. Journal of electricity . rooder houses. One is 20 x 130 feet and is equippedwith a 16 x 20-ft. four compartment brooder for tak-ing care of 4,000 chickens. The other three housesare 20 x 100 and have 9 x 16-ft. single compartmentbrooders, each capable of handling 1,500 chickens. The brooders are the acme of perfection, andare designed and built entirely on new usual principle of brooders is to set the unit ofheat at a central point and place the chickens aboutit, or to set it in a long line brooder and have thechickens run in or out on one side. These principles,according to M
. Journal of electricity . rooder houses. One is 20 x 130 feet and is equippedwith a 16 x 20-ft. four compartment brooder for tak-ing care of 4,000 chickens. The other three housesare 20 x 100 and have 9 x 16-ft. single compartmentbrooders, each capable of handling 1,500 chickens. The brooders are the acme of perfection, andare designed and built entirely on new usual principle of brooders is to set the unit ofheat at a central point and place the chickens aboutit, or to set it in a long line brooder and have thechickens run in or out on one side. These principles,according to Mr. Dobbins, are unscientific in thatthey do not radiate the heat so as to cover all thechickens at one time with an even and uniform tem-perature. The new principle which he has workedout reverses this old method, and instead of placingthe chickens around a central heating unit it com-pletely surrounds the chickens with the heat. All the brooders in the three smaller housesare similar. They are constructed in a rectangular. Drinking fountain, window blinds, feeders and so forth are all automaticin this new electrically equipped chicken brooder, and only one manslabor is necessary in the raising and handling of thousands of chicks. a thermostat. When the chicks are put in at thestart they are kept in the well space during theentire first day. The next day they are allowed athree-foot space all around the brooder. This spaceis enlarged day by day as they grow older. Thefeeding during the first two days is done in the brooder in the larger house is of the same designexcept that it is larger and subdivided. Each of thefour brooders has an independent hot water circu-lating system, heated by the latest 2-kw. electricalheaters which have been developed by the EdisonElectiic Appliance Company. They are all equippedwith thermostats which maintain a remaxkable even-ness of temperature in the brooders. Putting the chicks to bed at night has alwaysbeen a problem, but this difficu
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