. Artificial incubation and incubators ... ng the ventilator, allowing the hot airto escape from the egg-chamber. It remains in this conditionuntil the heat has fallen one to three degrees, when a reverse ac-tion of the escape occurs, causing the arm to return to its former THE SUFFOLK INCUBATOR. 113 position, the ventilator to close, and the flame of the lamp to beturned up; this movement takes place every fifteen to thirtyminutes, and goes on continually, by means of power transmittedby a simple reel and weight. The machine is a very good one, but being a plain infringe-ment on several other
. Artificial incubation and incubators ... ng the ventilator, allowing the hot airto escape from the egg-chamber. It remains in this conditionuntil the heat has fallen one to three degrees, when a reverse ac-tion of the escape occurs, causing the arm to return to its former THE SUFFOLK INCUBATOR. 113 position, the ventilator to close, and the flame of the lamp to beturned up; this movement takes place every fifteen to thirtyminutes, and goes on continually, by means of power transmittedby a simple reel and weight. The machine is a very good one, but being a plain infringe-ment on several other patents, it has never been patented, andits use may at some time bring trouble from that cause. the Suffolk incubator (See Fig. 86.)finds its birth-place on Long Island, New York State. It isdescribed by the inventor as follows :— The Incubator is strongly made of yellow pine and walnut. There is ab-ing to get outgive trouble incubator; canany person ofligence; it willeggs that wouldthe most favor-stances in the The incuba-hot water in. solutely noth-of order andthe whole in-be managed byordinary intel-hatch all thehatch underable circum-__ natural is heated bygalvanized ironnot water in 86>_THE SUFFOLK INCUBATOR fect uniformity tanks, with per- 5 J of heat through the egg drawers. Two drawers are arranged at the side of the lower section otthe tank and receive the young chickens directly after they arehatched, the chickens being dried in these drawers. The moisture, which is a continuous evaporation supplied byan earth drawer from below the eggs, and at the proper de-gree of heat, so that the eggs do not require sprinkling at any time. . The ventilation is steady, as a constant current of air is pass-ing through the egg drawers at all times, the air passing m at thebottom and around the lower tanks and over the moisture pankeeps the air at an even temperature, before it passes throughthe egg drawer and out at the top of the incubator through theair chamber, givin
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