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Show PROPER CARE OF INCUBATOR Tho successful running of an Incubator Incu-bator depends not only upon tho machine itself, but also on tho placo whoro It is located, according to tho l'oultry Department of tho Utah Ag rlcultural Collogo. If tho placo Is a collar, it should bo dry and well ventilated, ven-tilated, llcglunors do not always realize that tho eggs tnk0 In oxygon ftoui tho surrounding air and glvo off Co 2 during Incubation period. If tho air Is too damp, polluted or filled with bad odors, tho eggs absorb ab-sorb It and tho chick Is killed. Tho cause of many poor hatched may bo tiaced to somo of thoso conditions. No dciajod cgotatlou should bo left in tho collar whoro tho machtno is to bo operated. Thoro should bo n window, open a Uttlo way nt least to admit a change of air in tho placo. You may find it worth whllo to tuko out ono of tho small windows win-dows and tack muslin oor tho space during tho tlmo tho machine Is run nlng especially If lato In tho spring If you aro oporatlug tho machluo In an upper room tho samo factors should havo attention. Fresh nir, not much change In tomporaturo of tho loom and free from draughts, are somo of tho requirements for tho successful operation of nn lncubntor. |