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39 



it was discovered that to save time, the housemaid, when 

 she required eggs in a hurry took them from the incubator 

 and put in others later on. As incubation progressed and 

 the eggs became unfit for table use, enquiry was instituted 

 which ' elicited this fact. Needless to say, this incubator 

 was strongly built. We wish to remind our readers that 

 this was one of those stray cases that sometimes happen on 

 similar lines to that of tlie hen that brings off her bi-ood in 

 zero weather, but it is not advisable to follow such an ex- 

 ample, nor to put the incubator to a use for which it is not 



. intended. 



Do not experiment. The manufacturers of incubators 

 Wiiat treatment is best suited to their machine. Bead car«- 

 what tratment is best suited to their machine. . Bead care- 

 fully the book of directions that is sent out with each ma- 

 chine and then follow its instructions. If it says put in 

 moisture — put it in. If it tells you no moisture is needed — 

 leave it out. These things are regulated by the ventilation, 

 and as we have said the manufacturer knows what his ma- 

 chine requires. 



General Directions. 

 A cellar is a capital place in which to run an incubator, 



- plain style, without top brooder. A brooder containing 

 chicks has no business in a cellar, cave, or other sulil«ss 

 apartment. Growing chicks, like growing plants, must havd 

 pure air and plenty of sunlight. If your machine is an incu- 

 bator and brooder combined in one, or if you have an incu- 

 bator and separate brooder, and wish to operate them in the 

 same apartment, use a south, southeast or southwest room, 

 placing th* brooder where direct sunlight will reach the 

 chicks part of the day — the more the better 



Before putting the eggs in for the first hatch run the 

 machine thirty-six to forty-eight hours until it becomes uni- 

 formly and thoroughly heated; th«n readjust the regulator; 

 make sure it is in proper working order, and put in the eggs. 

 l>on't be nervous during the hatch. Take things coolly. Be 

 watchful. Use your headpiece — that is what counts most in 

 this life in any field of effort. To Toe sure, thinking is a good 

 deal like work, but we need it in our business if we are to 

 succeed well. Don't be easily discouraged; what scores of 

 others are doing you can do. If you have a good incubator 



located in a suitable place, that is in working order and is 

 properly run, you should be able to get satisfactory results. 

 Don't give up. 



Know as near as you can just wh3,t your eggs are. Get 

 them from stock that has plenty of range, plenty of exercise. 

 Beject the small pullet eggs, the large, double-yolked eggs, 

 those witn rough or thin or mottled shells. After the third 

 day turn the eggs twice a day. Take your time to it. Cool- 

 ing them will not hurt them until they begin to pip. Chill- 

 ing the eggs then, or chilling the newly hatched wet chick is 

 very risky; do not do it. When the eggs begin to pip, see 

 that a liberal amount of fresh air is supplied through the 

 bottom ventilators, but do not open the egg chamber until 

 the hatch is, about completed. Even then handle the chicks 

 rapidly (if the atmos here of the room is cold) and close np 

 th« machine on the remaining eggs as quickly as posible. 

 Treat these little chicks about as you would a newly born 

 babe and the proper thing will be done. They simply must 

 not be chilled at this tender age or congestion will result 

 and bowel trouble end their lives. 



Do not sprinkle the eggs. This lowers the temperature 

 too suddenly and is therefore hurtful. If the machine, 

 through some cause, runs up too high, dampen a towel or 

 cloth in warm water and spread it out over the eggs in the 

 tray, leaving the tray in the egg chamber, but not closing 

 the egg-chamber door. Should the heat run up to as high as 

 112 degrees, you may still save the hatch by the above plan, 

 providing the excessive heat was not applied too long. At 

 two weeks old the chick embryo will stand more of such 

 abuse than when only one week old, and after the two 

 weeks, handling, jarring, etc., do much less damage than 

 during the first days of the hatch when the chick embryo is 

 first taking form. Be governed accordingly. 



As a rule, incubators that are run in cellars where there, 

 is no furnace or stove, require very little moisture until the 

 dry summer months come. -Most cellars, caves and base- 

 ments are moist, providing there is no fire in them. Top 

 ventilation we do not believe in, and if we had an incubator 

 with top ventilation we would keep the top vents closed all 

 the time. If you have such a machine, and are not having 

 success with it, try a hatch with the top vents closed. 



EGYPTIAN INCUBATORIES 



Semi-official Report of the United States Consul at Cairo, Egypt, Setting Forth Interesting and 



Surprising Facts Regarding the State of Artificial Incubation and Brooding Practiced 



at This Present Day in the Country of the Nile. 



IT is quite generally known that the hatching and rear- 

 ing of chickens by artificial, means was first prac- 

 ticed in Egypt "The art of artificial hatching 

 hen's egg has been known from the remotest ages. 

 Though in Egypt tradition attributes the invention to the 

 ancient priests of the Temple of Isis, it is imposible to de- 

 termine at what period or to what nation the construction of 

 the first eecaleobion should be credited." 



The fact now develops that artificial incubating and 

 brooding is still extensively practiced in Egypt. We wrote 

 to the United States Consul at Cairo, Egypt, asking for 

 information on the subject of- Artificial Incubation in that 

 country to date. la 4w6 time we received, through the Tor- 



sign, or Consular Department, at Washington, a lengthy 

 and carefully prepared report, accompanied by three draw- 

 ings, outlining the ground plan of a present-day Egyptian 

 Incubatory and two sectional views of same, showing the 

 interior construction and arrangement. This semi-official 

 report and the drawings are presented herewith, under copy- 

 right, all rights being reserved: 



EGYPTIAN INCUBATOEIES. 



(Report of the U. S. Consul at Cairo.) 

 The artificial hatching of eggs has been so long prac- 

 ticed in Egypt that the hens have completely abandoned 

 that part of tbeir vrork to roan, It is a regular. indostry 



