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PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 



/Vr-tificial Inculbation 



BY J/AAAES HMGUE 



Any one engaging in the diiek b\i.ii- 

 ness and pro.nosing to make money out 

 of it must I'eaHze to begin with an incu- 

 bator. Time was when the hen was 

 indispensible. But, now old methods 

 and appliances are being- supei'seded 

 by the modern (human inventions). 

 The great advance made in the poultry 

 industry the la.st quarter of a century 

 has made the incubator a necessity. 

 Our large broiler plants and duck 

 ranches would be an impossibility 

 without artificial incubation. In buying 

 an incubator get a 126 egg size to be- 

 gin with. Now level up your incubator 

 with a spirit Ifvel so that the heat can 

 circulate over and under the eggs even- 

 ly. Light your incubator lamp and run 

 your machine until you have it regu- 

 lated so that the thermometer stands 

 at 103 degrees. Grade your eggs (that 

 is, liave the large ones in one tray and 

 fmaller ones in another, by putting 

 a % inch strip of wood under tray, on 

 tray sides, with small eggs in, you can 

 have all eggs on a level. Put the ther- 

 mometer on the eggs, so that the bulb 

 wir. rest betv.'een two eggs, with the 

 other end the highest. Start your incu- 

 bator cold, some breeders put in the 

 eggs when the machine is heated up 

 to 103 degrees. I start all my machines 

 cold with the best results. Now that 

 youi machine is running, don't turn 

 eggs until 4S hours have passed. Now 

 add moisture. Put in just enough 

 moisture to last two days, then run one 

 day dry. (watching the air cells; if 

 the air cell develops to large, keep in 

 moisture, if it does not develop enough, 

 run your incubator dry. Using your 

 own judgement. Don't be afraid to 

 cool the eggs. I know that those who 

 have the best success with artificial 

 hatching let the eggs have plenty of 

 time to cool each day. So many are 

 afraid that they will not get them hot 

 again soon enough that they commence 

 to work the legulator, as soon as the 

 eggs are put back into the machine. 

 While it is a fact that the regulators, 

 when )nce set, should be left strictly 

 alone. In ccolmg eggs I allow twenty- 

 five minule.-i a. m. and p. m., my ma- 

 chines being in a cool basement. In- 

 cubators can be operated most any- 

 where .as long f.s you can keep an even 

 temperature, with good ventilation. 



Eggs for Hatching. 



It is a misUike to apW off .all the old 

 hens and depend entirely on the pul- 

 lets for the eggs saved for hatchin.g. 



Chickens hatched from eggs laid by 

 hens one, two and even three years old, 

 are stronger, and usually make better 

 fowls than thore from pullets. 



Hens aftei- the first year lay larger 

 eggs, ;^nd th>' chicks from (hem are, as 

 a rule, hardier than from younger hens. 



The old hens are more jiatient sitters 

 and .'IS a rule are better mothers. 



We think it better to mate the two 

 or three-year-old- hens with cockrels 

 that have fully matured, and reserve 

 the pullets, except those early hatched. 

 for m.irket eggs. 



Mucli of the worry in raising chicks 



IS the result o"; the weak stock. And the 

 more we guard against such defects 

 the less will be our trouble. 



Strong, Healthy Chickens. 



Success with poultry depends in 

 large measure, on beginning, or, to be 

 more exact, en the growth of the 

 chick.s up to the third month. It is, 

 therefore, of the utmost importance 

 that We exercise care in hatching 

 chicks that liave vigor and health, for 

 it is such that grow rapidly and sel- 

 dom have any kind of sickness. 



Eggs that are used for hatching 

 should be from hens that are kept in 

 .separate pens and especially cared for. 

 No eggs shouiJ be set from flocks that 

 run promiscuously together. 



Vv'hen the time for hatching arrives 

 the choicest hens should be penned and 

 only eggs from them used. By this 

 method the fowls can be improved and 

 each year wil find us with better birds. 



Brighton Poultry Yards ^ 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 



Winners of the Mayor's Silver dip at the 

 Oakland Show, for the best ten birds. 



IRo^al JSuff Cocbln 



Superb cockerels for sale. 



Choice stock tor sale at very reasonable 

 prices. 



A. J. SCHMITTGEN, 



530 Twelfth Street, Sacramento, Cal. 



CftRRIlNGTOlN'S 



WHITE LEGHORNS 



Win Blue Ribbons wherever shown. 



Some extra fine, full grown Cockerels 

 at $.5.00 a piece. Egss from Prize Win- 

 ners, P.OO and $2.03 per dozen, ^10.00 

 per 100. Eggs from well bred stock 

 $5.00 per 100. 



CASTRO VALLEY, HAYWARD. tAL. 



BRIGGS POULTRY FARM 



iiox 25.. 

 Los Gatos. Cal 



See what ia to follow. 



D. D. Briggs, Manager. 



Win. H. KEATON 



llorscsliocr 



Personal aftont.ion given to all horses 

 entrusted to in v care. I'irst class work 

 in every particular 

 N. W.Cnr. lldoracio anil S.in Pedro Sis.. SAN JOSt. Cal, 



L. N. COBBLEDICK. 



Barred Plymouth 

 Rocks... 



Oakland, California ^ 



Twenty Premiums Won 



at Oakland Poultry Show Dec. 1901. 



White and Buff 

 ^ LEGHORNS ^ 



Exclusively. 

 Hayward Ave. Poultry Yard 

 J. F. SARMENTO, Prop. 



p. O. Box 78. San Lxandbo, Cai. 



Berkeley Poultry Yards ^ 



White Plumouth Rocks Exciusiveiu 



I make a business of breeding these 

 beautiful and useful birds. My birds won 

 1st and 2d prize on breeding pens; Ist on 

 pullets and 4th on hens. My birds are 

 the highest scoring birds on the coast. 

 1st pen scored from 93 J to 95 J; second 

 pen 92 J to 94; pullets 94 J; hens 93. Ex- 

 hibition for sale. Eggs $2.50 per setting. 



George Sherman, 



1611 Delaware St. Berkeley, Cal 



White Minorcas 

 White Leghorns 



Eggs for Setting 



Very best MEAT and BLOOD MEALS. 

 11 will pay you to get inv prices. 



A. WARREN ROBINSOIM 



PvJap«. California 



WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. 



Eggs, $1.00 per 13: ;5?6.oo per 100, 

 in incubator lots. Hrowii Cockerel.s 

 $1.50 each. 



C0F="FE:Y BROS. 



2503 G Street. Sacramento, Cal. 



THE POPILAR RESTAURANT 



Serves Me;il." at Popular Prices. Every- 

 thing neat and clean. Private rooms for 

 ladies. Phone Ked 272 



29\\'. Santa Clara St., San Jose, Cal. 



