MISCELLANEOUS 
be sure that your corner posts are large 
and strong and set four feet in the ground 
and well braced. The others may be ordi- 
nary posts and set two feet in the ground. 
If the posts are creosoted, they will last 
about twice as long as they will without it. 
Charring the posts does not help to pre- 
serve them very much. 
A long, narrow yard is preferable to a 
square one, for it can be plowed much 
easier and in less time. It should, 
however, be wide enough so that a 
team of horses hitched to a plow can 
turn easily at each end. 
The incubator-room, 
whether it be a cellar, 
dugout or well-insulated 
house on top of the ground, should be well 
ventilated. It should be reasonably dry 
and clean and free from all odors. The 
temperature should not fall much below 
60° F.; for if the room is too cold, the 
eggs will lose much of their vitality from 
chilling when the trays are removed from 
the incubator to turn and cool them. 
Some manufacturers claim that any 
old room, or even a tent, is good enough 
for their incubators to do good work in, 
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‘The Incubator 
Cellar 
