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PROGRESSIVE FARMER. AND . COTTON PLANT.
Thursday, February 1 4, 1907.
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Mi f" a ni"nii'- jj ;(lnrn(irnii
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and
LXVI. ABOUT INCUBATION AND EGGS FOR HATCHING.
- Messrs. Editors: "Only a clod,"
yet thje harrow teeth -iound it. And
all because the old man made a "lap-
sus . calami" in not inserting the
words, "the last of," between "egg"
and "which," in the sentence which
should have read, "Nature has pro
vided fn the yolk of egg (the last of
which the chicken absorbs just be
fore it . breaks th shell) sufr
flcien nourishment to sustain life
for four days." We need such jolts
, occasionally to make us mind our
P's and Q's. -
The Process of Incubation.
I have studied the incubation of an
egg from the first few hours, when
the building elements, or cells, begun
to divide , and increase to many hun
dreds, . after - the first fifteen hours
of incubation, on down to the twenty
first day, -when- the little ball of
down breaks the shell and wishes
you "good morning." The embryo
can be plainly seen in twenty hours,
and-the umbilicahco'rd is formed very
shortly after the formation of . the
spinaj column. Through this cord
the chick derives sustenance. Dur
ing incubation the yolk becomes sep
arated into two portions, one portion
is entirely used up in building the
embryo, while the other is held in,
store and is gradually absorbed until
about the nineteenth day when all
is absorbed and the cord which
leads to the yolk sack becomes grad
; ually drawn up into , the body. - If
for any reason this cord, should not
be. drawn in' before the: chicken
breaks the shell it causes hernia and
the chick soon- dies. This is oftener
the case with improperly managed
incubator chicks than when incuba
tion is' done by hens.
.... The above has reference to my
lesson in January 24th issue.
How to Care for the Eggs in Cold
Weather. '
Now let me say that during the
cold days eggs intended for incuba
tion: should be gathered from the
nests - twice or three times a - day;
they should be kept in a room where
the temperature never I gets below
forty degrees. ; Do not put them in
a basket ones on top of the other:
better have a box and stand each egg
on small end or point, never on
large end, as the air space lies here
and there is danger of the weight of
the contents, of the shell breaking
the film which envelops it, and the
egg would not hatch.
How Long Eggs for Hatching May
v be Kept.
"Eggs for hatching" can be kept
during early spring from seven to
ten days with good results, ' but if
kept so long they should be turned
every day or. two, leaning first to
one side and then to the other.
It is not considered good to mark
eggs . with ink when placing under
hen for incubation c to distinguish
them, as the ink; closes the pores of
the shell through which the chick
derives its air; use a pencil, making
only a single mark. This marking
only need be done, when there is a
likelihood of other, hens laying to
her? .
"Eggs for hatching" will be fur
ther considered next week.
UNCLE JO.
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
Rich New Crop for the South.
Elsewhere in this morning's. Ob
server is reprinted from The Progres-
sive v armer a Drier article on alfalfa
hay growing. It is shown that, this
extremely valuable forage crop
' nearly or quite equal to the same
.weight of wheat bran can be grown
in the Southeast as well as the South
west, through soil inoculation, ; and
will remain for years without t&
seeding. " While nineteen out of twen
ty, have been ."dismal, failures," says
The Progressive Farmer, "alfalfa is
now grown successfully on certain
small areas in nearly every section
of the South, and under widely vary-
tn'..V. Jill '
uuuuiuons, son ana manage
ment.'.' So while this crop is one
which requires intelligent and usual
ly persevering" effort for its start on
Southern farms, it beats the average
gold mine to death once it is started.
The pages of our contemporary this
week form what it terms "a sort of
farmers' institute on alfalfa," con
sisting of letters from practical farm
ers reporting their various experi
ences with the crop. Little room is
- wuwu mat ailillid. CTowinsr
oner& tne means nf maHn
stantial '. addition to the -Smith
sources of wAnHTi n-n mA. j-
t ... uuu y kj ai. o giau
. trt Tl rtO Via stt ,1 .
- w ..vuvco- ui increasing
W' inn,, i wo years ago Col.
L' r, ii . i mix I na r n y-i n-mm '
-. vuou vcr a versa
tile v Raleigh correspondent, who is
iaminar from personal observation
vrlth conditions in: the alfalfa nr
try, suggested thatahe barren sand-J
"". ortn Carolina might be
clothed with rir.h
of alfalfa. The' Progressive Farmer
at all times one of the strongest
forces of progress the State has is
doing well in giving prominence to
trie great opportunities which "this
crop opens to Southern farmers. -
Charlotte Observer. -
- Somebody Should Advertise Hoi
stems. - -
Messrs. Editors: " Do you know
anyone in North Carolina, South Car
olina, ; Tennessee or Georgia, who
breeds the pure bred registered Hol
stein or the Dutch Belted cows? I
enclose stamp for you to send me
their address. Thanking you in ad
vance, I am,
Y Very truly, :.
WADE OSBORNE.
R. F. D. 1, Bullock Creek, S. C?
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