NEW YORK, APRIL 14. 1894. 
VOL. LIIL No. 2307 
kept in these. Just at the right of the dwelling 
house, partially underground, is the incubator house, 
with a capacity of over 3,000 eggs. 
A FARM RUN BY HEN POWER, 
Night Work About an Incubator. 
different direc- 
s u r i n g good 
a poultry coun- 
lished a num¬ 
ber of years 
ago by the late 
Mr. T. Wilton Hill, who expended something like 
$10,000 on it. It is located half a mile from the sta¬ 
tion, on rolling ground, the back part being consider¬ 
ably higher than the front. It comprises seven acres. 
Mr. Hill died very suddenly, and the present proprietor, 
Mr. W. H. Ordway, purchased it at the administrator’s 
sale for not much more than one-fourth the original 
cost. Mr. Ordway’s superintendent, Mr. D. A. Mount, 
has made a specialty of poultry for many years, being 
very successful in this line of work. Mr. O. met me at 
the station, and as we were driving out remarked 
that I would not see any $10,000 poultry houses or 
fancy buildings ; that they were running the business 
for what they could make from it with the idea of 
building up a reputation second to none ; that they 
are working hard, night and day almost, to make it 
a success. They are making needed improvements 
Looking Backwakd Over the Pine Tree Farm. Pig. 67. 
partially visible, are the two brooder houses, with a 
capacity of 5,000 to 6,000 chicks at a time. These are 
built, one in front of the other, a very bad arrange¬ 
ment, in Mr. Ordway’s opinion. Here, too, is a new 
building, containing grain room, feed cooker, cellar 
for storage, etc. This building, as well as other im¬ 
provements about the place, is the result of spare 
time put in by Mr. Mount and his assistants, all im¬ 
provements being made in this way. Directly over 
the front building may be seen the dwelling house, 
with the solitary pine tree, the only one on the farm 
and which gives it its name, towering over it at the 
left. At the left of these are the barn, killing house, 
and some smaller miscellaneous buildings. Back of 
the dwelling house and extending clear to the rear of 
the farm, is range after range of laying houses, with 
wide runs between each ; several different breeds are 
