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up on the platform, and are exposed to the sun's rays until the freight 

 arrives. 



It is also very important that the male birds be removed from 

 the (lock not later than June first. It is the fertile eggs that pro- 

 duce the hulk of the rotten eggs and all the blood rings. If you de- 

 sire to hatch after June 1st, you should make a yard for the cock 



and hens which you desire to mate. 

 AVashed eggs and held eggs also add to 

 the great bulk of bad eggs. 



Question. How long will eggs keep and 

 still hatch? 



Answer. Eggs may be kept as long as 

 two weeks, but the fresher the eggs are 

 when you set them the better will be the 

 hatch. 



Question. How long will sodium silicate 

 keep eggs? 



Answer. Sodium silicate will keep eggs 



White Leghorn Cockerel. oyer & year 



Question. AVill eggs beat up all right after being preserved in 

 sodium silicate. 



Answer. Eggs beat up splendidly after being preserved in 

 sodium silicate. 



Question. AVliy do you prefer setting hens in preference to using 

 the incubator? 



Answer. I believe we can hatch a greater percentage of eggs 

 and secure stronger chicks than with the incubator, and it is much 

 less trouble to the average farmer to raise them with hen than with 

 ilie brooder. 



The hen and incubator are good in their places. You can make 

 an incubator set when you want it to. You can make American hen 

 set only when she wants to. If you wish to raise chickens by the 

 thousands you cannot do it with the hens, but for farm conditions, I 

 really believe the strongest chickens are raised by the hen. The best 

 hens do better than the best hatching incubators. One advantage of 

 the chicken raised in the natural way is they have more sense. The 

 mother teaches them to work and scratch and they hustle better for 

 their living. In raising chickens I get better results with incubators 

 in winter time, and in the summer I believe we get better hatches 

 from incubators in very hot weather. If we are going to use hens, 

 let each hen have a home to herself, protected from everything. 



