INDEX TO CHAPTER II 
Candling Eggs Before Incu- Incubator, Trying Out...... 21 
bation... ...ece rece ener 16 Incubator, What to Buy.. 19 
Early Chicks, Value of...... 18 Incubator, When to Start... 21 
Early Laying, Depends on Incubator, Where to Place.. 19 
Early Chicks............ 19 Lamp in Incubator......... 22 
Eggs, Selection for Incuba- Moisture in Incubator...... 22 
HON. peeps eee eee e ees 15 Nursery of Incubator....... 26 
Eggs, Turning in Incubator... 24 Oil for Incubator -, 20 
Hatching, Care of Chicks.... 26 Saving Kees tor line wb ‘tion 17 
Hatching Methods Game ret Le rhe eh late? 
Hat When........... 17 Selecting Eggs for Incubation 15 
Hen-hatching, ‘Disadvantage. 14 Bae Effect on Eggs for 16 
Incubator Chicks, Health of. 15 atching..-... +... eee 
Incubator, Details.......... 19 Temperature in Incubator... 23 
ie ee Advan- Time for Hatching Rsenensudahiedere 17 
bs iaustenactowearersinertes a8 15 Turning Eggs in Incubator.. 24 
ieee Setting Up...... 20 Ventilation of Incubator.... 25 
CHAPTER II. INCUBATION 
Incubator vs. Hens. Having chosen the 
foundation stock and being ready to repro- 
duce this stock in the form of young chicks 
for the approaching season, one must con- 
sider the question of incubation. There is 
always some discussion as to the relative 
merits of hen-hatching and incubator-hatch- 
ing. The consensus of opinion among poul- 
trymen is that a man in the commercial hen 
business cannot afford to bother with setting 
hens. The time that he puts into it is too 
