Corning Incubator Cellar Unequaled
It is believed this Cellar, with its plan of equipment, is unequaled, anywhere, as to the convenience of its general arrangement. Ample light and ventilation are supplied in the Incubation Cellar proper, by twelve windows on the north and east sides, the south wall being blank, as the chick runs from the Brooder House go out on that side.
It is impossible, owing to the necessity of the narrow alleys between the incubators and the walls, to use the V-shaped window drops, which have been so successful on the Farm for the prevention of draughts. The windows work on sash-weights, both top and bottom. A Spring Roller Shade device, covered with sheer muslin, with a screw eye on the window sill, is so placed that the cord may be passed through it, holding the shade rigid. Thus, when the prevailing wind creates a draught, the window may be opened to any desired width, and the draught prevented by the shade.
In operating the incubators they are run empty for a sufficient number of hours to adjust the regulator, and to know they will maintain a temperature of 103 degrees exactly.