CHAPTER XII 



ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION 



HATCHING the artificial way is, with the present 

 day efficient incubators, simple to carry on success- 

 fully, and offers many advantages over the old way, 

 the clucky hen. Of course there are exceptions; 

 for instance, the poultry keeper who cares to hatch 

 only a few sittings and the one who owing to cir- 

 cumstances has not the proper location for such a 

 machine. Aside from these few exceptions every 

 poultry raiser should use an incubator. 



A good incubator requires very little time and 

 attention. When once set and adjusted it will 

 regulate itself, and all the time necessary to be 

 devoted to its proper operation is a few minutes each 

 morning and each evening. I say good incubators, 

 because there are machines made and sold which 

 need almost constant watching. Such machines are 

 a nuisance, and are the cause for decrying of incu- 

 bators by some people. 



Before buying a hatching machine and risking 

 your good money and valuable eggs therein, it is 

 well that you study and investigate the merits of 

 the incubator you have in mind. Do not be misled 

 by the advice given by some writers that every 

 incubator is all right if it is run right. True, the 



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