Fixed Feeding Hours 103 Four Collections of Eggs Daily 105 Mash Fed in Afternoon 105 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 CHAPTER XIX REARING CHICKS IN BROODER HOUSE--THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS’ RESULTS DEPEND UPON SUCCESS IN BROODING 121 Corn Not Proper Chick Food 122 Follow Nature’s Teaching 122 A Balanced Food 123 Never Build a Double House 126 Must Drain Chick Runs 127 Concrete Floors Mean Dampness 127 Corning Heated Brooder House 128 Corning Feeds Dry Food Only 129 Three Feeds Daily 129 Green Food Third Day 130 Animal Food Tenth Day 130 Avoid Moving Chicks Often 132 CHAPTER XX HANDLING BIRDS ON RANGE--THE YOUNGSTERS MUST BE KEPT GROWING ALL THE TIME 134 A Corning Wrinkle 135 Grain and Mash Once a Day 137 Plenty of Shade 139 Removed to Laying House Middle of September 140 CHAPTER XXI