to be used right from the beginning of the hatch. Several large operators state it as 

 their opinion that along the Coast and on Vancouver Island moisture is not needed 

 owing to the heavy rainfall, and others yet again declare that they use moisture and 

 get better results in these same districts than they did when operating their machine 

 without moisture. 



It has been proved by exhaustive experiments that the evaporation of eggs 

 during artificial incubation is greater than by natural methods, and to even up this 

 evaporation the supplying of moisture is the only solution thus far advanced. 



Some machines are equipped with moisture-pans, and others classed as non- 

 moisture incubators are not provided with this apparatus. Where it is decided to 

 apply moisture, this can be done by procuring a shallow pan, about 1 inch in depth, 

 or several small pans. Where one pan is used, it is important that the pan should 

 be at least an inch less in length and width than the bottom of the incubator to 

 allow proper ventilation. The pan should always be supplied with water, for should 

 it run dry it is liable to affect the temperature adversely. 



Regarding the practice of cooling the eggs, no set rules can be laid down as to 

 the exact time to be allowed for cooling. Some operators get good results without 

 cooling, others with slight cooling, and yet, again, others cool very freely and get 

 satisfactory results. A lot depends on the time of year, whether the machine has 

 been overheated or the reverse, temperature of the room, and also age of eggs, as 

 to how long it is advisable to cool. Should cooling be practised, it is the general 

 rule to cool very little the first week, and gradually increase the period up to the 

 night of the seventeenth day, after which the eggs should not be disturbed. 



A flock of birds the picture of health and vigour, a combination exemplified wherever 

 proper attention, right feeding, and sufficient free range is provided. 



It has been found that where an incubator-room temperature is above 70 degrees, 

 the ventilators of an incubator are not of much avail for furnishing additional venti- 

 lation ; but where the room temperature is low from, say, 55 degrees to as low as 

 45 degrees the ventilators will be found much more effective. 



Whilst cooling the eggs it is advisable, especially in a cool room, to cover the 

 eggs with a blanket, and also to see that the tray does not overlap the incubator-top. 

 Eggs thus exposed get chilled much quicker than the rest of the tray, and may be 

 injuriously affected thereby. 



The chicks should not be removed from the incubator till at least twelve hours 

 after the last chick has hatched, but the tray and shells may be removed as soon 

 as the chicks are dry. This will give the chicks more room. Great care should be 



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