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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Figure 79. — An exterior view of an incubator 

 cellar on a commercial poultry farm. 



quickly than higher 

 priced incubators. The 

 value of the machine is 

 small as compared to the 

 value of the eggs used 

 and the results produced. 

 It is advisable, there- 

 fore, to invest in one 

 that is absolutely relia- 

 ble. It is best to pur- 

 chase a make of incubator that is giving good results in your 

 vicinity, so as to secure the benefit of the experience and 

 advice of others. 



Place to operate the incubator. Incubators are oper- 

 ated in a great variety of places with marked success. When 

 but a few machines are used, they can be operated in a 

 room or cellar of the house. A special incubator cellar 

 or house should be provided where the hatching operations 

 are extensive, or when mammoth machines are used. 



The main essential in an incubator room or cellar is to 



Figure 80. — The interior of a well arranged incubator cellar. The incubator 

 room or cellar should be large enough to allow the attendant to work 

 around the machines conveniently. Many incubator cellars have cement 

 floors which are easier to keep clean and neat than board or earth floors. 



