THE POULTRY YARD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12288, 22 June 1903, Page 3

THE POULTRY YARD.

under this heading we propose to d& ! vote a column weekly to notes of iv ' temt and value to pouliry-keepere j llhe column will be open to others be- i sides our regular contributor) and tos I shall be pleased to receive notes from those interested. THjE POULTRY INDUSTRY. Jtast as the separator isTto the ti&Lry industry , so. is the incubator t6 the . poultry business. The raising of poultry for the table or for egg. prodwefciojrif it is done for the profit, eaxndng must" now be started with, the Jiicabator— 'by- which medium chickens, 'can be hatched at the most desirable time of the year awd witlh absolute certainty. The broody hen is quite' a thing- of < the past. The Government, \vith its various poultry farms, anjd its experts, is doing its best to ,cicUivate the people of the colony in the profits to be derived from poultry i'annjing and the best, means to carry out the industry. They point out $hat an incubator is absolutely indispensible. In order to meet the needs of farmers anil Messrs Bew— 3ey and Griffiths have taken up the Taranaki agency for the Des Moinea lnrfubators and Brooders, axid at their invitation we to-day inspected some eanitple machines' they have just opened np. The '•Snctoessiul" hot air incubator, with a capacity of 128 hen eggs or 105 dudk eggs/ first claimed our attention. It is a handsome machine, very simple an/d easily worked. Its chief feature is the patent regrula-' tor which makes ovetfheating an impossibility. The machine only rec^uires attention once a day for a few minutes, and the makers claim that any novice will get satisfactory results without any previous experience. The lamp has a patent extingiuiaher which prevents all chance of accidcMs, and* it burns a lninimjum . quantity of kerosene. This is the size Srßosrfc ■ Suitable for all purposes, arid ia the size advocated by Mf Clement Crovett in ..our. columns a few days ago. Next we looked over the 'Little Cresfceut Hot Water Biatdher" with ■a capacity of 5-1 hen eggs. This is Very similar to the other machine. - but is heated by water instead of 'air. The milkers? state that equally good remilts will be obtained by either process. Chicks hatched by an incfubator are next removed to the brooder, or foster mother, where comforts are provided to more than comlponsate for the absence of the hen. The brooder Bewley and 'Griffiths ,3iave on hand will accommodate 203 jeJQKoks and is voted by all those w-ho • ligjve seen it to be the most perfect machine of its kind in the market. Like the incubators it is provided " with a heat regulator and in the front there are 3 large glass windows ,-■ allowing ample light for the chicks \vatiiin.' Prices of the machine are .. yesry moderate, and all those who seriously consider uoing in for this pro,'fitable branch of farming should call at Messrs Bewley and Griffiths' offices aiid see the machines. That the Des 3loines machines are popular in Ame- . Rica, where they are made, may be • gathered frpni the* fact that their works are now the largest and mosir - complete of their kiiiil in the -world. At the National Fanciers Association Show held at Chicago in January, '1898, and at all the other leading' . shows the Bos Moines Co. secured highest honours, beating the Reliable, Cypress, and all other competitors.