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INCUBATOR INVESTMENT 



AFTER the poultryman has made up his mind 

 to buy an incubator, he is confronted with the 

 question of makes and sizes. As a general rule, a 

 cheap machine is a poor investment, requiring more 

 attention than a good one and wearing out quicker, 

 besides being less dependable. The value of the 

 machine is small compared with that of the eggs 

 used during the normal life of an incubator. It is 

 poor economy, therefore, to buy a machine which 

 ii not reliable. Whenever possible it is well to 

 select the kind of incubator that has given satis- 

 faction in your neighborhood, so that you may get 

 the benefit of the experience of other operators 



near by. ■ • , 



The best size of incubator to buy varies with 

 numerous circumstances, say poultry specialists of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 About as much time is required to care for a 60 

 at for a 300-egg machine; it is usually advisable 

 to get one of at least 150-egg capacity. Special 

 conditions, though, often exist which make smaller 

 machines valuable. 



A small machine is often used in connection 

 with a larger one, all eggs being placed in the 

 large machine after the first or second test. Many 

 poultrymcn believe that it pays to have an incu- 

 bator large enough to hatch the bulk of their 

 stock in two or three hatches, so that much time 

 is saved in tending to the incubators and brooders. 

 In addition the chickens are more uniform in size 

 than those hatched when the incubating period ex- 

 tends over a longer time. 



A fair estimate for a poultry farm is an incu- 

 bator of one-egg capacity per hen, provided that 

 about one-half of the flock is to be renewed yearly 

 and no outside hatching is carried on. The larger 

 machines cost less in proportion to their capacity 

 than the smaller ones. 



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EARLY HATCHING 

 TT'OR those who do not run their own incubator 

 there are, of course, two methods of keeping 

 up their flocks — either by the old accepted way of 

 hatching with one's own hens or through purchase 

 of baby chicks or pullets. For those who maintain 

 a flock of good size there is a lot to be said in 

 favor of purchasing baby chicks from a reliable 

 source. With the average small-farm flock, where 

 heni of a general purpose breed are kept, it is gen- 

 erally advisable to let the hens do the hatching. 



Whatever the method of hatching, it is most im- 

 portant that it be done at the right time of year. 

 The aim srould be to hatch the chicks at such a 

 time as will allow the pullets to reach their full 

 development and begin laying in October or No- 

 vember, as these earlier maturing pullets must be 

 depended upon very largely for the fall and winter 

 egg production. Late-hatched chicks do not ma- 

 ture in time to produce fall and winter eggs nor 

 do they live or grow so well during the hot 

 weather. 



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VIGOROUS CHICKS 



TT is hardly possible to put too much emphasis 

 upon the importance of proper feeding of baby 

 chicks to give them a good, healthy start and to 

 put them in a healthy, vigorous, growing condi- 

 tion. Chick diseases are prevented if care is taken 

 in the method of feeding. The best of grains 

 and prepared foods should be used for chicks. 

 Regularity in feeding is immensely important. 

 Pure, clean water should be available. In the 

 brooder facilities, orderliness and cleanliness 

 ihould prevail. Check over your plans and equip- 

 ment to make sure that you are prepared to give 

 the chicks the right start in incubation, brooding 

 and feeding. 



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TF you are one of those who derive nothing, 

 but discouragement from the fact that egg 



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"PilD you know that the government experts 

 have acknowledged that use of artificial 

 lights in the poultry house increases the egg out- 

 put? This method is being tried in England per- 

 haps more widely than in this country. The real 

 object, it should be remembered, is primarily that 

 of getting the hens and pullets to feed longer than 

 they otherwise would during the short winter days. 



AAA 



TN building the poultry house the site should 



be on light, porous soil, if possible. A slope 

 that provides good air and water drainage is pref- 

 erable. Exposure to sunshine and protection from 

 winds are other Important points. These prob- 

 lems are fully discussed in a new bulletin that may 

 be had on request, from the Oregon Agricultural 

 College Experiment Station, at Corvallii. 



February y 1 922 



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1943 First Avenue South, Seattle 



Chicken House Sash 



20 in. wide by 25 in. high, 80c 



A dozen different sizes in stock for 

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Sky Lights for Chicken Houses 



36 in. by 40 in.; price glazed, $2.00 



This is the size recommended by the West- 

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