. SECTION OF M'KSKRV AT MACARA FAKM Second lioor of laigre Inculjator House tirst ten day; Not than lifty thousand chicks e; season S|ieiid the if their life in this immense room Brooding the Chicks and Ducklings •The width of the pens in the chick brooder house (which is on the second floor of the large incubator building) is three feet, and the length twenty feet. These pens are arranged on both sides of the building, with an eight-foot alleyway. The heating is done by the old-style top heat pipe system, being a series of four one-and-a-quarter inch pipes—two flows and two returns.
. SECTION OF M'KSKRV AT MACARA FAKM Second lioor of laigre Inculjator House tirst ten day; Not than lifty thousand chicks e; season S|ieiid the if their life in this immense room Brooding the Chicks and Ducklings •The width of the pens in the chick brooder house (which is on the second floor of the large incubator building) is three feet, and the length twenty feet. These pens are arranged on both sides of the building, with an eight-foot alleyway. The heating is done by the old-style top heat pipe system, being a series of four one-and-a-quarter inch pipes—two flows and two returns. The hover is a twenty-inch square platform, with a three-inch hole bored in the center for ventilation. Fringe is hung on the four sides of the platform. As the hover is placed four inches from both the back and the sides, the chicks will not crowd, and should they become too warm can readil}^ get out into a more cool atmosphere. This second floor brooding house will hold chicks at one time. On the outside of each brooding pen is erected a four-foot run, enclosed with wire netting. This run is practically a platform erected on the style
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