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proximates her ability to turn out strong, vigorous 

 chicks, and yet it is unfortunately necessary to aban- 

 don the hen when large numbers of chicks are to be 

 produced. So Man has struggled in his vain efforts to 

 reach something which will, at least in a measure, be- 

 come a competitor of the hen. 



Livable Chicks — Not Numbers 



In 191 1, the readers of advertisements in the Poul- 

 try Magazines were confronted with the statement 

 that a certain incubator was the only competitor the 

 hen had. But, it is sad to state, there must have been 

 some mistake, for this incubator could not live up to 

 the claim in the advertisement, nor, so far as it is 

 known, is there any incubator which approximates 

 that claim. Some marvelous hatches are written of, 

 but the question is not one of marvelous hatches, so 

 far as it means the number of chicks which manage 

 to come through the strenuous act of exclusion, but 

 the real question of incubation is as to the number 

 of strong chicks, capable of living and growing into an 

 animal which will become a money maker for the man 

 who hatched and raised it. 



Many people stand in great awe of an incubator, no 

 matter what its make, and have the feeling that to 

 hatch a fair number of chicks in a machine is almost 

 a miracle. The fact is, however, if the purchaser of 

 any incubator will realize that the manufacturer knows 

 more about the proper way to run it than Tom Jones, 



