Show PLACE INCUBATOR IN THE BASEMENT it Is just as important to locate the incubator in a suitable place as to linvs a machine that will produce good chicks the best incubator made ean can not do well unless it Is properly located and given correct attention fresh air is ig essential when the incubator Is placed in the residence resl dance it will give best results in a room where there Is a uniform temperature and plenty of ventilation a A window should be partly open except in extremely cold weather the incubator should be placed in a room to itself when possible A good cellar or basement Is the best place tor for an incubator if vegetables oils or other articles which give off gases or odors are not stored there the machine should be set perfectly level then run for at least two das and nights before the eggs are placed in it be sure to have the right temperature pera ture and understand the working of the machine it is 18 a good plan to place a paper over the egg tray when testing out ont the machine by so doing practically the same space to heat beat Is in provided that will be used when the eggs are in the machine when the incubator Is empty the thermometer will read a little lower than it would it if the machine were full for as the eggs become warmed they raise the temperature slightly by using the paper over the egg tray a fairer test will be secured placing an incubator in a bedroom bedr norn or living room Is not advisable the fumes from the lamp are not best tor for a sleeping person to breathe even with the windows open at night it Is best to keep the incura incubator tor out of hd rooms unless there Is no other convenient place the living room lacks the uniform temperature that brings best results too often the room is hot luring juring the day and rather cold at night this usually causes trouble in regulating the incubator to hold a uniform temperature in the machine the incubator should not be placed in the same room in the basement with the furnace the gas and dust fro from t the h fu furnace r n a are detrimental t m e n t a 1 cro 0 res die rih special pe c I 1 n 1 rooms m in n the e b basement a or a regular incubator cellar give an idea location for incubators uniformity ot of temperature and plenty of ventilation without too much evaporation and no drafts give the incubator the proper surroundings when two or more machines are used tt it will pay to P provide stich a place very little heat beat Is necessary in the incubator room unless it Is necessary to air the eggs the better machines are so constructed that the eggs are removed oraly for turning if this Is g the case the incubator can be run successfully cess fully ariter after march 1 where there la Is no heat but it must be protected and tree free from drafts it takes a good incubator properly located and carefully are fully attended to substitute for the setting hen A be hen n will leave her nest tor for fifteen to twenty minutes ervn ean in cold weather yet produce a gool ghou number of chicks further the chicks will be strong and vig orous if front frons the right sort a A good incubator ir will hatch batch just as successfully and just as strong chicks if given the cli chonce viDee too often a person running MI fill incubator will take more care of the tha machine than be does of the eggs no incubator should be used as a means to helping the egg to produce I 1 a good liv lavake chick instead of a method of forcing every egg to hatch to a lare extent this difference can be brought abolt abai t through better care of eggs and proper location of the incubator noel hall extension specialist missouri state poultry experiment station moah mountain maln grove |