CHAPTER XVIII

INCUBATION ON THE CORNING EGG FARM 106

Hen Reigns Supreme 106 Livable Chicks--Not Numbers 107 Uniform Temperature Most Important 108 Ventilation and Moisture Next 108 Hot Water Machines Best 110 Corning Incubator Cellar Unequaled 111 Eggs Turned from Third to Eighteenth Day 112 103 Degrees Maintained 112 Cool But Never Cold 113 Cover Glass Doors 114 All Good Chicks Hatch in 20 Days 114 Set Incubators Toward Evening 115 Tested Only on Eighteenth Day 116 Moisture 117 Chicks Handled Only Once 117 Baby Chick Business Cruel 118