. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . 6-foot pieces of 4 by 6 inch timbers,which serve as runners. The ends of the timbers, which pro-ject beyond the house, are chamfered on the underside to facili-tate moving. The houses are 12 feet long; some of them are6 feet and others 7 feet wide; 7 feet is the better width. Theyare 6 feet high in front and 4 feet high at the back. The frameis of 2 by 3 inch lumber; the floor is double boarded, and thebuilding is boarded and covered with a good quality of heavyroofing paper. Formerly shingles were used for the outsidecovering, but
. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . 6-foot pieces of 4 by 6 inch timbers,which serve as runners. The ends of the timbers, which pro-ject beyond the house, are chamfered on the underside to facili-tate moving. The houses are 12 feet long; some of them are6 feet and others 7 feet wide; 7 feet is the better width. Theyare 6 feet high in front and 4 feet high at the back. The frameis of 2 by 3 inch lumber; the floor is double boarded, and thebuilding is boarded and covered with a good quality of heavyroofing paper. Formerly shingles were used for the outsidecovering, but paper is preferred and is now used kind of covering for the wall is not so likely to be injuredin moving as shingles. A door 2 feet wide is in the center ofthe front and a 6-light window, hinged at the top, is on eachside of it. Two brooders are placed in each of these houses and50 to 60 chicks are put with each brooder. A low partitionseparates the flocks while they are young. The houses are large MAINE AGRICULTURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. 27. Ph 28 METHODS OF POUI^TRY MANAGEMENT. enough so that a person can go in and do the work comfortably,and each one accommodates lOO chicks until the cockerels arelarge enough to be removed. One of these houses is shown infigure 2. An improvement has recently been made in these brooderhouses by providing for better ventilation. When the weatheris very hot there is no movement of air within one of thesehouses, even though the door and windows are open. The airwithin the house is practically stagnant and, on account of itsrelatively small volume, becomes intensely hot and stifling whenthe temperature outside gets high. The effect on the chicksunder such circumstances is bad. They retreat to the houses toget shade, but only to be injured if not killed by the hot, stiflingair of the house. To remedy this difficulty a slot 2 feet longand I foot wide has been cut in the back of each house highup under the eaves. This slot is closed
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