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is more bother than it is worth. Therefore, 
find out the makes of incubators that are giv¬ 
ing satisfaction in your own community, if you 
are intending to purchase one, and then send 
for one of a similar make. However, if you 
have not enough eggs to warrant purchasing 
one, then try to arrange with someone to loan 
you one, or to put your eggs in with some 
of theirs, so as to eliminate this expense. 
There are in general two types of incubators, 
the hot water and the hot air, the latter being 
quite the more popular of the two. There are 
seval different sizes of incubators, ranging from 
a fifty egg capacity up to a thousand egg ca¬ 
pacity machine. An incubator with a hundred 
egg capacity is usually sufficiently large enough 
for the small poultry keeper. By running three 
or four hatches during the same season, a good 
number of chicks can be hatched. 
There are a few requirements that must be 
fulfilled to realize the best results from an 
incubator. First and foremost, always follow 
the instructions that come with the incubator. 
The manufacturers of the incubator know more 
about their incubator than you do. Another 
thing that should be borne in mind is that you 
