American poultry world . s an air space at the topof the door of about one-eighthof an inch and provides the ex-tra ventilation so much neededat this time. When pippingstarts we darken the machineby covering the glass door withheavy paper or cloth and keepit so until the chicks are re-moved to the hover. The littlefellows, instead of crowding to-ward the light and tramplingover each other, remain quiet,sleeping most of the time andpaining strength for the harddays ahead. When starting the hatch wealway3 place the eggs in the in-cubator before 10 A. M. Wecannot speak too highly of thepractice o
American poultry world . s an air space at the topof the door of about one-eighthof an inch and provides the ex-tra ventilation so much neededat this time. When pippingstarts we darken the machineby covering the glass door withheavy paper or cloth and keepit so until the chicks are re-moved to the hover. The littlefellows, instead of crowding to-ward the light and tramplingover each other, remain quiet,sleeping most of the time andpaining strength for the harddays ahead. When starting the hatch wealway3 place the eggs in the in-cubator before 10 A. M. Wecannot speak too highly of thepractice of soaking the interiorof the machine with a weaksolution of Zenoleum, from5 to 8 per cent., mixed withhot water, just previous to put-ting the eggs in the effect is to kill all foreigngerms, either in the machine oron the eggs, and it undoubtedlyadds strength to the method is to have theempty machine running up toproper temperature, have theloaded tray ready to enter themachine, and then thoroughly. soak tbe interior of the machine with the hot solution, using aspray pump. Into the dripping incubator we place the trayfulof eggs, close up the machine, and the hatch is started. Be sure to use a new lamp wick with each new hatch orelse some night the half-filled oil well and short wick will failto connect and out goes the lamp, resulting in chilled eggs. Another important point about incubators is to see thatthe machine is perfectly level. Make sure of this with acarpenters level; do not guess at it. If you cannot do it your-self, then hire a reliable carpenter to do it for you. Unless your machine is perfectly level,the heat in the egg chamberwill back up in one corner andsome eggs will be chilled whileothers are being- roasted. m. flffSTPBIZE BABBEDfiOCMPULLtJSOSTONmVi/9J7-\m WINNER CHAM PJ ON EEMA L B MED & OWNED 3VPJTTSFJELD POUL WYFARM WLLISIONMASS- ? Feeding Chicks ThatWith Hens are Pittsfield Poultry Farms Barred Rocks were again in evidenceat the las
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