INCUBATION AND BROODING 



tile eggs and one for dead germs. It is very little trouble to 

 furnish a dark room in an incubator cellar, in this manner and 

 the expense is small. Such a room should be ventilated by a 

 hinged window, the glass of which has been painted black or 

 has a black cloth tacked over it. It is surprising what an 

 amount of labor such a room, properly equipped, will save in 

 course of a season in running a number of incubators. Pro- 



Other useful furniture in the incubator cellar, which made 

 it possible to handle the machines so easily was a plain, pine 

 board table and a five-gallon oil can having a quick flow, easily 

 controlled spigot. This table (shown in Fig. 1) was placed in 

 the center of the incubator cellar, the machines were rights and 

 lefts arranged along the sides of the room, which was a little 

 over 50 feet in length. The lamps of the machines at one end 



FIG. i-GROUND PLAN FOR LARGE INCUBATOR CELLAR 



visions can also be made for testing by aid of direct or reflected 

 'sunUght by having in the outer window a special pane fitted, 

 with an opening like that in the egg tester and a mirror arranged 

 outside the building to reflect the rays of the sun. 



The writer ran twenty large machines in an incubator 

 cellar equipped with a dark room as above described and by 

 keeping a careful record of the time spent in the incubator 



of the table, were quickly filled and trimmed by earring them to 

 the table one at a time, the oil-can resting on the end nearest 

 the operator, then the can was transferred to the opposite end of 

 the table and the lamps of the machines on that end were cared 

 for. This is a small matter, yet it proved to be the means of 

 saving a considerable amount of labor. The lamps being carried 

 to the table to be filled could then be set on a firm surface for 



FIG. 2-SECTIONAL VIEW SHOWING VENTILATING SYSTEM 



cellar he was surprised to find that, after doing all the work re- 

 quired, filling the lamps, trimming them, attending to the regu- 

 lation of the machines, filling the machines, turning the eggs, 

 testing them and everything necessary from starting the eggs 

 until the chicks were ready to be taken to the brooders, the 

 average time reqiiired per machine was not over ten minutes 

 per day. 



cleaning, which was quickly accomplished by means of a pocket 

 knife and a soft cloth. With a cement floor and the table on 

 rollers or small wheels it would be still more convenient. 



Such an incubator house will be found a most satisfactory 

 style to run, it being easy to have perfect ventilation at all 

 times, and very little difficulty in keeping the heat at an even 

 temperature even in warm weather. 



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