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Incubator Troubles. 
Will you (HI mo what la the matter with 
my Incubator? It Is a largo one, holding 
000 eggs; I do not get 100 ctilckfl, anrl 
Bomctlmes only 50 . The chicks arc all 
formed In the shell, hut they are dead. The 
Incubator Is about 15 years old. I go by 
directions; keep beat 101 the (lrst 10 days, 
then after that 102% as near ns I can; 
turn eggs night and morning, and use 
water In moisture puns. J. a. d. 
Maine. 
All the incubators manufacturers 
would be exceedingly glad to find out 
wby ibe chicks die in the shell when 
apparently all ready lo hatch. The mod¬ 
ern makes of incubators have the same 
fault as J. A. D.’s old one, made 15 
years ago, and so far as I know there 
is no type of incubator made to-day 
that is free from that fault. I would 
like to see the experiment tried of tak¬ 
ing out all the eggs from an incubator 
and putting them under hens for the 
last week of incubation, to sec if as 
many would die in the shell then as 
when the hatch was finished in the ma¬ 
chine. It used to he thought that the 
foul air in the machine was the cause 
of poor hatches, and some machines 
have the bottom taken entirely out 
to let out the heavy carbonic acid gas; 
hut it has been found that the air under 
silting hens contains a greater per cent 
of carbon dioxide than in any incu¬ 
bator made. The man who can over¬ 
come that difficulty can make a fortune, 
for the aggregate loss each year must 
be enormous. 
Lame Little Chicks. 
I have about 180 chicks Iii brooders set 
In a house with cement floor about, two 
feet below ground level. There are sky¬ 
lights overhead, which leak a trifle, and 
consequently cause a little dampness In the 
building, although the ventilation Is good. 
1 keep the wet. places on the floor cov¬ 
ered with litter, which may alleviate the 
dampness somewhat. I have lost a 1 rifle 
over 15 per cent of these chicks, and they 
are over four weeks old. However, there 
are about a half dozen that limp, although 
they seem to be well In other respects. I 
have noticed no bowel trouble. T think the 
lameness Is due to one of these reasons, 
rheumatism caused by dampness, or over¬ 
crowding. The brooders not being parti¬ 
tioned off nre not equally tilled af night, 
more chicks crowding In each of Nos. 1 and 
2 by far than In No. 8. I always lake the 
hovers <>IT when they are four weeks old, 
hut while the hovers were on there would 
he fearful crowding under them, and I 
imagine certain Individuals were Jammed 
either against the stove or the walls of the 
brooder and suffered from strained muscles 
or ligaments. if. a. a. 
New Jersey. 
If F. A. G. thinks his chicks arc in¬ 
jured by overcrowding, wiiy doesn’t he 
put up partitions separating the brood¬ 
ers? That is one of the essential things 
that must be done if he expects his 
chicks to thrive. In warm weather 
they will lose more by sweating at night 
than they can gain by day. It may be 
that it is leg weakness, and the chicks 
need more lime. Some of mine got so 
they could hardly walk. T took all the 
egg shells I could find—and there were, 
quite a lot left from hatched chicks— 
these I crushed tip fine, throwing away 
the skins, and put the shells in their 
runs at night after the chicks were in 
the brooders. Next morning there was 
not a piece of shell to he seen, and I 
continued feeding them all the egg 
shells from our table. Every chick re¬ 
covered quickly, and they arc now an 
extra stout legged lot. I have changed 
my mind somewhat about dampness for 
chicks; while T still think they ought to 
have a dry place to sleep in, I think it 
does them no harm, hut great good, to 
paddle through a little water occasion¬ 
ally and dig in damp earth. I think lots 
of brooder bouse chicks are kept too 
dry, and that is the main reason they 
become weak. I have seen them too 
weak to stand, taken out of a brooder 
house and put on the damp grass, fully 
recover in a few days. I do not think 
it is the dampness, hut more likely leg 
weakness that ails F. A. G.’s chicks. 
I should put just a little slaked lime in 
their drinking water, a piece ns big as a 
pea in half a pint of water. 
Making a Chick Feed. 
Will some one give tis n tried formula 
for “growing feed’’ for yonng chirks? We 
have “10 four works old, While Wyan- 
dotles, and want to keep a dry growing 
feed In hoppers before them. v. H. N. 
New Hampshire. 
Wheat bran, middlings, cornmcal, 
ground oats and a good quality of beef 
scraps in which there is plenty of 
ground hone visible, would make a good 
growing feed, using equal parts of each. 
Tf the beef scrap did not contain much 
bone I would add ground hone, as the 
growing frame of the chick requires 
plenty of lime. The chicks prefer a wet 
mash, and I think will grow faster on 
it. Take the above and add fine char¬ 
coal, then wet it with skim-milk enough 
to make a crumbly mash, and you have 
a feed that will make chicks grow, 
if it is fed right. It should he fed three 
times a day, and only as much at a time 
as they will cat up clean in five minutes. 
A dry feed of wheat and cracked corn 
in hoppers can he kept by them all the 
time, and they will come tip hungry for 
the wet mash every time. Green food 
is also very essential, either sprouted 
oats or green grass cut fine. Lawn clip¬ 
pings arc all right, hut don’t feed tough 
old wilted vegetables. In making the 
wet mash it is better to wet up only 
what is to be fed out at each meal, but 
enough for a day may he wetted with¬ 
out any great harm if it is kept in a 
cool place. Loppered milk is better than 
sweet milk, lmt should he fed at once, 
and not allowed to stand. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
Poor. Ci-aw. -—On pngo 421 W. C. S. asks 
for a remedy for “foul claw"; 1 suppose 
If Is what: we call hoof rot. I have harl 
more or less of the trouble with cows for 
the last 80 years, arid have never found 
anything to equal a ground flaxseed poul¬ 
tice. Clean the foot well, then put on a 
warm flaxseed poultice, wrap the foot up 
ho no dirt can get to It. I’ul the row In 
a stanchion or tie her In a stall so she 
cannot move around and gel the poultice 
off. and In three days she will tie well If 
It has Ijecn taken In time. In had cases 
I have had to make a second application 
of the flaxseed, tint have never railed to 
cure. a. H. R 
Hast Wlltlston, N. Y. 
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A FEW OF THE MANY 
VERY PROMINENT USERS OF THE 
DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS 
U. 8. Department of Agrleulturo, Washington, 0 . C. 
Hon. Lev! 1 ’. Morton, Ex-Vice-Presldont of United States. 
J. Pierpont Morgun, Esq., tho great banker. 
Andrew Carnegie, Esq., the great steel mugiiato. 
Judge Alton II. Parker, Ex-C’andldato for President. 
John I>. Itockofoller, Esq., President tho Standard Oil Co. 
William K. Vanderbilt, Esq., New York City. 
Hon. Seth Low, Ex-Mayor ol’ New York City. 
Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard, proprietor of Hoard's Dairyman. 
J. B. Duke, Esq., President Amorican Tobacco Co. 
II. II. Gurlor, Esq., tho Dean of American dairying. 
C. I. Hood, Esq., of “ sarsaparilla ” and fancy cattle fame. 
Sir Hugh Montagu Allan, head of tho Allan steamship lines. 
Pen nock E. Sharpies, Esq., of Sharpless butter fame. 
Ilichord Watson Glider, IiBq., editor t,ho Century Magazine. 
Thomas W. Lawson, Esq., of “frenzied finance” fame. 
E. M. Barton, Esq., President, the Western Electric Co. 
W. Campbell Clark, Esq., of tho Clark Thread Co. 
Denman Thompson, Esq., tho aotor of “Old Homestead” farpo- 
11 . N. Higginbotham, Esq., President Chicago World’s Fair. 
T. Eaton, Esq., President Curuulu’s greatest department storo. 
It. T. Crano, Esq., President tho Crane Co., Chlcugo. 
T)r. J. A. Mead, President tho IIowo Beale Co. 
John II. Btarln, Esq., of “Glen Island” and steamship fame. 
Fairfield “Certified” Dairies, Montclair, N. J. 
William A. Wright, Esq., President New York Milk Exchnngo. 
Prof. W. H. Caldwell, Secretary American Guernsey Cattle Club. 
Dr. Leslie D. Wnrd, Vice-President Prudential Life Insurance Co. 
Hon. F. E. Dawloy, State Director Farm Institutes, New York. 
Oaklelgh Thorne, Esq., President Trust Co. of America. 
Walkcr-Gordon Laboratories, of all largo cities. 
C. Brigham & Co., Boston’s great milk dealers. 
Borden’s Condensed Milk Co., tho world’s greatest milk eon corn. 
Dr. B. II. Hartman, of “I’eruna” and stock farm fume. 
J. Tl. Haggin, Esq., tho great capitalist and land owner. 
Itov. E. M. Btlres, Iteetor of 8t. Thomas’, New York. 
W. W. Montague. Esq., Ex-Postmaster. Snn Francisco. 
Non. Herbert W. Bowen, Ex-Minister to Venezuela. 
William Ladd, Ksq., tho prominent Paciilo Coast financier. 
8. It. Guggenheim, Esq., tho smelting magnate. 
P. G. Henderson, Esq., President, lied Polled Cattle Club. 
D. II. Anderson, Esq., editor of tho Irrigation Aye, Chicago. 
W. H. Wutminukor, Esq., tho Philadelphia clothier. 
Hon. Wayrio McVengh, Ex-II. 8. Attornoy-Gonorul. 
Philip Moon, Esq., tho grout wire manufacturer. 
Dr. Charles McBurncy, tho great surgeon. 
Col. Churlcs F. Mills, editor Farm Home , Springfield, Ohio. 
T. 8. Cooper, Ksq., tho chief Importer of Jersey cattle. 
Edw. H. Strawbridgo, Esq., Strawbrldgo & Clothier, Philadelphia. 
W. A. 8huw, Esq., proprietor of tho Texas Farmer. 
J. McLain Smith, Esq., editor of Farmer's Home, Dayton, Ohio. 
Hon. II. P. Norton, Ex-8tato Dairy Commissioner of Iowa. 
Hon. H. K. Boyer, Ex-Superintendent U. 8. Mint. 
Joseph L. Jones, Esq , President Philadelphia Milk Exchange. 
Hon. Edward Burnett, of “ Doerfoot Farm” fame. 
Mrs. W. K. H. Massey, Dontonia Park Farm, Toronto. 
Tilson’s Farm, of “Tllson’s Oats” fume. 
Prof. F. J. Bleightholm, Government Dairy School, Stmthroy. 
And thousands of othe 
Tho ltoyal Dairy of England, at Sandringham. 
E. II. Hurrlman, Esq., tho Paoiflo Hallway magnate. 
Hon. Whitelaw lloid, U. 8. Ambassador to England. 
August Belmont, Ksq., tho great, banker and subway magnato. 
Hon. Bydnoy Fisher, Canadian Minister of Agriculture. 
Miss Helen Gould, tho great philanthropist. 
Churies L. Tiffany, Esq. ,THTany & Co., tho famous jewellers. 
Walter W. Law, Ksq., owner of BriarclilT Farms. 
C. P. Goodrich, Esq., tho well-known dairy writer. 
George J. Gould, Ksq., tho railway and financial mngnato. 
Frederick G. Bourne, Esq., President Blnger Sowing Machine Co. 
James J. Hill, Esq., tho groat Western railway magnate. 
J. C. Hoagland, Ksq., President ltoyal Baking Powder Co. 
Col. Alfred A. Pope, of bicycle and automobile fame. 
Sir William Van Horne, Ex-President Canadian Pacific Railway. 
Clarence H. Mackay, Esq., President Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. 
J. Ogden Armour, Ksq., head of Armour & Co., Chicago. 
II. McK. Twombly, Esq., owner of tho finest dairy in the world. 
Goorgo Burnham, Esq., President Baldwin Locomotive Works. 
John Huylor, Esq., the famous New York candy maker. 
Hon. Furls Gibson, U. 8. Senator from Montana. 
Henry O. Havomoyer, Esq., President American Sugar Co. 
James Stillman, Esq., President Nat. City Bank, New York City. 
L. F. Swift, Esq., President Swift Packing Co., Chicago. 
Norman II. Ream, Esq., of tho Pullman Paluoo Cur Co. 
Edward D. Adams, Esq., of tho Allis-Chalniers Co. 
John Newman, Esq., President Elgin Butter Board of Trado. 
Dr. Charles H. Frazier, Medical Dean University of Pennsylvania. 
Nathan Btraus, Esq., of It. H. Mncy & Co., New York City. 
Reutrico Creamery Co., largest creamery concern in tho world. 
Moses Taylor, Esq., President Lackawanna Steel Co. 
John Sloano, Esq., W. & J. Sloano, groat carpet manufacturers. 
George H. Ellis, Ksq., proprietor Christian Register, Boston. 
J. It. Whipple, Ksq.,prop’r Touruino and Young’s Hotels, Boston. 
F. L. Houghton, K8q.,8eo’y Holstein-Frieslan Breeders’ Assn. 
Col. F. P. Holland, proprietor of Texas Farm and ltanch. 
Walter M. I.owney, Ksq , tho candy manufacturer. 
Mrs. Scott Durand, owner Chicago’s famous Crubtroo dairy. 
William Mackenzie, Ksq., Pres’t Canadian Northern Railway. 
John Arbucklo, Esq., tho great coffco merchant, 
fihollleld Farms, high-class milk producers. 
Horton Tee Cream Co., tho biggest of its kind. 
K. A. Darling, Esq., President American Jersey Cattlo Club. 
Hon. Fletcher I). Proctor, Govornor of Vermont. 
Colgate Hoyt, Esq., President Automobllo Club of America. 
George W. Vanderbilt, Esq. of Riltmoro, N. C. 
Samuel Haugduhl, Esq., Grand Prize butter winner, Paris Exp’s’n 
Frank E. Do Long, Ksq., of “hook and eye” fame. 
Hon. John Loo Carroll, Ex-Governor of Maryluiul. 
Daniel Sully, Esq., tho well-known actor. 
Prof. F. S. Cooley, Massachusetts Agricultural Collego. 
John I.owber Welsh, Ksq., President Keystone Watch Cnso Co. 
James A. Rumrill, Ksq , Ex-President ltoston & Albany Railroad. 
ItolKsrt W. Reford, Esq., steamship magnate, Montreal, Canada. 
Hon. Thomas Ballautyne, Ex-Speaker Ontario Parliament. 
Fred. G. Crane, Esq., of tho Crano Paper Co. 
J. 11 . ltuahton. Esq., Kx-Pres’t Nebraska Dairymen’s Association. 
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