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INCUBATOR OR HEN-HATCHED CHICKS. 
Will chickens hatched by incubators be 
as good and strong layers as those hatched 
by hen ? h. g. 
Elm, N. J. 
Yes, chickens hatched by incubators 
make just as strong, healthy and good 
laying fowls as those hatched by hens; 
that is if they are properly hatched. 
Eggs from the most vigorous stock may 
be hatched and the chicks utterly ruined 
in the hatching, as I know from per¬ 
sonal experience. For several years I 
furnished eggs to a person who made a 
specialty of selling young chicks just 
hatched. As he obtained better results 
from my eggs than I did, I wrote him 
for instructions. He replied that he be¬ 
gan airing the eggs after the first week, 
airing them 10 minutes, then 15, increas¬ 
ing until the last few days he aired them 
a half-hour to an hour at a time. 
Being a sort of fresh air crank myself, 
I began practicing the extra airing on 
300 eggs in my incubator, taking care 
that the eggs were not cooled below 70 
degrees. Result was that the chicks did 
not hatch on time, but strung along for 
a week. Being due on Monday, it was 
Saturday before the hatch was finished, 
and the chicks were poor, weak things, 
only about 00 hatching, and those died 
off at the rate of half a dozen a day 
until they were nearly all gone. They 
were utterly spoiled in the hatching. In 
the next brooder to them were chicks 
hatched from eggs from the same 
hens, that were as lusty, vigorous, 
healthy a lot as I ever saw. The con¬ 
trast taught me to go slow about con¬ 
demning the breeder if eggs bought for 
hatching did not.turn out strong chicks, 
as it was quite possible to spoil eggs 
from good stock in the hatching. Not 
all hens are good sitters; some, espec¬ 
ially fat old hens, are apt to stick too 
closely to the nest, while others are off 
too much, resulting in a delayed hatch. 
The most vigorous chicks are those 
which hatch out a day ahead of time. 
If the hatch is finished by the beginning 
of the twenty-first day, then I know I 
have an extra strong lot of chicks. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
PAPER MILK BOTTLES. 
We have investigated the matter in 
this city, and find that nine dealers have 
had some experience in their use, and 
three of these are now using the paper 
bottles in their regular business, but al¬ 
most exclusively for t ransient trade. 
Three others have given up the use of 
the paper bottles entirely, after having 
had them on trial for a short time. 
They give as the reason for discontin¬ 
uing their use that the paper bottles re¬ 
quire more careful handling than glass 
bottles, and a small amount of pressure 
causes the bottle to overflow. The caps 
frequently get out of place. The paper 
bottles are also not adapted to icing the 
milk, as the pieces of ice force the caps 
out of place and cause the milk to spill. 
One party tried to use the bottles ex¬ 
clusively, and after two months was 
obliged to give them up, owing to the 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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fact that the customers did not like 
them, and refused to buy the milk. The 
other three dealers are using paper 
bottles exclusively in connection with 
their lunch rooms, or in selling milk 
over the counter. They find them very 
satisfactory in sending out milk or 
coffee, and in selling milk to strangers 
who are not likely to return the bottles. 
The number of paper bottles used in 
Washington city daily would probably 
not exceed 300. It appears that these 
bottles must be made more substantial, 
and that the caps must be fitted more 
securely, if they are to compete with 
glass bottles in the milk trade. I be¬ 
lieve that there will have to be con¬ 
siderable improvement in the paper 
bottles before they come into general 
use in the retail trade. c. B. lane. 
Assistant Chief in Charge of Market 
Milk Investigations. 
CHRONIC INDIGESTION. 
I have an old horse (19 years), who 
keeps on getting thinner in spite of feed 
and care given him. The local veterinarian 
says his teeth are so irregular as to pre¬ 
vent them being filed, and consequently he 
does not properly masticate his feed, al¬ 
though there is no evidence of this in his 
voidings. He has indigestion and frequently 
worms. In the past two years I have tried 
all the remedies recommended and prescribed 
without favorable results. He does not 
average over three hours’ work per day, 
blit as he is such a faithful horse and is 
apparently sound in all other respects I 
want to treat him and feed him to get a 
little fat on him. I am at present feeding 
ground oats, bran and oil meal in the ratio 
of 3, 1 and %, and give him once a day a 
heaping tablespoonful of a mixture of char¬ 
coal. bicarbonate of soda, gentian, ginger 
and salt. w. b. k. 
New York. 
We suspect that failure to masticate 
food properly is the chief cause of the 
poor condition described, and it should 
be quite possible to cut and file the 
most irregular teeth so as to at least 
benefit the animal or improve mastica¬ 
tion to some degree. In some instances 
‘•he incisor teeth are so long and “par¬ 
rot-mouthed" that the molars cannot act 
properly, and trimming down these in¬ 
cisors proves wonderfully beneficial in 
such cases. Take him to a veterinary 
dentist who has a reputation for being 
a good hand with the instruments, 
rather than his conversing and boasting 
apparatus, and if he is the right kind 
of an operator he will tell you candidly 
if the teeth can be assisted by mechan¬ 
ical interference. On general principles 
reduce the feed one-half and increase the 
work or outdoor exercise daily. Feed 
a quart of black strap molasses night 
and morning along with cut hay and 
the grain and meal mixture you are 
using, or substitute cornmeal for ground 
oats and it will do as well. At noon 
feed some whole oats and at night long 
hay, after the molasses ration. Mix the 
molasses with hot water and then add 
to the feed by stirring. It may be nec¬ 
essary to starve the horse to take the 
molasses food at first, but soon he will 
take it with relish, and it should make 
him plump up fast and without colic. 
Gradually the grain and meal ration 
may be increased in amount if found 
necessary. Where worms are present 
they should be destroyed by giving the 
treatment for that purpose which we 
have several times prescribed in this 
paper. a. s. Alexander, v. s. 
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