American poultry world . ditionalquantity. In the case of incubators in which the ventilation is im-perfect, it is possible that cooling and airing may be ofbenefit by giving the embryos fresh air rather than throughthe cooling effect, but in all such cases if the cooling of theeggs when considered by itself is detrimental, it would bebetter practice to provide a better ventilating systemrather than to remove the eggs from the incubator for atime for the purpose of airing them. (Continued on page 208) A A B Newly hatched chicks direct from the incubator. A—Strong. B—Weak. Those in group A are
American poultry world . ditionalquantity. In the case of incubators in which the ventilation is im-perfect, it is possible that cooling and airing may be ofbenefit by giving the embryos fresh air rather than throughthe cooling effect, but in all such cases if the cooling of theeggs when considered by itself is detrimental, it would bebetter practice to provide a better ventilating systemrather than to remove the eggs from the incubator for atime for the purpose of airing them. (Continued on page 208) A A B Newly hatched chicks direct from the incubator. A—Strong. B—Weak. Those in group A are large, sturdy and vigorous, with parallelogram-shaped bodies, fully developed abdomen and breast. Chicks in B group are delicate, abdomen bulges behind, and they appear droopy, or chicks, if not killed, should not be brooded with strong, active ones. Thev set a bad example for the others, and may ruin the wholeflock. Photo by courtesy of New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University.—Ed. 153. POULTRY PIONEERS OF AMERICA REMINISCENCES OF THE EDITOR OF THE FIRST POULTRY WORLD. EARLY FANCIERSAND EARLY EXHIBITIONS. RAPID GROWTH OF ENTHUSIASM. FIRST MEETING OFPOULTRYMEN AT THE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS. NO MARKET POULTERERS OR GREATPOULTRY MARKETS IN THE EARLY DAYS. EARLIEST EMINENT FANCIER OF RECORD H. H. Stoddard, Lincoln, Neb. HO WERE THE FIRST prominent Ameri-can poultrymen? It should be kept inmind that in the first thirty years or so ofthe nineteenth century there were no mar-ket poultrymen, because markets werelacking, there being no cities of conse-quence. A Poultry farm for producingfood stuff would have been as unimagi-nable as a greenhouse for raising flowersto sell, a separate truck farm for marketvegetables, or hundreds of employmentsnow common. The poultry flocks werenot so very many eggs were needed for small, because home use, yet sometimes, for a little while, there was overproduction in the flush season, and boys, when carrying onplaye
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