Gasoline-Heated Brooder-House. 



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VI. Another Type of Colony Brooder-House. 



Since the shed-roofed type of colony house is preferred by some 

 poultrymen, it is deemed advisable to incorporate in this bulletin photo- 

 graphs and working plans of a shed-roofed colony house which is being 

 used at this station with fairly good results. (Plates VH, VHI and 

 Figs. 79, 80.) It costs a little more to build than the "A" type of house 

 of the same floor space and is not so convenient for the attendant doing 

 the work inside. The runners should not be more than eight inches high. 

 The other floor framing is the same as for the "A" house, except the 

 braces in the corners. The shed-roofed house is not so strong a form of 

 construction and so these braces are put in to stiffen it. The upper 

 framing is made of 2 x 2 inch stock and is covered with seven-eighths 

 inch matched boards, plain side in and roofing paper on the outside. 



Fig. 80. — The shed roof type of colony house. 



The house can be used with a gasoline heater and is also convertible 

 into a pen for 12 or 15 laying hens. If a gasoline heating plant is in- 

 stalled the tank should be placed in the upper left-hand corner of the 

 house upon a shelf and the pipe run outside and around the building into 

 the burner box. This requires a little more pipe than the "A" house. 



A FEW SUGGESTIONS WORTH REPEATING AND REMEM- 

 BERING IN OPERATING THE GASOLINE-HEATED COL- 

 ONY BROODER-HOUSE AS DESIGNED AND USED BY 

 THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



I. See that the house stands level. If it tips forward, the gasoline 

 which would flow if the flame should be extinguished, would remain in 

 the burner box instead of escaping outside by the trough provided for 

 the purpose. (Plate I.) 



