. Barn plans and outbuildings . bators, with the most deli-cate regulating apparatus, will not work where the tem- 204 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS perature varies from twenty to thirty degrees between dayand night, as it will do in some outbviildings. An incubator room partially underground is desirable,because it is easier to control the temperature in such abuilding. The sides and roof should be made double witha good air space between, and well insulated with buildingpaper. Windows and doors should likewise be madedouble. Figure 203 shows a cheap and easily constructedincubator room built u
. Barn plans and outbuildings . bators, with the most deli-cate regulating apparatus, will not work where the tem- 204 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS perature varies from twenty to thirty degrees between dayand night, as it will do in some outbviildings. An incubator room partially underground is desirable,because it is easier to control the temperature in such abuilding. The sides and roof should be made double witha good air space between, and well insulated with buildingpaper. Windows and doors should likewise be madedouble. Figure 203 shows a cheap and easily constructedincubator room built upon the surface of the ground,yet surrounded by earth which is banked up against itsstone walls. It is banked on three sides, leaving one sideunbanked for the entrance door and a window. This sideshould preferably face the east or west. A room eight orten feet square will hold several incubators. A PRACTICAL BROODER HOUSE The average farmer does not wish to go to the expenseof a hot water system for brooding early chickens, but.
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