. Poultry production. Poultry. ARTIFICIAL BROODING 243 determining definitely what these temperatures should be. General experience, however, agrees with the results of a single experiment reported by LewisS in which he brooded four groups of fifty chicks each in brooders where all con- ditions were exactly alike, except that of temperature. Fig. 124. Large colony brooder, coal heated. Capacity 600 chicks. (Courtesy of Kansas Experiment Station.) The first brooder was kept very warm, having an average hover temperature of 112° for the first twenty-eight days. ' Thirty-second Annual Report, New
. Poultry production. Poultry. ARTIFICIAL BROODING 243 determining definitely what these temperatures should be. General experience, however, agrees with the results of a single experiment reported by LewisS in which he brooded four groups of fifty chicks each in brooders where all con- ditions were exactly alike, except that of temperature. Fig. 124. Large colony brooder, coal heated. Capacity 600 chicks. (Courtesy of Kansas Experiment Station.) The first brooder was kept very warm, having an average hover temperature of 112° for the first twenty-eight days. ' Thirty-second Annual Report, New Jersey Experiment 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 Lippincott, William Adams, 1882-1931. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
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