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too cold, as the one will destroy your hatch, while the other 

 Tvill, at the very worst, only delay it a day or so. 



Air Both Eggs and Incubator. 



- Having secured the most fertile eggs that you can pro- 

 •ciu-e and started your incubator for its three weeks' run, 

 be sure not to let a day pass after the second day without 

 taking the egg tray out of the machine and turning the eggs 

 well, allowing them time in which to air and cool, at the 

 «ame time leaving the doors of the incubator open to allow 

 it also the benefit of a good airing. It is just as essential 

 to air the incubator as it is to turn the eggs, it being one 

 ■of Nature's laws that birds leave the nest in order to air 

 themselves as well as the eggs, and it is obvious that the 

 «ggs should not be put back into an atmosphere that has 

 the slightest impurity about it. My method of turning the 

 eggs is by taking a few out at the center of the tray and 

 shufHing the others with the hands in the same manner 

 that a hien does with her beak and body. Keep away from 

 mechanical movements or anything pertaining to mechan- 

 ism as much as possible.- Nature is erratic and while we 

 are imitating Nature we must be erratic also. This has 

 been my experience and I have carefully avoided anytliing 

 mechanical in the hatching and raising of poultry. 



I have always had the greatest success with incubators 

 when they have been set in a place that is partially below 

 the ground and I advise setting the machine in a basement 

 rather than upstairs, provided there is sufficient air in the 

 basement for ventilation. 



Fresh Air and Sunlight Essential. 



„ Another important thing to remember is fresh air never 

 injures anything; it is drafts that kill, and it is injurious 

 to place your incubator in a draft. Fresh air and sunlight 

 are as essential to health as they are useful for the destruc- 

 tion of impurities and it is therefore necessary that the in- 

 cubator room is well lighted and well aired. If your in- 

 cubator has a glass door through which you can see the 

 eggs do not fail to cover it during the weeks of incubation 

 for the purpose of excluding the light. There are several 

 reasons' for this, the two most important being that Nature 



