 Quincy,_n THE BEST SEND FoR' SEEfREE cor PL. TS. OR NEW8B0011 P81ANS. CT CONTAIN* TRES ALL THZ TREES GOOD THINGS NORTHERN WORTH' GROWN GROWING IJL-.AV & CO.. s.PauL.MINN. 1000 COPIES FREE to farmers intercsd in getting the best results from the soil. oFOOD FOR PLANTS" a hant(Iomelylustraebook.250paMU telllngtbe whole truth about the frecta on Nitate in fertilization. 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