SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
I will not give directions for operating 
an incubator here, because incubators de- 
signed by different men do not all require 
the same management. My advice to 
those who would run an incubator, suc- 
cessfully, would be to run it according to 
the instructions of the designers or manu- 
facturers. However, I might say here in 
a general way: The incubator lamp should 
be kept clean, and, unless the fount is a 
large one, it should be filled morning and 
evening and should have a new wick at 
the beginning of each hatch. Always turn 
and care for the eggs before caring for 
the lamp, for the soot and coal-oil that 
get on your hands while caring for the 
lamp will injure the eggs should you 
handle them after caring for the lamp; 
your hands should always be clean when 
handling the eggs, and you should always 
wash them thoroughly before going to the 
incubator-room. 
Cleanliness is a great help to success 
with the incubator, and it should not be 
overlooked. The incubator should be 
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after 
each hatch, and it it is a hot-water ma- 
chine the water should be drawn off and 
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