. A poultry compendium, being a brief treatise on the rearing and management of domestic fowls. Poultry. 38 A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. at the back. The front is open to the run inside the frame under the glass. The tin is turned over at the ends and tacked fast. It is also continued up above the level of the glass and turned over to shed the water. Stakes are driven into the ground eight or ten inches back from the brooder, and rough boards are fitted to them, and the whole is then filled in with fresh stable manure closely packed down. The tin keeps the inside of brooder free from damp and smell.
. A poultry compendium, being a brief treatise on the rearing and management of domestic fowls. Poultry. 38 A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. at the back. The front is open to the run inside the frame under the glass. The tin is turned over at the ends and tacked fast. It is also continued up above the level of the glass and turned over to shed the water. Stakes are driven into the ground eight or ten inches back from the brooder, and rough boards are fitted to them, and the whole is then filled in with fresh stable manure closely packed down. The tin keeps the inside of brooder free from damp and smell. It should. BROODER AND FRAME. be prepared a day or two days before the chicks are put in. The heat will then be as much as they need, Or can bear. The holes in front of frame are sometimes sufficient ventilation, but the sash may either be drawn down an inch or two or raised in front by a piece of Wood, if more air is ; In most of the brooders heat is furnished by a lamp, as it is in the incubator. The one which we have de- scribed is said by its inventor to have been used " with exceptional ; Many claim that bottom heat in a brooder is better. 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 Babcock, Harmon Seeley, 1849-1937. Hartford, Conn.
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