Contrary to the old maxim "Don’t count your
chickns before they hatch,” Dr. Morley A. Jull,
in charge of the United States Department of Agri
culture poultry research, advises poultrymen to do
that very thing, and do it intelligently. Poultry
research and practical experience have determined
the methods required to insure a high proportion
of hatchable eggs and the hatching procedure that
will get the best results from good eggs. By apply
ing these methods it is possible to make a reason
ably accurate estimate of results to be expected.
Doctor Jull lists the factors on which the poultry
man should base his counting in advance of hatch
ing. They are: (1) Take care in mating birds to
assure good fertility; (2) feed the breeding stock
on a well-balanced diet that favors production of
hatchable eggs; (3) carefully select the eggs for
hatching, rejecting small eggs, oversized eggs, and
irregular shaped eggs; (4) provide a reliable in
cubator, place the eggs in the trays correctly and
turn them frequently. With such precautions hatch
ing is not much of a gamble.
NATIONAL INCOME SHRINKAGE.
Between 1929 and 1932. no figures are yet avail
able for last year, the national income shrunk 54
per cent, reports issued by the United States Com
merce Department have revealed. The total income
distributed to individuals dropped by 40 per cent
during the same period.
The total income distributed in 1929 was $81,
000.000,000 in round figures. It declined to $75,400.
000,000 in 1930. to $63.300.000,000- in 1931, and to
$49,000,000,000 in 1932. Income produced in 1929
aggregated $83,000,000,000; in 1930, $70,500,000,000; in
1931, $54,700,000,000; and in 1932. $38,300,000,000.
