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is more even there. Mr. Lackore: Yes, an especially 

 constructed incubator cellar four feet in the ground with 

 plenty of windows in the south wall and well ventilated. 



Question. What temperature do you maintain in the 

 incubator during the three weeks? 



Answers. ;\Ir. Duston: 103 degrees, but allow it to 

 run to 105 when the chicks are coming out. Mr. Dodge: 

 First Iveek, 102 >^, then 103 until the chicks begin hatching, 

 when it will rise to 105. Mr. Ring: 102 to 103 degrees. 

 Mr. Langworthy: First week 102J^, second week, 103, third 

 week, 103 to 104. Mr. Lackore: First week, 102, second 

 week, 103, third week, 103 to 104. 



Question. Do you supply moisture in the egg chamber? 

 Answers. !Mr. Duston : No, have not found it necessary. 

 Mr. Dodge: Our incubators are the non-moisture, self- 

 ventilating kind, and after five years of use we find them so 

 in every particular, ilr. Ring: No. ^Ir. Langworthy: 

 No. Mr. Lackore: No. 



Question. What are the principal reasons why chicks 

 do not always come out promptly on the twenty-first day? 



Answers. JMr. Duston: Weak germs, low temperature 

 and too much airing of the eggs. Mr. Dodge: Low tem- 

 perature, sometimes due to incorrect thermometer, excessive 

 cooling, varying temperature in the egg chamber, low de- 

 gree of fertility in the eggs and insufficient ventilation. 

 Mr. Ring : Lack of vitality of germ, drop in temperat ure dur- 

 ing incubation, eggs chilled while being aired. Mr. Lang- 

 worthy : Running the incubator at too low average tempera- 

 ture. Mr. Lackore: Too low temperature during the hatch. 



Question. How long do you keep the chicks in the in- 

 cubator after the hatch is completed? 



Answers. Mr. Duston: Chicks are always taken from 

 the machine on the morning of the 22nd day. Mr. Dodge: 

 About twelve hours. Mr. Ring: Twenty-four hours» Mr. 

 Langworthy; Twenty-four hours. Mr. Lackore: Twenty- 

 four hours. 



Question. How do you handle the incubator from the 

 time the hatch is complete until you remove the chicks to 

 the brooder? 



Answers. jMr. Dodge: Donot touch the incubators until 



