Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1919 — Selecting an Incubator. [ARTICLE]

Selecting an Incubator.

A large number of reliable makes of incubators are manufactured in this country. Some machines have become popular tn certain sections because they were advertised extensively rather than on account of special adaptability to the climatic conditions. Cheap machines are less reliable, re'quire more attention, and wear out much quicker thap higher-priced Incubators, as the- value of machines Is small«compared with the value of, the eggs used during, the normal life of an incubator. It is pdor economy to purchase a machine which is not reliable. Whenever possible it Is well to select an incubator which is giving good satisfaction in your vicinity, so that you may get the Benefit of the experience, of other operators. Begin' marketing the cockerels as soon as they weigh one pound er talh a marketahle weight.