living germs are sold on the
food at about one sixth of
Let Me Tell You the Special
a
On This Genuine 1906
You can take off
four hatches, and. It
e Ifter being tested they are kept Jn
the machine isn’t ex
actly as represented
the Jara tor seveu «lays. , being
send it back at our
rranged as before. This makes a total
expense. Could we
Of^i^en
the jars- 'lhen they
make a fairer offer?
or eieveu days in
i bamboo
ami
basket ami
But wo go further
1
have two blx factoiie» el>u 0^
are taken in a c.
even than this and
the
a
mat
on
’
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rolled out on
guarantee every In
Here
u above the jars.
cubator we sell for
platform
five years—a direct
they
until hatched, The
'arircWÍ
they remain
r
Iron-clad guarantee.
the
In
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me^htoh
grads
machine,
at
low
only heat they receive is from
Send for our FREK
room, except during cold we“‘ /rAt«„-’r
Catalog today.
Your name and address on a po«t «
are covered with a heavy «juilt Att.r
at once act® the whole ®tory by return
they are hatched the cb.clis are put
The Manson Ci
&mrn.d
W1U’
in sliallow baskets for a short time to
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
277 Wesson A venae.
« toz to let yoa try one 84 da:
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gain strength and then they are re. i >
and there will be little I into a big laying, heavy weighted and For sale. The hatch by th remarka
We all know that there 18 big money overcome,
trouble In teaching the uses and man highly profitable flock, that it seems ble method is from uu to «0 pa cent.
In poultry. How much there is in it for agement
of the ordinary hatching ma strange that there Bhonld be a single
OW
TO BUILD AW
us, depends entirely upon ourselves and
flock of dung-hills throughout the coun
Wo will shod e.-n- INCUBATOI
whether or not we are keeping up with chine.
try.
It
costs
no
more
to
feed
and
care
Not Difficult to Manage.
AEROOS
the procession In raising the kind of
for a broad breasted Plymouth Rock,
chlckenB which bring the most cash While there is nothing complex or or
a Wyandotte, or a huge I gbt Brah
and in getting them Into the market at difficult about the successful operation ma, or any of a dozen other splendid
a time when the demand Is greatest. of an incubator, close attention and ex standard varieties than it does for the
The value of poultry production for the actness are necessary; yet tlie results common scrub, and with the low price
PLANS H. M. SHEER CO.
United States this Beason was but a are more than worth the effort. The at which good eggs, or practically pure
F II E Ew 17 Q 'inoyjll
shade under that of wheat or cotton, woman who tills her lamps regularly bred cockerels can be bad, it is the
amounting to over half a billion dol every morning, and the man wbo easiest thing imaginable to have, after
SINO TO«
lars. Since the perfection of the in winds his watch or clock at the two or three years of systematic breed
THE BEST
' -FREE com w
cubator, the importance of the indus same hour every evening, need not ing. a flock of chickens producing
.uuNEWBCOB
SEEDS
try has been greatly augmented. By fear the task of running an incubator; three times the profit of the original
PLANTS.
IT CONTAIN«
WHAT YOU
the use of this splendid device it is now but unless one is willing to attend - to I I flock.
ALL THZ
BULBS AhO
GET FOR
comparatively e sy to bring in large the few wants of his machine at the
GOOD THINGS
TREES
1 large package Bert
—WORTH
quantities of chickens for the winter! right time. It will be unreasonable to
Standard Kinds of Chickens.
iwsemekm
NORTHERN
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“ Carrot
CROWINS
and early spring market when p ces! look for a good hatching of chickens
CROWN
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•• Cucumber 1 ■ «
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A fascinating little bulletin has been
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“ Lettuce
1
are very attractive. Hens can be' from the best incubator upon the issued by the Department of Agricul
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“ Parsnip
1 Pint Klnrt'i
urged but they can not tie made to set| market.
1
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M
Melon
ture (farmers' bulletin No. 51) which
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M Turnip
1 Pint
If they do not wa to; the Incubator The writer has used incubators and Is replete with illustrations of the prin
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M Parsley
can be set at any time. All that Is ' has found great delight In hatching cipal standard varieties of chickens,
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“ Radish
1 pint Holmw
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M Onion
to farmers Interoitod la gotttog the best results
the reading of which by any chicken
L “
•* Tomato
What yon need for your table all rnimmer (to
from the soil.
grower, however small, should certain
vegetables fresh out of the garden every
THE AMERICAN INCUBATOR IN TURKEY.
ly stimulate a New Year resolution to
••FOOD FOR PLANTS”
know what you are eating. Thia entire coll««
seeds,
best in the world, only 60 cents. sS
make tlie flock a real money earner. After testing, it is stated that IX) per • buidsoraelv Illustrated book. 2S0 pages, telling t he wbolo
early and get your seeds on time to pl«
T’ Is bulletin, while It will prove, prob cent of those remaining will hatch. troth about the iffecu ou Nltrato In fertilisation. U you orders
GLENDALE
NURSERY. EVERETT. M,
want a copy send name and addma on post card
ably, a mere stimulant for mo e
This
style or
of ìnruiMiivr
Incubator piuwiuiy
probably
1 ms sivie
extensive literature on the subject, can would not suit American requirements, NitrateProcaiacla, Aadersun Building. VisYo.k
be obtained without cost from Sena I luttbeTdeaof utilizing the heat of the
tors and Members of Congress, or the '•oom during the later stages of incuba
Secretary of Agriculture, and the proof tion is very valuable, as it economizes
for the
of its popularity Is apparent in the both beat and space.
seven or eight editions which it has
\
is
the
title
of
Our
New
Catalogue
for 1906—the mojt beau$
been neessary to publish to supply the
■ ful and instructive horticultural publication of the day-
POULTRY FEEDING.
demand throughout the country.
186 pages—700 engravings —7 superb colored platc»-
Chatham Incubator
BIG PROFITS IN CHICKENS
WOO COPIES FREE-
GARDEN
EVERYTHING
FLOCK OF WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS,
necessary is a proper regard to the tem-1 large flocks of fine chickens from
perature, and to the brooding of the j them, but it was necessary to do a
young chicks during the tender period I 1 little
..... experimenting first to get the ma-
of their existence. The incubator has i chine In good working order, to keep
I
the
lamp trimmed so that It burned a
interested thousands of women and
children In the work of chicken Taising, , clear, white flame .and to do a dozen
nnd it is not to be said that the returns i other little things, which in a very
are less profitable than plowing or ’ short time made the owner as famil.ar
with the Incubator as with any other
other heavy manual labor.
simple piece of farm machinery.
Cheap Machines the Most Expensive.
Tlie period of incubation is always
There are mnny excellent Incubators one of expectancy and when tlie chicks
upon the market, but there are also begin to come forth from the shell
mnny chenp, Imperfect machines, the there is either keen Joy or a decided
purchasers of which, falling to secure datnfienftig'of
ardor, according as t>
good results, lM*come disgusted and in the results of the batch. But don't be
form their ntdglibors that artificial In come discouraged if the first batch
cubation is atfallure nnd a fake. On brings you only 50 per cent, of chi. k-
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 00 per cent, of the next
hatching, which you should get If you
have a good incubator nnd handle it
properly. After a little practice you
come to know your machine, how It is
acting and what it will do. ns well ns
you know your driving horse, lu fact
you can gauge It even more clo-c’y.
for It Is a machine and you cun control
It to a nicety.
There are hot air machines and ho*
water machines, tlier«' arc small
machines and big machines—machines
to meet every need nml requirement:
the only tiling is to get a good muvhLs.
An Attractive Side Li e.
Caponizing Towls.
An Important Phase of the Chicken
One of the most attractive features
Growing Industry.
of poultry raising is the production of
Poultry feeding Is sometimes a most
capons. This Is a story all by itself.
It Is an experiment which one can en serious problem to those who desire to
ter into and with a very slight expend make this line a specialty. Experi
iture for a set of Instruments, can fol ence has shown that there are certain
low it to any degree desired. It re- \ special lines of agricultural operations
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quires some judgment nnd a little at- I with
which poultry
raising
may t ad-
tention, but caponizing is not difficult; vantageously be connected. In
In dairy-
_
It is one of those things which, while
there is usually a large quantity
it looks, in the beginning, to lie a hard
propositlon, gradually comes to you ail may be utilized to furnish a consider
part of tlie poultry ration. Upon
of itself, so that the first thing you able
the fruit farm fowls are also Of ad
know you become almost an expert, vantage.
They keep down insect pests
and the reward is very consid«iral>le. and they may
a free range a
Capons always sell readily anil at a greater part of have
the season without the
good advance in price. The birds be possibility of doing
any damage. Plum
come very docile and easily handled growers have found poultry especially
and are always money makers. The useful
In obliterating the curculio, and
rcndlness wit which the new capon ‘even tlie apple crop has lieen consid
recovers from the wound is a revela- erably beuetited. If it is found that
7 duotone plates of vegetables and flowers.
To give ibis catalogue the largest possible distribution, we make the following liberal afa|
Every Empty Envelope
Counts as Cash
To every one who will state where this advertisement was seen and via
encloses Ten Cent« (in stamps), we will mail the catalogue, and alio send fm
of charge, our famous 50-Ccnt “ Henderson "Collection of seeds, conui».
Ing one packet each of Giant Mixed Sweet Peat/ Giant Fancy Pamiri, mixeJ/
Giant Victeria jlitert^ mixed; Henderten't New Fork Lettuce; Early Ruby Ternaty
and ff^iite Tiffed Scarlet Radiihi in a Coupon envelope, which, when emptied
and returned, will be accepted as a 25~centcash payment on anyotta
amounting to f, i.ooand upward.
PETER HENDERSON & CO
aswcoMtP
5 t MtwïoR. .
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If so, we want to send you
A SAMPLE BURNER
We believe we have the very best and the cheapest
line of Acetylene Burners. Our sample will show better
than we can explain here why it would pay you to use
our burners.
Write us today, mention kind of Generator used, enclose 8 cents in
stamps to cover postage, and we will send y«ju
A SAMPLE BURNER.
W-'/
The poultry business on the farm has
FAMILIAR POULTRY SCENES
always been considered largely witliiu
toe province of the women folks, and I t’-'n ns to tho splendid physical mnke-
,tl o fowls injure small fruits it Is best
the
enlargement
of
the
industry
by
A PLYMOUTH ROCK PRIZE-WINNER,
i > of a chicken. Any boy or girl who
utilizing incubators has not changed l.as ever succeeded in skinning and that they be confined during the 11m-
machine—one which will do its work the situation, except that many others stuffing a bird will take bold of the 'ited season when the fruit is ripen
well—is usimlly so successful that than farmers’ wives are now" r ra.s ng < ’ionizing idea with avidity; In fact, ing. Waste fruits, either In winter
or summer, are a welcome and valua
others in the neighborhixid quickly fol chickens from incubators.
«aponizing is by far the easier job; it
addition to the poultry ration.
low his example. Nevertheless, there “Modern chicken raising, an It lias is as easy as the skinnng operation, for ble The
market garden also furnishes a
Is no danger of the poultry business been
l>VeU adopted
auvpieu by
uy thousands
wiuusnuus of people in bird mounting the stuffing is the large amount of waste products which
betng overdone. It is one of the most owning small rural homes.’ ” 1 said an really difficult part
may be utilized for poultry feed.
rtaple and profitable lines of business incubator agent to me recently, "ac
There is the waste lettuce, the small
In the world to-day, for its products counts for the sale of an enormous
heads of cabbage, the unsold beets,
ORIENTAL INCERA TORS.
are always in increasing demand In number of our Incubators and Uroode.s.
carrots and potatoes, tlie green corn
every town nnd city in the world, and In fact, it is among this class largi ly
which cannot be marketed
throughout the entlr- year.
that we do business, and they are Peculiar Facility of Chinese for Arti-
But before going into the Incubator making tlie mon«‘y out of it. A vast
t Ci«*f .1atchi.,g.
business it Is necessary to have some field ia still open among tlie more con-
I” we are to look • the beginning
good egg producing machinery, that is, eerva"ve residents of the interior farm of
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, particular
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any
Industry, „„
we are
good, laying liens and comfortable and sections, who still stick to old methods, usually
told that we might find that
cheerful quarters, along with a go d unaware
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of _______
tliecomparative
a mpliclty this particular work was first carried
sy* .’tn of feeding, to induce them to I of a good Incubator anti of tlie* great on In China. This applies as well to
lay . The fertility of eggs Is also af- profit possible through Its use.’”
tho artificial batching of eggs.
footed by the conditions of the Lena.
Throughout China the hatching of eggs
Breeding Up the Flock.
Th«1 agricultural papers and poultry
| by beat Is a *ry large and important
journals are replete with information Even through the medium of the | Industry and has been practiced since
upon the management of Incubators, barnyard flock, rewirded by • ny very ancient times. The Oriental who
BROOD OF INCUBATOR OSTRICHES
and many btxiks have ts'cn published; farmers as a very luslgniticant part
desires to hatch eggs by artificial heat
Mrst constructs a building of sun- purpose, the waste of the -mall fruits,
dried brick, plastered on the outside etc. If properly cared for the hens
With mud. Completely till t one will bring a stc -y and reliable in
ski«1 and the other also, except for come during the winter months,
door apace and sufficient room for a pried clover, roots, tubers, etc., should
man to test the eggs, are
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round,
bar- be saved for them during the winter.
rel-llke mud brick walls with earthen These should be steamed and fed with
jars set into them. This J r is vorv tlie mash or cabbages, and beets may
deep, and conn's within six or eight be fed raw. A catch crop of buckwheat
inches of the ground. The conical bot or oafs and peas will furnish much
tom Is fill«! Kith ns In's to the d«'pth food at little expense, oran. meat,
of eight nr nine Inches, to keep the meal, wheat screenings and oats pur
,temperature more uniform and to ( chased for poultry will bring good re-
l »turns in eggs and will also dd ma
avoid sudden chane’M of temnemture terially to the fertilizer supply.
when doo re are opcn«M and fbore 1« a
strong wind. On th« top of the ashes
Hud Learned the Rnslnesa.
Is thrown n bit of old mat or similar»
material tn keen the ba«v''ts of o'—«
An honest and. singular as it mav'
clean and to prevent raising a dust seem, a stupid Irishman, who had work'
when they are taken ont. For hold cd for a coal dealer half a vear, and
ing the eggs a basket Is n«cd that shown no capacity to !»»m his duties
loaves a snaeo of about an Ineh be was finally discharged. “Go to the offic-
tween It and t’ « Inner wail of the and get your money. I’ve been patien’
Jar. Pound and full, there baskets with yon, hut you are too thickheaded to
each hold from 1200 tn 1X50 eggs.
” said the proprietor "All
After the egos are pnt Into tho bas learn anything.
str.” answered Barney: “mehbe
ket a slow smoldo-tng fire, made with might,
vorv flne charcoal. 1« started. After Dim t'ick-headed, as yez sav. but Oi’ve
a dav the eggs are taken ont. a hand learned wan t’ing, anntwav ” “If you
ful at a time, nnd put Into a similar have, and learned it well. Ill not dis
basket This Is done from two to
... charge yon.” said the proprietor, banter-
AN OITSUW mOOBn N WINTER
Tour times each day a «reord tn g to the !"<r1v; "now. what have von learned?”
temperature. The Chinese nse no
_ “Oi’ve learned, sor. that slventeen hun
ron the snMfvt: but a treat tranr far-1 •heir 1ive«*n<>k. a rerr r-ret Rddltlnu ¡thermometer
the degree of dred makes a ton in this place.” replied
mere and farmers’ wives do not see[ M the resrtv Income Is ronllurd. The heat attain«^ to in test
tho Intrnhator, the Bamey. and he went back to work.
there Journals er books. FT owe ver. let Pork «ninnile« rm« nnd ment for the eggs being simply tnnehed
tn tho eve-
It be known that the operation of an home thmnrhont the year and eren If ball. After being In the incubator for
Hoars For Sleep
Incnbntor I« es«v end simple, and cnee no nrfdftlonnl Income mmltn. the bem- Tour dare the egm are tested to «ee
"Natnrv require, Sv»,
that s1mo«t «uneratHlons dread that rnrd Work han nerved « errat fornoee. if thev contain a living germ, by hold
Cnwtom rlvrn sevra;
reme prepte bare» of taking np some tto wovor. It In nneh an en ay matter to ing them np to the light and looking
LasInoM taken star,
thing new nnd apparently intricate Is breed tip a nomleecrlpt lot of chickens through them. Eggs containing no
▲ad wickedness Urm.1
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