Poultry incubators promise big profits for small farms
The article extols incubators as a major modern money maker in poultry farming. It highlights rising U S production value, notes easy deployment for winter and spring markets, warns against cheap machines, and urges proper care of temperature and brooding. It discusses egg fertility, incubation periods, caponizing, and the broad gains from adopting standard varieties and farm machinery.
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Oriental incubators and poultry feeding practices
The article discusses early Chinese poultry techniques and feeding waste fruit and garden scraps to hens. It notes confinement during fruit ripening, using waste produce from markets and gardens as feed, and suggests crops like buckwheat or oats as economical fodder.
Poultry Feeding Boosts Farm Operations
Poultry feeding proves a valuable companion to dairy and fruit farming. Skim milk and buttermilk from dairies can supplement poultry rations. Free range poultry help control pests on orchards and fruit crops, reducing curculio on plums and benefiting apples.
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