io8 THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK 



or Bill Smith, who may be neighbors, and will fol- 

 low the instructions as given by the manufacturer, 

 with good fertile eggs, it will be almost a miracle if 

 he does not get at least a fair hatch. 



There are so many different makes of machines it 

 is quite impossible to write a chapter on incubation 

 which will cover the needs of all phases of it. The 

 above advice, however, if followed, will certainly be 

 more apt to bring about successful hatches than any- 

 thing else that can be done. 



On The Corning Egg Farm the problem of incu- 

 bation has been most carefully studied from the in- 

 ception of the Farm. 



Uniform Temperature Most Important 



A thermostat and regulator which will absolutely 

 insure an even temperature in the egg chamber, and 

 a thermostat so sensitive, with an adjustment of the 

 regulator to such a nicety, that it will insure the main- 

 taining of an equal temperature in the egg chamber 

 even if there is a variation of atmosphere in the Cellar 

 of from I o to 20 degrees, is perhaps, the first great 

 essential in incubation. 



Ventilation and Moisture Next 



Ventilation and the retention of moisture undoubt- 

 edly come next. The growing embryo must be fed 

 a large quantity of oxygen, and there must be a suffi- 

 cient amount of moisture to prevent a too rapid dry- 



