114 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



DISCUSSION. 



The President. I think an audience like this is quite in- 

 spiring. I think it is a demonstration that more people are 

 interested ip poultry, perhaps, than in any other branch of the 

 farming industry in our state. 



Mr. TiLLiNGHAST. I forgot to say that I have here some 

 of the plans and models of the hoppers and brooders and 

 things of that kind we use. The feeding hopper is rather a 

 crude model, but it shows the points. Those can be passed 

 around. As to this brooder, there is no patent on it. It can be 

 used by anyone. We find it does good work. The principal 

 advantage of this is that this space here is covered by a piece 

 of galvanized iron. There is about an inch of space between 

 the iron and the floor, and the air goes into all of the four cor- 

 ners. The heat rises from the heater into the pan, permeates 

 over the back of the chicks, and tlien is forced out. With 

 some of the brooders the same air is breathed over and over 

 again. As you can see, with this, there is no opportunity for 

 the fumes of the lamp to get into the breathing space where the 

 chicks are. There is a circulation all the time of pure air. I 

 have found a brooder of that kind more successful than any- 

 thing I have ever bought and which costs five times as much. 



I will be glad to answer any questions. 



Professor Beach. Will you kindly tell the audience what 

 per cent, of eggs are produced in the winter months from that 

 body of hens? 



Mr. Tillinghast. That is a very good question. I have no 

 data so that I can give you precise figures. I have always 

 been a little delicate about giving figures. I will tell you why. 

 If I should tell you that I made my hens pay three dollars net, 

 lots of you would say that I lied. I do not want to pass for a 

 liar. If I should come here and tell you that my hens did not 

 pay their keep, why, you would say that Tillinghast was a fool, 

 and I do not want to pass for a fool. No man wants to ad- 

 vertise his failures. On the whole, I will say this. I am in the 



