Gasoline-Heated Brooder-House. 



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Tbale I — Temperature Record — Concluded. 



* For location of thermometers see Figs. 76 and 77. 



Average outside temperature, 40.18. 



Average room temperature, 47.96. 



Average hover temperature, 89. 



Total hours operated, 706. 



Gasoline consumed, 12 gallons. 



Amount of gasoline consumed in one day— 24 hours, .407 gallon. Cost oj 

 operating one day — -24 hours, $.061. 



Cost of brooding one chick one day, $.0003. Cost of brooding one chick as 

 long as it needs heat (est.), two months — 60 days, $.018. (Winter or early Spring.) 



Time saved by this method of brooding, i.e.: (time required to fill and trim 

 four kerosene lamps) est., 15 minutes per day, equals 15 hours for the brooding 

 season at 15 cents an hour, equals $2.25. 



