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Show Helpful Hints on How to Run the Incubator Chick raisers will find It worthwhile worth-while to select a really good place for the incubator, says Miss Cora Cooke, extension specialist in poultry, poul-try, University farm, St. Paul. "A well-ventilated basement," she explains, ex-plains, "Is best. The next best place is a north room. ' Any room must be well ventilated and free from odors and gases, such as come from decaying vegetables. "A good scrubbing and disinfecting disinfect-ing of the incubator before putting In the eggs will help prevent pull-orum pull-orum disease. Dry and air out the machine with the lamp going. Here are seme dos and don'ts : "Set up the incubator and run It several days before the eggs should be set. "Supply moisture regularly, every day, if needed at all. "Test the eggs before setting to weed out those with very porous shells. "Don't crowd eggs In trays so they stand on end. "Don't run the incubator in an air-tight room. "Don't open the machine oftener than absolutely necessary after the eighteenth day not even for visitors. visi-tors. "Don't fall to keep the lamp clean." |