. Built and used by poultrymen;. Poultry. Built £j Used by Poulti-ymen On the outside of the heating drum and inside the brooder, place a 6-in. piece of ordinary stove pipe 5 in. high, to direct the heat upwards. Outside of the stove pipe \ in., there should be a circle of ^-in. mesh stout wire. The wire is tacked to a solid board top. There is a ^-in. hole in the center of the top to insert the pivot of the hover. A wooden pin at the center of the under side of the hover, and inserted in the wooden top of the chick guard, will keep the hover. Mr. Fuller's Hot-Air Brooder The letters and abbre
. Built and used by poultrymen;. Poultry. Built £j Used by Poulti-ymen On the outside of the heating drum and inside the brooder, place a 6-in. piece of ordinary stove pipe 5 in. high, to direct the heat upwards. Outside of the stove pipe \ in., there should be a circle of ^-in. mesh stout wire. The wire is tacked to a solid board top. There is a ^-in. hole in the center of the top to insert the pivot of the hover. A wooden pin at the center of the under side of the hover, and inserted in the wooden top of the chick guard, will keep the hover. Mr. Fuller's Hot-Air Brooder The letters and abbreviations on this illustration are explained under the previous cut. in position. Around the edge of the hover tack two strips of old flannel. The lower edge should be slashed every 3 in. (alternately). Put in two window lights in each side, as shown in the illus- tration, to let in the light and to serve as ventilators. There should be a door in the partition of the hover compartment to connect with the other, or exercising compartment. In the latter have a small door at the front corner to let the chicks out on the ground. As the floor of the heating compartment is about 4 in. above the ground, a temporary floor slanting down from the center of the [110]. 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 Chicago, Ill. , The Big four poultry journal
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