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Home Course In Poultry Keeping IV.- The Modern Science of Incubation. By MILO M. HASTINGS, Formerly Poultryman at Kaniai Experi ment Station, Commercial Poultry Ex pert of the United States Depart meat of Agriculture, Author of "The Dollar Hen." Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso ciation. ARTIFICIAL incubation hag been MA practiced lu Egypt and by the Chinese for several thousand years, but has been developed in this country only within the mem ory of the present generation. Because of the great extent to which incubators have been advertised, the large circulation of poultry books put out by incubatorniauufacturers and tli6 favorable views of the poultry papers, which get their chief support from In cubator advertisements, the general impression is that artificial iucubatton is a greater improvement over the nat ural ' method of hatching than is in reality the case. Hens or Incubators. One of the chief cluims of the arti ficial incubation is that by this means chicks can be produced at any season of the year, whereas hens brood only in the spring and summer. This ad vantage is not great, however, as most inexperienced people believe, for chick ens hatched In the winter are difficult to rear, and because of the evening up of prices due to cold storage, as re ferred to in a previous lesson, the use WELL FORMED BGOS SELECTED FOB HATCHING. of incubators for hatching winter chicks is not particularly profitable. The second Important advantage Claimed lur lncuuuiurs is mut vi Buy ing labor, or, in other words, they en able one person to batch a much larger number of chicks than would be pos sible with the use of hens. This claim Is worthy of consideration. It is, In fact, the chief reason why Incubators have gained their present standing. As to the percentage of batching and the Tltality of the chicks, the aver age incubator, especially in the hands of the novice, will hardly equal the natural methods. The writer made an extensive study of the results obtained with Incubators by Kansas farmers. The results showed that about as many farmers failed with incubators as suc ceeded with them. The percentage of eggs that batch either in Incubators or with hens is commonly overestimated. The extraor dinary batches at poultry shows are usually arranged by setting two incu bators and testing out the live eggs Just before hatching and putting them in the one machine. A 60 per cent batch of all eggs set for the season is good enough. Many very large and successful poultry farms have lower averages. The advisability of purchas ing an incubator will depend upon many circumstances. All those who breed Leghorns will require Incubators. With the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or Khode Island Reds I should favor batching with hens until the poultry work grows to such size that this be comes Impractical. Eggs For Hatching. There are many superstitious no tions prevalent regarding the relation of the shape of an egg to its vitality and the ses of the forthcoming chick en. Such notions have no ground in fact. Eggs having weak shells that might become broken in the nest or unusually small eggs should be dis carded. If there are more eggs availa ble than we wish for a sitting It will be better to select the fresher eggs than to be overparticular about shape and appearance. The eggs for hatching should be stored in a cool, dry location and shifted or rolled about occasion ally. Tktrs exposed to ' freezing tempera ture If not actually frozen may still retain their vitality r bnt it is generally considered best to keep them at a tern pern tare between 40 and 70 degrees. If kept too warm eggs dry out rapid ly and will not hold their vitality. A good rule is not to set eggs over two weeks old. The idea that jarring, as by thunder, will Injure the hatching of eggs la without foundation; like wise the advice to let eggs rest after shipping has been proved to be ground lees. - ' Accommodations For Sitting Hens. , , The convenience of the arrangement for sitting hens has a great deal to do with the success of the batching. By aU means I should advise that a place be provided for the sitting bens away Crom the general poultry bouse. This may be in a separate room or building, where tiers of boxes are used for the nests and feed, water and dust wal low provided in the room. The nest tox;t are open on the top, not on the r '"it -1 f tail lor y acro-e I .;' I i , , ,..,-,. ,,,.aw&&dkflafl them to confine the hen. The hens are set in groups, so that those sitting on eggs which are to butch the same time may be given tl-lr liberty at once. The attendant 1 only to re move the board from the nest, lift off the bens and return in a hour to see that there Is a ben on each nest. Another scheme for the easy han dling of sitting bens, the plans to whlch have been largely sold, consists in constructing a series of outdoor nests and runways made by setting foot wide boards on edge about one foot apart. The runways are covered with laths or netting except the one In which the nest is constructed, this being protected from the weather by another wide board to form a roof. Each ben thus has her individual nest and a runway, in whlchJthe ben may exercise and dust herseirfb get rid of lice. Old fruit cans are used to pro vide food and water. Such an arrangement for sitting hens reduces the work of caring for them to a minimum, and if the nests are well protected from the weather and the ground where the nests are located thrown up so that the water will not run in the results are usually better than with hens set indoors. The nests should be arranged so that hens may be shut on' them when the eggs begin to hatch, or the restless ben will frequently leave the nest with the first few chicks and allow the others to die in the shell. Essentials of a Good Incubator, In the case of nrtlliclul incubation we have a number of points to look after thot do not concern us when hatching hens. The first to be observ ed Is uniform temperature 103 for all eggs In the machine at all times. The second consideration and one that causes much more trouble in practice Is to provide just sufficient circulation of air of just sufficient dryness to cause the eggs to lose water by evap oration at the normal rate; otherwise the body of the chick will contain too much water or not enough and die in the shell or shortly after hatching. The novice can do no better, as far as this and other points of Incubation are concerned, than to follow the direc tions of the maker of his machine. The following discussion of the points of a good Incubator are given to help the poultryman in selecting a machine or In deciding whether he is capable of handling the problem of artificial incubation successfully rath er than for the purpose of teaching him to run any particular incubator: The case of the incubator should be built double or triple wall to with stand variation in the outside tempera ture. The door should fit neatly and should be made of double glass. The lamp, both bowl and chimney, should be made of heavy metal material and should have a wick sufficiently wide to maintain the temperature of the incubator with a low blaze. The lamp is generally placed at the end of the machine, though there are some good incubators now made with the lamp placed underneath the machine. The heat is got from the lamp to the eggs by means of a circulation of hot air or a tank of hot water. The hot air ma chines seem to have proved most suc cessful In practice, and the majority of well known makes are now of that type. It is easier, however, to make1 a cheap hot water machine that will retain the heat than it Is to make a hot air machine. This is because the tank of hot water holds the heat against sudden changes in outside tem perature. Regulators composed of two metals, as aluminium and steel, are best. Wa fers filled with ether are more sensi tive, but weaker In action. Hard rub ber bars are frequently used. The in cubator needs no arrangement for turning eggs, as this is not as impor tant a part of the operation as is fre quently stated, and the eggs can be rolled around readily with the hand APT- V END OF THH HATCH at the time the trays are taken out to be turned end to end, a precaution necessary to equalize any effects due to different temperatures in the vari ous parts of the machine. Cooling the eggs, upon which many Incubator manufacturers lay considerable stress, has never been proved to be of bene fit.! A good thermometer is essential In running an Incubator and is best laid face downward on top of the eggs. Thermometers hung in a fixed position above the eggs frequently fall to register the temperature of the eggs themselves. The best location for an Incubator is In the cellar. . The more even in tem perature this cellar Is kept the better. The cellar should not be so damp as to warp the Incubator, but, on the oth er hand, should not be entirely dry. If there Is a furnace In the cellar or It Is la any way heated open water should be exposed In a warm place. He ventilation of the cellar is not as Important as Is ordinarily imagined, for chicks need very little oxygen. The increased evaporation induced by too much ventilation Is a greater evil t"ri lack tt f-ih air. THE SUNlf SCHOOL Lesson VII. Second Quarter, For May' 15, 1910. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, Matt, xli, 22-32, 33 42 Memory Verse, 41 Golden Text, Matt xii, 30 Commentary Prepared by Rsv. D. M. Stearns. We have tcdny the option of the regular lesson or a special lesson on the Holy Spirit, but as the lesson for the day gives opportunity for a study of the Holy Spirit we will continue regularly. First we see Him healing a demon possessed man who was both blind and dumb, and the man both spake and saw. The people were amazed and said, "Is not this the son of David?" perhaps recalling the words of Isa. xxxv, 5, C "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstop ped; then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing." Recently we saw Him heal a demon possessed dumb man (lx, 32. 33), but In this case the afflicted man was blind as well as dumb. But noth ing is too hard for the Lord. Can we imagine a kingdom without sickness or infirmity or suffering of any kind? Yet 'bat is what we expect and shall surely see In His time (Isa. xxxlii, 24; Rev. xxl, 1-4). The blind Pharisees madly accuse Him of casting out demons by the power of the devil himself, as if Satan would cast out Satan and work against himself. How foolishly the devil does cause people to talkl They talk much more foolishly today, when they say and teach that there is no devil at all and no hell. It would seem from verse 27 that unbelievers were permitted by their ruler to do some wonderful things, even as the magi cians of Egypt counterfeited the mir acles of 'Moses up to a certain point. , We know from II Tbess. ii, 9; Rev xili, 11-15, that at the end of this age the devil will specially deceive many by his miracles and signs and lying wonders. Our Lord Jesus said that if it were possible tbey would deceive the very elect (Matt, xxlv, 24), so we must not be deceived by the wonders wrought by the adversary in the name of spiritualism. Christian Science and other false teaching of our times. These things will continue and in crease until the devil, the strong man of verse 20, shall have been bound and shut up in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years (Rev. xx. 1-3). The truth of God, just as It stands in His word, Is the only power that will set us free from all delusions (John vlll, 32, 36). We are either with Christ or against Him, either taught by the spirit of God or the devil (verses 23, 30). If people resist the Holy Spirit and listen to the teaching of demons it is, as Jesus said, impossible to escape the damnation of hell (Matt, xxiii, 33). As I understand it the unpardonable sin of verses 31, 32, and I John v, 16, is the persistent turning from the Holy Spirit to the devil and attributing to the latter the works of the Spirit Let It comfort and encourage any who fear they have committed the unpar donable sin to remember that the very fact that they have a fear of such guilt is evidence that the Holy Spirit has not left . them, and, however far they may have wandered, if tbey will only turn to the Lord the word stands, "Him that cometb unto me I will in nowise cast out" (John vl, 37). That words are an evidence of the condition of the heart (verse 34) should make us covet to have the word of God dwelling in us richly In order that our words may savor of Christ. It would be well to be like Elibu in Job xxxll, 1S-20, and that would be the case If our experience was that of Job xsiil, 12; Jer. xv, 16. If we kept verse 36 of our lesson In mind it would make us more careful In view of Rom. xiv, 10. 12. In verse 38 see these blind and fool ish Tharlsees asking for a sign after He had already wrought in their pres ence nil the signs which the prophets bad said would be done by tbesMes sinh. No wonder that He called them an evil and adulterous (idol worship ing, world conformed) generation (verse 30), a generation of vipers (verse 34; xxlii, 33). of their father the devil (John vlll, 44), for He knew them well and knew what was in them. See in verses 40, 41, His Indorsement of the story of Jonah and the great fish and Nineveh and ber repentance, and no doubt He looked onward to the time when Israel, cast up on their shores by the nations, would become truly penitent at His appearance in glory and carry His message not to one city, but to all nations for their good. .See In verse 42 His Indorse ment i of the story of the queen of Shaba and the wisdom of Solomon, and doubtless He looked onward to the fulfillment of Isa. tau Is be tons- a greater than Jonah or Solomon or Moses pr Aaron? Do we say, with great gratitude and gladness, "We have such an High Priest" (Heb. vlll, 1; vll, 26; lv, 15), and bave we as be lievers entered Into rest? (Heb. lv, 3) Those who profess to be His friends and yet talk down the things that He believed are no friends of His, but rather belong to the company repre sented by the Pharisees of His day. Being rejected by the nation, whose rulers had determined to kill Him (verse 14), He is led, by a visit from His mother and His brethren, to de clare, "Whosoever shall do the will of my Father, which Is In heaven, the same Is my brother and sister and mother" (vers 60). Compare Luke Till, 21. THE MAIDEN FAIR. Without Her Curlicues May be as Ugly as Home Made Sin. Afid here is a maiden oh, more than fair. Who has robbed her mattress of all its hair and fashioned it np into curlicues, and rats, and and switches ana pairs to use as sorted styles on her billowy crown. She puts it np and she takes it down on the bureau and stand and chair, till it swings and dangles from ever; where; with pins and glue sue bucks and stuffs her own hair with ring lets, and frills, and puffs, that wave on her forehead and, cover her neck and piles in bales on ber quarterdeck. She has btaided switches, and rolls, and frills, and pins and ribbon and old eoosequills that she smooths and sticks and stuffs and stabs and dangles and does into dingledabe. Then she stuff's it high with old bed springs and pillows a id bath towels and other things and sinks in her cnair wim a giaasome sign, wim a pile of coiffure two feet high and yards across and fothoms deep and talis exhausted and fast asleep YOU CAN CUBES THAT BAtXACHE Fain along tho back, dizziness, headache and reueral languor. Get a puckageot Mother Gray's A llaTllAl.lAK.I.KAK. the Dleaxant root and herb cire lor all Kidney, Bladder aud Urinary troubles. When you leel all rim down, tired weak and without energy use this remarkable combination ot nature's herbs and sootn. As a regulator it has no equal. Mother Gray's A ui-trallan-Lcaf is sold by Druggists or sent by mail for SO cts. Sample sent FREE. Address, The Motner Gray uo., i.e ttoy, . i. Bombay Kcwi. Mr. James Kearns of this plao', and Miss flattie i id, of Handy, were mar i a May It. Mr. E. H. Wooley, of this thee, mada a business trip ro iroy April AV. Miss amie Morris visited ber sr. nd. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelsoi JUorris, a few dajaajo. Mrs. T. H. Russell and Grandson, Jess?, t-'s ted Mrs. Russell's daughter, Mrs. Cora Kinney, of silver Jtltll, recently. Rev. C. A. Wood preached an excellent sermon at Oak Grove May 1st, . ( Mrs. 14 . t , iiearns and Hiss iteulan Ingram went to Denton recently. Miss Ettla Craaford is stsying with her sunt, Mrs. Lather. Ever, bod? around h' re are ezpeeting to attend commencement at Denton the 19th of May and are looking forward to' a nice time. ' Will Promote Beauty. Women desiring beauty get wonderful help from Bucklen s Arnica salve, it Dan ishes pimples, ekin eruptions, sores and boils. It makes the skin soft and velvety. It glori fies the face. Cures sore eves, cold sores, cracked lips, chapped hands. Best for burns, scalds, fevf r sores, cuts, bruises and piles. 25c. at J. T. Underwood, next door to .Bank of Kandoipn. FIGURES IN THUSLY. What a Chicken Will Weigh When It Is Cleaned. An Exchange. - "It hs been demonstrated that chicken cf live weight, four and one quarter pounds, will, with head re moved, bled and picked, weigh three and seven-eighths pounds; feet off, three pounds and three quarter; dressed, three pounds; boiled, one pound and eleven ounces; bones, skin and surplus fat removed, seven -eighths of a pound. The chicken, therefore, at 15 cents a pound, cost, 63 3-4 cents; and for this 'sum you have seven-eighths of a pound of edidle portion. In other words, your boiled chicken costs 72 cents a pound." Why Not Commencement Again The regular annual commence ment of Why Not Academy and Business Institute will be held on Thursday, May 26th. The fol lowing are the officers: tor the day, marshals, J. A. Russell, Chief; 0. O. McNeill. H. L. Garner, W. B. Maness. For night, marshals, H. H. Lowdermilk, Chief; F. J. Cox, J. W. Beane, J. C. An man. The address will be delivered by Rev. John M. Gibbs, of Hope Mills, N. 0. There will be three gold medals given for recitations and declama tions. One given to the children by Miss Swttnna Lowdermilk for the best recitation; one to the young ladies by the principal for the best recitation; one to the young men for the best declamation by the princi pal also. . (G. F. Girner, Principal.); IH BSo IB Its Est Uzzi Poiflsr. 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