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VALLEY HATCHERY MAUGANSV1LLE, MD. 
FIREPROOF HATCHING 
HOUSE 
Orin Crooker 
G eorge h. wright who operates 
a small farm near Delavan, Wiscon¬ 
sin, designed and built the peculiar 
structure shown in the illustration and 
which he uses for incubating purposes. 
Previous to building it Mr. Wright lived 
in constant fear that some time one of 
the several incubators, which he operated 
each spring in his dwelling, would set 
fire to the place. He figured that a little 
building such as he' has built would 
relieve him of this worry and provide a 
place for his egg machines where the 
temperature would vary but a few 
degrees the entire year around. In both 
of these ways the incubating cellar h/is 
met his expectations. The little structure 
measures 16 by 30 feet and is set four 
feet in the ground. Its walls are air- 
spaced and the “bow” to the roof 
provides an air chamber overhead. The 
entrance opens into a vestibule through 
Concrete is not only Fireproof it is 
permanent 
which a short flight of steps descends to a 
door at the bottom. Outside air is kept 
from flooding the interior chamber in this 
fashion. With no other heat than the 
lamps of his incubator machines he 
manages to keep the temperature from 
wide variation through all sorts of weather 
during the hatching season. 
A year ago one of his incubators took 
fire and burned to ashes during the 
night. Fortunately, the other machines 
were not injured save by the smoke. 
Mr. Wright lost a lot of eggs and had to 
refinish the interior of the hatching house, 
but he affirms that this was a long way 
short of what would have happened if his 
incubators had been in the house. Con¬ 
sequently, he feels that the effort and 
expense represented by his unique struc¬ 
ture have been justified. 
Care For the Hatching Egg 
T HE hatching egg should have more 
attention than it gets. Too many peo¬ 
ple buy hatching eggs with the idea that 
the deal ends there. That is where the 
trouble really begins. We sell hatching 
eggs, so I am talking from my own experi¬ 
ence. I sometimes buy hatching eggs 
myself and if I get a poor hatch I know 
it is just as liable to be my fault as the 
breeder I bought from. Most breeders 
take the best possible care of their eggs. 
They are gathered several times a day, 
handled carefully only a few kept to¬ 
gether or sometimes only one layer in a 
tray. When we pack them in paper and 
excelsior in baskets to ship we always 
advise customers to let them rest at least 
twenty-four hours. I prefer thirty-six 
hours, so that they can get settled after 
the rough handling they get in transpor¬ 
tation. I feel sure a good many people 
do not do that. I always do so myself 
and I am always well satisfied if I get a 
50 per cent, hatch at that. I have had 
many people blame me for poor hatches 
when the larger part of the trouble began 
from the time the eggs were in their 
possession. 
Another thing I do not approve of, is 
when eggs are set under hens almost 
always an egg gets broken and if it soils the 
others, many people wash the eggs. This 
is a poor plan, as it makes the eggs dry 
out more than they should. Take a cloth 
and wipe the eggs off carefully and the 
little that sticks on will not do as much 
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