Until this season, on The Corning Egg Farm, we had made it a rule to test the eggs on the 14th day. Many operators believe in testing the eggs from the 5th to the 7th day, again on the 14th, with the final test on the 18th day. In operating one of the old style machines, with the large trays, it was expedient to remove the clear eggs and those with dead germs to facilitate the turning of the eggs in the trays, but all this arduous labor is done away with in the hot water machine. The trays hold seventy-five eggs, and are so constructed that one tray fits on top of another, and then the trays are simply reversed and the turning is accomplished. This makes it necessary to have a full tray to prevent the eggs rolling and breaking when they are turned in the manner described. Testing the eggs is, therefore, deferred until the 18th day. When one sees the tremendous saving of time which the coal-heated, hot water machine accomplishes for the operator, it produces a feeling bordering on mirth in the man who has labored with the old style machine and big tray, when thousands of eggs were turned by hand twice a day. Ten thousand eggs in one of the modern machines are handled with less effort and in less time than three thousand could possibly be cared for in one of the other styles of incubator. Moisture On The Corning Egg Farm moisture is provided in the Cellar by thoroughly wetting the floor with a hose twice a day, the floor sloping gently to a drain in one corner. Large earthen-ware vessels, of about three inches in depth and eighteen inches in diameter, are stood at different points throughout the Cellar, and are constantly kept filled with fresh water. This is done, not so much for the purpose of increasing the humidity of the air, as it is to take up the impurities. As an illustration, if you stand vessels filled with water in a freshly painted room, the odor of paint is almost entirely absorbed by the water. As even a temperature as possible is carried in the Cellar, and at all times there is a constant flow of fresh air, but it is so controlled that it does not produce a draught. It should be remembered that while a moist cellar is desirable, unless it is well ventilated, it is utterly unfit for the purpose of incubation. Chicks Handled Only Once The chicks, at the end of the 22d day, are counted out of the incubator into large baskets lined with Canton Flannel, and in these they are carried upstairs to the Brooder House.