REQUISITES OF A GOOD INCUBATOR. 273 



est exhibitor of course stands highest in the estimation 

 of the uninitiated. The catalogues of the manufactur- 

 ers, each claiming their wares as the best, are suggestive 

 of the emigrant who wrote to a friend on the auld sod : 

 "America is a glorious country. There every man is as 



good as every other man and a sight better." A 



common error for an amateur or small scale operator is 

 getting an incubator of too large a size. On this point 

 that most trustworthy expert, Mr. C. Von Culin says : 



"Many beginners are undecided as to what sized incubator to get. 

 If we wanted a capacity of 300 eggs, we would get three incubators of 100 

 eggs capacity each ; if 600 capacity, three of 200 eggs each ; if 750, three 

 of 250 each ; if 1200 capacity, three of 400 each ; if 1800 capacity, three of 

 600 eggs each. This is much better than getting one large incubator 

 for all the eggs. It costs more for the several smaller machines than 

 for one large one for all the eggs, but the advantages are: You can 

 have fresher eggs for each incubator, you can sort the eggs if you have 

 large quantities, and select those with shells of same kind and thick- 

 ness for each incubator; you can place duck, turkey or goose eggs in 

 separate machines, or use a different machine for each variety of 

 hens' eggs. You can keep a record of each kind and quality ; you will 

 learn more about the amount of moisture for each class of eggs, and 

 will soon become able to hatch all kinds of eggs equally well. If you 

 make a mistake you will discover it more easily and can rectify it 

 more readily; the result of a mistake or an accident will not be as 

 expensive, and you will have a better chance to retrieve any loss 

 which you may sustain through accident, carelessness or neglect of 

 rules in hatching, for it would hardly be likely to affect but one 

 machine, and as that one would contain only one-third of your full 

 quota of eggs, you would have the other two-thirds left, even if all in 

 one machine were ruined, and you would not be apt to repeat the 

 performance (or non-performance) with either of the other two 

 incubators." 



With the above we agree as regards bought incuba- 

 tors, but, as we shall explain farther on, the incubator 

 of the future for the large scale man will not be shipped 

 to the customer at all ; but will be so large that it will 

 have to be constructed on his premises, and the same 

 remark applies to the brooder of the future for the large 

 poultry plant 



Finally, having purchased your incubator, study the 

 printed directions of the manufacturer very carefully. 

 Do not be in a hurry. Take time to learn. Says Mr. J. 

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