PROCEKDINGS OF THE FARMERS CLUB. < U 



^^|•. M. s.iys: " Tlic b )oks ineiilion tliiit Ihmls tiun their og;^".s at tiiiu'S. 

 Is it not ti) luini;' tho DUtside eg'^s into the center of the nest to receive 

 tnore warmth, anil thereby equalize the amount of heat the cgg^s receive? 

 r is motion necessary to the liatehing of tlic eggs ? If so, how often would 

 it be neeess:irv in artificial hatching ? What degree of iieat is necessary 

 to hatcli eggs ? Some writ(.rs say 101 deg.; others, 10-4 deg., 100 deg. I 

 lind UO lU'i;. siifiicient." 



^Vill i''^'^'^ hatch that are transported, say a do/,(Mi miles in spring wagons, 

 the eggs packed in bran ? If they will stand that distance, how much 

 mor<' ? 



Mr. John G. Hergen. — A few yt^us ago tliere was a large chicken hatch- 

 ing establishment in Brooklyn. It was conducted a year or two, I should 

 think, at considerable expense, and then closed. It proved an unprolitable 

 investment. I have heard of several cither attempts to make poultry rais- 

 ing a specialty. I have never heard tjf a single one that has succeeded. 

 I have always heard it observed that transportation of eggs injured them 

 for incuitatioii. I have known them when carried only a few miles in a 

 common wagon to be seriously injured. I should not expect more than 

 one-half of such eggs to produce chickens. As to the question whether hens 

 turn their eggs and what for, it needs proof by experiment. 



Dr. Trimble. — It needs no experiment to prove that they do turn them. 

 I have often seen them do it. If the eggs were- not turned, I believe the 

 chickens would not be perfect; they would come out mis-shapen and one- 

 sided. When eggs are packed in barrels, it is necessary frequently to turn 

 tlie barrels. 



Dr. Snodgrass. — The hen does not turn the eggs to bring the outside 

 ones iniD the center, ut^r to equalize the amoimt of heat, but to e(jualize 

 the pressure of the albumen, which instinct teaches her is necessiary during 

 the process of incubation. 



v>.\ssAFR.\s Poles a.nd B.\rk used in Heneries. 



Mr. riiilip W. Kohler, Hopewell, Warrru Co., Maine. — To keep poultry- 

 free from lice have no other than sassafras poles for your roosts. Leave 

 the bark on. I would not have any other if I had to import them hundreds 

 of miles. 3Iy setting hens are not troubled with lice. Fine tobacco leaves 

 r sassafnis bark (the latter is the best) mingh'd with the straw is an 

 tleclual remedy. Procure sassafras roosts and you will have no use for 

 bacco. It is my opinion that lousy chickens are most subject to the 

 gapes. Since I have adoptt-d ilu^ tise of sassafras roosts, my chickens are 

 free from all disease and lice. They get all the corn they want, and water 

 :oin a never-failing spring running through the yard. 1 would like to see 

 lie man that gets nutre eggs than I do from the same number of hens. 

 /"<j h-rp hugn mcaij/rom your curumber and melon vines, save your washing 

 suds every week till they become a week old. Ky this time the smell 

 bfc»»mes Very oflen.sive; apply this to your vines liberally twice or three 

 times a we«'k. It is a good fertilizer, and will make your plants grow 

 rapitlly. The .same is good to apply to y<»ur cabbage plants, or anything 

 lial'le to be attacked by bugs. 



Mr. Gccrgc Carpenter related a fact of which he was cognizant, where 



