. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. 46 PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 45. Incubator Cellars.— A dry well ventilated cellar or basement is the best place for an incubator. Machines can be run successfully in rooms wholly above ground, but require closer attention because of greater and more rapid variations in the temperature of the room. Where only one or two machines are used they are oftenest kept in the cellar of the dwelling. In case of fire this may invalidate insurance. It is better always to have a place specially for incubators. On a large plant the incubator cellar is a
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. 46 PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 45. Incubator Cellars.— A dry well ventilated cellar or basement is the best place for an incubator. Machines can be run successfully in rooms wholly above ground, but require closer attention because of greater and more rapid variations in the temperature of the room. Where only one or two machines are used they are oftenest kept in the cellar of the dwelling. In case of fire this may invalidate insurance. It is better always to have a place specially for incubators. On a large plant the incubator cellar is a necessity. Various methods of constructing incubator cellars are shown in Figs. 24, 28, 34. An incubator cellar need not be well lighted, but provision must be made for thorough ventilation. The air must be kept pure. Usually this is accomplished if the cellar has arrangements for ventilation about as in a good dwelling house Fig. 29. Exterior View of a Long Brooder House. {By counesy of E. M. & W. Ferguson). 46. Brooder Houses.— The style of brooder house used will depend on the system of brooding adopted. If the continuous pipe system is .used, the brooder house will, in its general features, resemble the long poultry house with passage and single row of pens. Fig. 29 is an exterior view of such a ^^ 7> / B ... 0" /c T>(n Fig. 30. Ground Plan of a Long Brooder House —Pipe System — single row of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston, I. S. Johnson & co.
Size: 2017px × 1239px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorrobinsonjohnhjohnhenr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
