. Sead PPA PR We all know that there is big money in poultry. How much there is in it for us, depends entirely upon ourselves and whether or not we are keeping up with the procession in raising the kind of chickens which bring the most cash and in getting them into the market at & time when the demand Is greatest. The value of poultry production for the Iaiivy OFITS GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. overcome, and there will be little trouble in teaching the uses and man- agement of the ordinary hatching ma- chine. Not Difficult to Manage. While there is nothing complex or difficult about the successful operation of an incubator, close attention and ex- actness are necessary; yet the results| The N CHICKENS. shpat a living germs are sold on the street for fmm food at about one-sixth of a cent PALIT each. : After being tested they are kept in the Jars for seven days, being changed as before. This makes a total of eleven days iu the jars. Then they are taken in & bamboo basket and rolled out on a mat on the platform above the Jars. Here they remain until hatched. The only heat they receive Is from the room, except during cold weather they are covered with a heavy quilt. After they are hatched the chicks are put in shallow haskets for a short time to gain strength and then they are ready for sale. The hatch by th . remarka- ble method is from 60 to 70 per cent, h N - into a big laying, heavy weighted and highly profitable flock, that it seems strange that there should be a single flock of dung-hllls throughout the coune try. It costs no more to feed and care for a broad breasted Plymouth Rock, or a Wyandotte, or a huge Lght Brah- ma, or any of a dozen other splendid standard varieties than It does for the common scrub, and with the low price ESSA THA STW ld BIS ™ TE WT Let Me Tell You the Special Price On This Genuine 1906 , vou can take on Chatham Incubator Grshmisies the machine isn't ex- nstly as represented sond It back at our U see we make more Incubators than ©xpense. Could we ant. other concern in the world. make a fairer offer? © have two big factories equipped But we ge further with every up-to-date labor-saving appliance, ©ven thas this and We buy lumber In immense quantities, guarantee every In. And turn out from six to seven bundred <¢ubator we sell for Incubators a day, Thia means high grade machines at low cos five years—a direct Now we are after the trade with an Incu- Your name snd sddross on a post card mailed United States this season was but alare more than worth the effort. @bade under that of wheat or cotton, | woman who fills her lamps regularly unting to over half a billion dol- {every morning, and the man who rs. Since the perfection of the in-| winds his watch or clock at the cubator, the importance of the indus-|same hour every evening, need not try has been greatly augmented, By | fear the task of running an incubator; the use of this splendid device it is now | but unless one ls willing to attend te comparatively e.sy to bring In large| the few wants of his machine at the quantities of chickens for the winter| right time, it will be unreasonable to and early spring market when p ‘ces | look for a good hatching of chickens are very attractive, Hens can be|from the best incubator upon the urged but they can not be made to set! market. if they do not wa - to: the incubator| The writer has used Incubators and can be set at any time. All that is! has found great delight in batching is Se FRY eo OW = | i | FLOCK OF WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS, bred cockerels can be had, it two or three years of systematic breed Ing, a flock of chickens ture (farmers’ bulletin No. 51) cipal standard varieties. of chickens, grower, however small, should certain. make the flock a real money earner. TY is bulletin, while it will prove, prob- ably, a mere stimulant for mo e extensive literature on the subject, can be obtained without from Sena- tors and Members of Congress, or the Secretary of Agriculture, and the proof of Its popularity is apparent In the seven or eight editions which it has been neessary to publish to supply the demand throughout the country. Cost Caponizing Fowls., One of the most attractive features {of poultry raising is the production of capous. This Is a story all by itself. It is an experiment which one can en- ter into and with a very slight expend- iture for a set of instruments, can fol- low it to any degree desired. It re quires some judgment and a little at- tention, but caponizing is not difficult; It is one of those things which, while it looks, in the beginning, to be a hard proposition, gradually comes to you all of itself, so that the first thing you know you become almost an expert, , necessary is a proper regard to the tem- | large flocks of fine chickens perature, and to the brooding of the them, but It was necessary to do a young chicks during the tender period | little experimenting first to get the ma- of their existence. The incubator has| chine in good working order, to keep interested thousands of women and! the lamp trimmed so that it burned a children in the work of chicken raising, | clear, white flame and to do a dozen and it is net to be said that the returns | other little things, which in a very] are less profitable than plowing or] short time made the owner as familiar other heavy manual labor. with the incubator as with any other Cheap Machines the Most Expensive, | S2PI¢ piece of farm machinery. | The period of incubation is always ore v 0 | ® Hi a any en Hut 1scubnton one of expectancy and when the chicks 'g ome ot e she many cheap, imperfect machines, the begin to , » forth fro nth shell purchasers of which, failing to secure) there is either keen joy or a decided g00d results, become disgusted and in-| GAmPening of ardor, according as to : hm Hora | the results of the hatch. But don't be- af vie p : : _ Sot Hhelp 4 gion flat astificial a. come discouraged if the first hatch 1 the thm ‘ brings you only 50 per cent. of chick: the other hand, the purchaser of a good ens. Go right ahead, determined to omit the mistakes of the first trial and alm for 85 or 90 per cent. of the next batching, which you should get if you have a good incubator and handle it properly. After a little practice you come to know your machine, how it is acting and what it w as well as you know yo i OT 84 | You in } | for it 1s a mac it to a nicety. There are } water m machines ar ig ma mac} | to meet every need and requirement; | the only thing is to get a good machige. An Attractive Side Line, The poultry business on the farm has talways been considered largely within { tue province of the women folks, and the enlargement of the industry by utilizing incubators has not changed the situation, except that many others than farmers’ wives are pow raising | 11 : i G0, > r drivin ~ » of the re 1 i | hin Miles A PLYMOUTH ROCK PRIZE- WINNER. machine—one which will do its work well—-is usually so successful that others. in the neighborhood quickly fol-| chickens from incubators. low his example. Nevertheless, there “Modern chicken ralsing. as It has 1s no danger of the poultry business heen adopted by thousands of people | being overdone. It is one of the most owning small rural bomes”™ sald an staple and profitable lines of business incubator agent to me recently, “ac in the world to-day, for its products counts for the sale of an enormous are always In increasing demand in number of our incubators and brooders every town and city in the world, and! In fact. it is among this class largely throughout the entir~ year | that we do business, and they are | jut before going into the incubator making the money out of It. A vast! business it is necessary to have some! fleld is still open among the more con | good egg producing machinery, that 18, | gerva*‘ve residents of the interior farm good, laying hens and comfortable and | sections, who still stick to old methods, cheerful quarters, along with a ge 1 unaware of the comparative simplicity system of feeding, to Induce them to! of a good Incubator and of the great lay. The fertility of eggs is also af-| profit possible through its use.” fected by the conditions of the hens. Br ing Up Flock. The agricultural papers and poultry : Journals are replete with information| Even through the mellum of the upon the management of incubators, ! barnyard flock, regarded by ‘ny and many books have been published | farmers as a very insignificant part of | | ] | ID LAS Ne — Sd ae AN OUTSIDE BROODER IN WINTER. on the subject; but a great many far (thelr livestock, a very great addition mers and farmers’ wives do not see| ty the yearly income Is realized. The these Journals or books, However, let| flock supplies eggs and meat for the it be known that the operation of an | home throughout the year, and even if Incubator is easy and simple, and once | no additional income results, the barn. that almost superstitious dread ard flock has served a great purpose, { caponizing Is by far the easler job; | the and the reward is very considerable. from | Capons always sell readily and at a | 20d they may have a good advance in price, very docile and easily handled and are always money makers. The readiness wit which the new capon recovers from the wound Is a revela- come “RHR a va at which good eggs, or practically pure is the easiest thing imaginable to have, after producing [three times the profit of the original | | flock. Standard Kinds of Chickens, A fascinating little bulletin has been issued by the Department of Agricul- | | | | | | | | | | which is replete with illustrations of the prin- the reading of which by any chicken ly stimulate a New Year resolution to The birds be- | ITI TRG) SAAS ER EE OLR Ove OTS ae For Lee a THE AMERICAN INCUBATOR IN TURKEY. After testing, it is stated that 90 per cent. of those remaining will hatch. This style of incubator probably would not sult American requirements, | yut the idea of utilizing the heat of the room during the later stages of incuba. tion is very valuable, as it economizes both Leat and space, | | POULTRY FEEDIXG, An Important Phase of the Chicken Growing Industry. Poultry feeding Is sometimes a most serious problem to those who desire to make this a specialty Experi ence has shown that there are certain special lines of agricultural operations | with which poultry raising may ad vantageously be connected In dairy- ing there is usually a large quantity of skim milk or butter-milk which may be utilized to furnish a consider able part of the poultry ration. Upon | the fruit farm fowls are also of ad- vantage. They keep down insect pests free mange a line iron-clad guarantee, Bend for our FREE bator of up-stairs quality at a down-stairs ce. And to prove to you that Chatham ib FREE Catalog today. ncubsators are the best made, we are will ob once gots the whole story by return mall, The Manson Campbell Co., Ltd, ing to let you try one 84 days ¥ 277 Wesson Avenue, Detroit, Mich, AN INCUBATOR “ THE BEST 3 50 ] large package Squash cents. | 5 3 * ‘ “ 0 4 Earl Bweet Corn gsr: | , know what you are eating, sends, best in the world, only orders early and get your seeds on time Lo plant, GLENDALE NURSERY, EVERETT, MASS, Hiustrated ire oi your own mac SEND FOR“ GOOD THINGS CET FOR 1000 COPIES FREE | a handsomely (llustrated book , 350 pages, telling the whole | w lots, neubato Brooder pia little cost, Anyone o Also fine (lostrated o FREE wv or rr oun NEW BOOR NORTHERN “WORTH~ 1 large package Hest GROWN GROWING 3 Carrot fo farmers interested Io getting the best results | from the soll. truth about the eflocts on Nitrate tn fertilization Waut a copy send nagne and address on post curd oe will send OCom- Pocriss showing how to Savubatiol Sud JFK A M on, C & FREE, x duties, | w contains WHAT YOU LL MAY © CO. serave, Minm, “FOOD FOR PLANTS” | | Nitrate Propaganda, Anderson Building, Nema. | if you | is the title of Our New Catalogue for 1906-—the most beauti- ful and instructive horticultural publication of the day — 186 pages—700 engravings — 7 superb colored plates— | 7 duotone plates of vegetables and flowers. Te give ils catalogue the largest possitile dig 5, we make the following 1Mheral offers Every Em pty Envelope Counts as Cash To every one who will state where this advertisement was seen and who entioses Ten Cents (in stamps), we will mail the catalogue, and also send free of charge, our famous S0-Cent ** Henderson ** Collection of seeds, contain. ing one packet each of Giant Miwed Sweet Peary Giant Fancy Pansies, mixed) Giant Victoria Avsers mined; Henderson's New York Lettuce; Early Ruby Tomarey and White Tipped Beavier Radish; in a coupon envelope, which, when emptied and returned, will be as 8 25-cont cash payment ou suy order amounting to $1.00 aad upward, 35837 Convvanny 37 New Yous greater part of the season without the possibility of doing any damage. Plum { growers have found poultry especially {useful in obliterating the curculio, and ‘even the apple crop bas been consid. erably beuefited. If it is found that | i - FAMILIAR POUL tion as to the splendid physical make up of a chicken Any boy or girl who has ever succeeded in skinning and stuffing a bird will take hold of th caponizing idea with avidity; in fact, it Is as easy as the skinnng operation, for in bird mounting the stuffing is the really difficult part. _— ORIENTAL INCUBATORS, Peculiar Feocility of Chinese for Arti- ficial datching, If we are to look * the beginning of any particular dustry, we are usually told that we might find that this particular work was first carried on in China. This applies as well to artificial hatching of eggs Throughout China the hatching of eges | by heat Is a very large and important industry and has been practiced since very ancient times. The Oriental who desires to hatch eggs by artificial heat first constructs a bullding of sun dried brick, plastered on the outside with mud. Completely fill ¢ one side and the other also, except for door space and sufficient room for a man to test the egw, are round, bar rel-like mud brick walls with earthen Jars set Into them, This Jar Is very deep, and comes within six or efght inches of the ground. The conical bot tom Is filled With ashes to the depth of elght or nine Inches, to kéep the fomperature more uniform and to avold sudden changes of temperature when doors are opened and there is a strong wind. On the top of the ashes Is thrown a bit of old mat or similay material to keep the baskets of epee clean and to prevent mising a dust when they are taken ont. For hold ing the eggs a basket Is used that leaves a space of about an inch he tween it and the Inner wall of the jar. Round and full, these baskets each hold from 1200 to 1850 serps. After the eggs are put Into the bas ket a slow smoMesng fire, made with very fine charcoal, Is started. After fn day the eggs are taken out, a hand: ful at a time, and put Inte a similar basket. This Is done from two to Your times each day according to the fomperature, The Chinese use no hormometer to test the degree of t attained In the Mnenbator, the egw being simply touched to the yo ball. After being In the Incubator four days the are tested to if they contain a Form, woe hold some people have of taking up seme- | However, It 1s such an easy matter to thing new and apparently intricate 18) breed up's nondescript Jot of chickens ED dy and contalulng no’ TRY SCENES tle fowls ail that they du ited season when the fruit is ripen ing Waste fruits, either In winter ir summer, are a welcome and valua- ble addition to the poultry ration. Me market garden also furnishes a large amount of waste products whieh may be utilized for poultry feed There is the waste lettuce, the small | heads of cabbage, the unsold beets | carrots and potatoes, the green cor which eannot be marketed “or niure sr | fr units it is bhest | be confined ring the lim 1 any ] BROOD OF INCUBATOR OSTRICHES purpose, the waste of the “mall fruits, ete. If properly cared for the hens will bring a ste. ly and reliable In jcomne during the winter months Dried clover, roots, tubers, ote, should {be saved for them during the winter, These should be steamed and fed with the mash or eabbages, and beets may be fod raw. A eateh crop of buckwheat | or oafs and peas will furnish much | food at little expense. oman. meat, meal, wheat screenings and oats pus | chased for poultry will bring good re |gturns In eggs and will also : dd ma | terlally to the fertilizer supply. II Had Learned the Business. An honest and, singular as it may seem, a stupid Irishman, who had wo ed for a coal dealer half a year, shown no capacity to learn his duties was finally discharged. “Go to the office and get your money. I've been patient with you, but you are too thickheaded to learn anything,” said the propriefor. “All roight, sir” answered Barney; “mebbe Oim tick-headed, as yez say, but Oi've learned wan ting, annaway” “If you have, and armed hi well, ho not dis. cha you,” sald the proprietor, ere Ly “now, what have you learned? “Oi've learned, sor, that siventeen hun. dred makes a ton in this place” replied Barney, and he went back to work. PETER HENDERSON & Co ARE THE BEST BURPEE’S SEEDS 2x: = SEST If you want the choicest vegetables or most beautiful Sowers you should read BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1 906,50 well known as the “Leading American Seed Catalogue.” It is mailed FREE to all. Better send your address TO-DAY. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA. ig D0 YOU USE ACETYLENE ? 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