In the study of feeding, extending over a term of years, it has been found that a considerable economy in time can be made, with exactly as advantageous results from the layers, by the following routine. Fresh water is placed in all the laying and breeding pens at one o’clock, P.M., and it is boiling water during the Winter months. Directly following the watering the mash is placed in the troughs, and the grain ration is scattered through the litter, both in Summer and Winter. It has been found that the hens work just as hard, and continue to do so, as they did when the mash and grain fed were given at hours which practically followed the Sun, that is, earlier in Winter, and later in Summer. In past years, the oats were fed to the flocks as a separate ration, at eleven-thirty o’clock. This we have discontinued. The grain ration is made up of cracked corn, wheat and oats, in varying proportions according to the season of the year. [Illustration: PART OF THE OLD INCUBATOR CELLAR The New Building with the 15,600 Egg Machines was not Sufficiently Completed for Interior Photograph] Four Collections of Eggs Daily At three o’clock another collection of eggs is made, and at five o’clock eggs are again collected, and at this last collection all the corners of the litter under the dropping boards are carefully searched for eggs laid by the wayward Biddy, who prefers her own scooped out corner to a good nest. The Houses are closed for the night, according to the condition of the weather, and at this time still another collection of eggs is made. At seven-thirty the Houses are again visited, and all birds not roosting as they should be are removed from the nest boxes or windows and placed upon the perches. Mash Fed in Afternoon During the Summer months, when the birds are on Range, they are fed their mash and grain ration between the hours of two and three in the afternoon. Throughout the year nothing whatever is allowed to interfere with the Schedule, and, if one would succeed with poultry a rigid adherence to regularity is most necessary. CHAPTER XVIII Incubation on the Corning Egg Farm We find, in studying Artificial Incubation, it has been in vogue, one might almost say, for centuries. The Chinese practiced artificial incubation by the use of hot sand and ovens, for it must be remembered that the Pekin Duck, which comes from China, is a non-setter. Therefore, ages ago, the Chinese were driven to the necessity of artificial incubation in order to maintain their large flocks of ducks. In studying the art one cannot help wondering that the progress in its development has been so slow, and the advance, year by year, has been almost nothing. Hen Reigns Supreme