82 EGGS AND POULTRY 
in keeping the proper temperature, the times 
giving the most trouble being right after the 
lamp is refilled and trimmed. At such time 
as there may be a decided drop in the out- 
side temperature, an incubator will keep 
up to 103 degrees when the outside air is 
below the freezing point. The most satis- 
factory results are attained however when 
the room in which the machine is set has a 
temperature of 65 degrees. 
The beginner will have enough to do dur- 
ing his first year without having to worry 
about incubation and wondering and specu- 
lating upon the results of his hatches, which 
might be very poor indeed, setting him back 
in his calculations and disappointing him at 
the outset; but if the day old chicks pur- 
chased are of the breed and strain that he 
would want if he bred from fowls or hatched 
from bought eggs, he would have just as 
good foundation stock for the future and 
could make his plans as to how many he 
wanted and when, and would get them. 
This would be a doubtful question if he 
hatched them himself. 
If he expected to hatch from his own 200 
hens, the number as here planned, his re- 
ceipts from eggs would be materially ‘re- 
