Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . its; )^-inch deep and % inch apart,around the open end. With a large nail punch five rows ofholes in the side of the can. Bend the slits out at the bottomand tack the can over the holes in the floor. Around, under-neath the strips upon which the removable floor rests, tacka narrow strip of asbestos. Over the asbestos tack the large BROODING 445 piece of tin. In the center of the floor, underneath the tintack a tin bucket-top in which to place the lamp. The tintop will prevent the lamp from being misplaced a brace and bit bore three 1-inc
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . its; )^-inch deep and % inch apart,around the open end. With a large nail punch five rows ofholes in the side of the can. Bend the slits out at the bottomand tack the can over the holes in the floor. Around, under-neath the strips upon which the removable floor rests, tacka narrow strip of asbestos. Over the asbestos tack the large BROODING 445 piece of tin. In the center of the floor, underneath the tintack a tin bucket-top in which to place the lamp. The tintop will prevent the lamp from being misplaced a brace and bit bore three 1-inch holes in the brooder,in places where shown in Fig. 169. Bore the middle row be-tween the piece of tin and the middle floor. Cut the two openings in the front 5 by 6 inches, and cut onein the partition the same size, over which tack a piece of woolencloth, in which cut two or three slits. Make an opening in theleft end of the brooder 5 by 10 inches, over which tack a pieceof wire cloth. The cost of the material and lamp is about $ Fig. 170.—A small oil-burning hover sold on the market. 1, The lamp;2, the intake flue; 3, the draft pipe; 4, the radiating drum; 5, the thermome-ter; 6, peep hole. CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRELESS BROODER The fireless brooder is a success in the later spring andsummer, when the outside temperature is not so cold, or afterthe chicks have been in a heated brooder for a considerabletime and gradually brought down to only their own heatproduced by their bodies. This system requires that several chickens be placed together,as the source of heat is solely from their bodies, and keepingthem warm depends upon the conservation of this heat. 446 POULTRY CULTURE Figure 171 illustrates the simple construction of a box is made 18 inches square and 8 inches deep. Thenumber and positions of these quilts are regulated accordingto the weather and the number of chicks in the brooder. Incold weather the quilts should sag so as to rest on the backs ofth
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