Testimonial Letters to Mrs. Johnson 



THE following letters received by Mrs Rebecca Johnson are an indica- 

 tion of the appreciation people have of her knowledge on the subject 

 of manipulating incubators and raising chickens: 



Nevada, Feb. 3, 1905. — Dear Mrs. Johnson: I feel as if I must write 

 and thank you for the letter you wrote me how to run an incubator. I 

 used to read all the books and papers about poultry and incubators that I 

 could get, but your one instructive letter had more valuable information in 

 it than all papers and poultry books I ever read. It told me everything 

 in plain words, just what I needed to know. I think that the failure in 

 incubators are due to improper instructions sent out with the machines. 

 The first time I started my incubator I ran it according to the directions I 

 received with my incubator, and failed. I only got forty-four chicks from 

 230 eggs; I became very much discouraged for I wanted early chicks, but 

 when I read in the papers about your success I thought I would write and 

 ask you how you managed your incubator, and received your letter just in 

 time to save my second hatch; this time I got 146 healthy chicks and the 

 third time I got 16i. I hatched quite a few under hens for I wanted the 

 hens to raise the incubator chicks. In all I raised about 500 chicks. It 

 was late in the season when I got your letter; next spring I will start my 

 incubator early and try to raise twice as many. I have a brooder, but I 

 do not know how to use it; I wish you would be so kind as to give me 

 instructions how to operate it also; it would be so much easier than to 

 bother with hens. I have a nice flock of Langshans. I like them the best 

 of any kind we ever had. Please answer soon. 



Prom your friend, 



Mrs. L. C. Rierson. 



Colo, Iowa, May 23, 190i.— My Dear Mrs. Johnson: I received 

 your kind letter and will say I was glad to hear from you for your letter 

 did me so much good. I have been waiting to see what kind of a hatch I 

 would have. Well, I was happily surprised. I hatched 380 chicks from 

 400 eggs. This is the best I have ever done. From the hatch just before 

 this I got only 1.32 chicks from 100 eggs. This was before I received your 

 letter. I operated the ventilator just as you told me. If everyone knew 

 just how to operate their incubator and have as good success as I did, thej' 

 would be spared lots of grief and many disappointments. I wish you would 



