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that the modern incubator lamps are well adapted 

 to the purpose, but the element of danger from fire 

 cannot be said to be wholly eliminated so long as 

 these lamps are permitted to burn in wooden build- 

 ings without the watchfulness of an attendant. 



The convenience of an incubator room is prob- 

 ably one of the least of the essentials, yet it is of 

 so much importance that it should not be wholly 

 overlooked. Everything considered, probably a 

 dry, airy cellar or half-basement will make the 

 most desirable location for an incubator on the 

 farm. Many incubator rooms have been con- 



FIG. 68. A small incubator building with poultry house attached. 

 Cornell University. 



structed in excavations which were sufficiently 

 deep to permit of most of the room being below 

 the surface of the ground. (See Figs. 67 and 68.) 

 This method will indoubtedly secure an even tern- 



