[poultry. Letter
Mr. Editor: —
It seems to me -that our section
is not as well-up on incubating eggs
and incubators as a great mauy
others, this is not what it should
be for the advancement of the
poultry industry. We should be
able to produce as manv chickens
and cheap as any other section with
our natural advantages.
Now if one wants to rai.se a nice
lot of broilers for the market and'
at a small expense, he c;«n hardly
get along without an incubator, as
the old hen will not generally sit in
time for the broiler chick to be
large enough to sell when the de
»nan is greatest and best In uiy
opinion, a beginuer in purchasing
an incubator for this climate should
buy the very that is made, re
gardless of price which a begniner
is rot apt to consider. • He gener
ally selects the cheapest be sees ad
vertised, fires it up and runs it a"
tirne or two. Being an inferior
machine run by an inexperienced
man. of course, the hatch is a fail
ure. The man gets discouraged
and disgu-ted and gives Up the
business.
There are four things to consider
in hatching eg'gs'successfully with
incubators: The fertility of the
eggs, heat, moisure and ventila
tion. The three last tssentials
must be applied as near as possible
to the nature of the sitting hen.
Instinct teaches her, if she is? a
good sitter and many or not, that
when her egns »et to hot to open
her feathers and let them cool;
when it gets to > co >1 she tightens
her feathers to hold the heat, thus
keeping an even temperature She
also comes off the nest at least once
a day after the first forty-eight
hours not only to dust and get food
and water, bu4 to air the eggs.
Nature furnish her a mo st sweat
to rot the rgg shell at the proper
time so the little chicks cm break
their prison walls.
In mv opinion an incubator is
more difficult to operate successful
ly in our Southern climate than in
the North and Northwest, especial
ly it we do not have a good one.
I mean by this one with good thick
Wilis that is not easily affected by
*very change in the outside tem
perature. The temperature in our
climate very often rises aud falb
from ten to fifteen degrees two 01
three times in twenty-four" hours,
while in the No th and Northwest
the climate is more of an even tem
perature, thereby making an incu
bator of most any thickness more
•Easily operated. Mo-t of the hatch
ing machines are manufactured in
the North and Northwe t, and the
mat uf icuuera not km wing c ,r ai i
conditions of climate prevailing
S •tt'.h, usually, produce flie thin
walls for a cheaper p ice, aud tliu
the beginner is entrapped.
c ur«is wf in c uit or »
should be t xin r enc.'d poultry men
an 1 know ill th- is-enttal points
in hatching eggs m ifTe reut cli
m i'C-and 4 hu there would not le
so muiv cH pp .inted beginneis.
There is no at thing to learn
about incubating eggs as full di
rectious'ompat.y each mac.jiine
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cubators to advantage and *rane
fine broilers for our own use or for
sale at lenutnerative prices.
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A Call Back to the People
The friends of Judge W. R. Allen
liave thought that they had the
ri >»l»t to present his name to the
people of the State, and to ask that
he be nominated for the'position of
associate justice, and that they
could do this without suggestion of
any ulterior motive.
They have also thought that the
people of the State had the right to
name the mau they prefer, jind
that this right was not taken from
them bv the fact that the Governor
had appointed Judge Manning.
The suggestion to the contrary is
not made by the friends of Gover
nor Kitcbiu, but by 'the fr'ends of
Judge Manning, and is an atttinpt
to involve the Governor in the con
test.
The Durham Sun, published at
1 Durham, has .sent out an editorial
in behalf of Judge Manning which,
when analyzed, is no more than an
appeal to the sytnp.ith.ies of the
I people upon the idea that Judge
Manning may be hurt if he is not
nominated, and an effort to induce
_ the fr'ends of Governor Kitchin to
support him by charging that the
friends of Judge Allen are trying
rebuke the Governor.
The Sun mentions the fact that
three Judges have been appointed
I by Democratic governors, who were
not afterward nominated by the
peop'e. All were men of
character and ability, but it was
not regarded as a reflection upon
the governors who appointed them,
nor upon the gentlemen themselves,
that they were not nominated. The
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argument that the people must
nominate the men appointed !>y the
Governor, and that it is a rcDukt/
to bini not to do so, is subversive
of our ideas of government.
From what source does the Gov
ernor obtain the power of appoint
ment T The answer is from '.ln
constitution. Who made the con
-it!tntion? The people. The pre
iffliile to the constitution sa\s,
"We, the |,e pie of the State of
Xorth Carolina," do o:dain and
establish th's constituti >n fur the
better security ot our civil, political
and religious liberties.
Why d'd the people confer the
| power ot appointment on the Gov
ernor? Manifestly because it was
fo the office to be filled
at all times, and as the people could
iM exercise their right of selection
except at a general election, thev
authorized the Governor to make
jd temporary appointment, until
j they should have the opportunity
of exercising ttitir choice.
If this is not a correct view of
the constitution, why was not the
Governor invested w:th the power
to appoint for the full term of
office? Why hold a convention at
I all to nominate an associate justice
I when the Governor has jnade. au
jappointinent?
The friends of Judge Manning
'say he has been appointed, there
fore he tnipt be nominated, and all
( those who do not agjte with them
are rebuking the Governor.
The office of associate justice of
the Supreme Court doss not belong
to Governor Kitchin, Judge Man
' ning nor Judge Allen, but to the
people. ~ Let them fill it.
V
One of the greatest evils of the
day'is the tendency to concentrate
power in the hands of a few men,
and to curtail ijae rights of the
people. Tbe people have no right
more important than the right 10
name their officers. Governor
Kitchin has been at all times, and
we are sure is now, au advocate ot
this view.
The character, ability and fitness
of Judge Alien are admitted b>
those who opjose him, and his
nomination will not be asked upun
any other grounds.
His friends do rot that Jie
ought to be nominated because he
has served as a Superior Court
judge for nearly eight years, but
that his experience as such will aid
him as a member of the Supreme
Court, and that the elevation of
Superior Court judges to the Su
preme Court tends to strengthen
both courts. > ■ r w
Judge A lieu has held qourf in
(.very county in the State, and
lawsers and the people have had
the opportunity to judge of his
qualifications and ability.
H s conduct on the bench has
been such that there has been for
several years a growing sentiment
in the State that he would be ele
vated to the Suptetne Court when
there was a vacancy from the Has',
and this sentiment is not confined
to the supporters of any candidate
for Governor.
\Ve believe the friends of Gover
nor Kitchln will not be misled by
the appeals being made to them
and that thev will vote for the man
who ought to be nominated.
We think that man is Judge
Allen.—Editorial from Goldsboro
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