Show DEATH FLOATS IN AIR OF HATCHERY HATCHER 1 floor of room Is common i source of dust and dirt death floats lit in the air for the newly hatched baby chick but the haft hatchery h manager can take prec precautions precaution autio its which will reduce the probability of disease germs carried on minute floating dust particles from infecting baby chicks which emerge from their shells free of the disease germs 1 tile the floor of the hatchery room Is the most common source of dust and dirt the floor should be kept clean says a bulletin on sanitation in the ila hatchery tchery just published by the agricultural extension service of the ohio state university less dust will be stirred up it if the floor Is flushed or scrubbed with water instead of being swept with a broom when the use of water Is impossible sweeping coi compounds 11 should be used if possible tile the floor should be kept wet down this prevents dust and by increasing tile the humidity of the air Is an aid in hatching larger and better chicks the practice of dropping or throwing egg shells unhatched eggs or dead chicks on the floor Is had bad this refuse should be carefully handled and removed from the incubator at once I 1 the hatchery room Is not greatly unlike a hospital clenn clean walls clean floors clean equipment and clean attendants tend tedd ants are essential tile the new bulletin Is written by prof E S L dakan head of the poultry husbandry department of the university and dr fred r red speer of the bacteriology teri tiri department who has been doing research work on the he of incubators under a poultry industrial research fellowship established at the university by commercial interests |