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is directly opposed to light in the production of life, and 

 that when the days for pipping arrive and the little chicks 

 ■at the back of the incubator are leaving their shells they 

 will naturally try to crawl .over the pipped eggs in order 

 to get to the light which they can see through the glass 

 door. In doing this they will cover over the pipped eggs 

 with the glutinous substance that is clinging to them which 

 will seal the holes in the eggs and of course kill the little 

 live fellows inside. If the interior of\the incubator is dark 

 this can never happen as the. chicks will remain just w^here 

 they are, when they leave the shell, until dry and can be 

 taken out when the operator deems it advisable. 



My concluding suggestion is, follow the instructions that 

 accompany the incubator as closely as possible as the peo- 

 ple who make the machine should surely be the best judges 

 of how it can be run most successfully. 



Why Women Succeed. 



The success of, women in business undoubtedly has 

 been due to the fact that they are more ready to attend to 

 the minor details than men and' this is especially true in 

 the case of poultry raising. One seldom or never hears of 

 women poultry fanciers failing and the explanation is very 

 simple^ nobody fails who attends to the details of his or 

 her business. This is true in- all cases, for those little 

 details that some people are apt to treat as insignificant 

 and beneath their notice are very often the undoing of 

 what would otherwise be a successful enterprise. 



I feel confident that any woman with the most elemen- 

 tary knowledge of business methods can make a success of 

 raising poultry and I do not know of any business that can 

 be started with as small a capital and show as good results 

 in the same length of time. This introduction to my brood- 

 ing article may seem somewhat out of place but I wish to 

 impress upon, my readers the imporl^ance of attending to 

 little details. , ' 



Here are a few things to always remember. Don't 

 keep more than fifty young chicks together at any time; 

 feed little arid often; dirt always encourages disease; clean 



