. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . of the more recenthot-air machines, Avhich are so popular in America, andare becoming increasingly popular with us. Many English fanciers use them exclusively. Thecautious man uses both, and finds by experience whichkind suits him best, for the situation has a great dealto do with the matter after all. Personally, I have had as good results from one asfrom the other, and the great merit of the hot-airincubator is that it is less trouble to manage, and itsinitial cost for a good machine is also less. The hot-airmachines, lik
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . of the more recenthot-air machines, Avhich are so popular in America, andare becoming increasingly popular with us. Many English fanciers use them exclusively. Thecautious man uses both, and finds by experience whichkind suits him best, for the situation has a great dealto do with the matter after all. Personally, I have had as good results from one asfrom the other, and the great merit of the hot-airincubator is that it is less trouble to manage, and itsinitial cost for a good machine is also less. The hot-airmachines, like most things American, are not made sosubstantially as English-made goods, and I doubt verymuch whether their life of usefulness would be so they do their work effectively and are veryingenious. From actual use of various kinds I find the most INCUBATION 73 useful to be The Cyphers Standard Incubator—thecost of one for 140 eggs being a trifle over £h. They are sent out ready to start work, except thefixing on of the legs, which are numbered and attached. Fig. 9.—sectional VIEW OF INCUBATOR HEATER A—Top-cover casting. B—Warm-air pipe casting. C—Upperflange casting. D—Exliaust-pipe casting. E—Lower flangecasting. F—Connecting chimney casting. G—Air-spacedasbestos jacket covering entire exterior of heater, 2J inchesthick. H—Fresh-air chamber, in which pure fresh air drawnfrom outside the machine is thoroughly warmed before it passesinto the machine through the warm-air pipe, B. Lamp fumesor carbonated air cannot gain access to this chamber. K—Large escape flue connecting with primary lamp-flue or chimney,I, by means of connecting casting, F. This insures all lampfumes and gases of combustion being discharged in the outer air,where they cannot gain access to the incubator. The outline oflamp-burner shows position of lamp in relation to heater. L—Escape-flue for surplus heat, which is controlled by the tin discshown above it, and which disc is oper
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