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6. Plenty of room for the attendant to zvork inside the house. 



The house here described furnishes sufficient head room so that the 

 work can be done inside by the attendant during stormy or severely cold 

 weather. This is a great advantage when compared with the type of 

 outdoor brooder in which the cover must be raised in order to feed and 

 water the chicks or to clean the brooder, which system also has the 

 disadvantage of allowing a large volume of heat to escape whenever the 

 cover is lifted and it also permits the chickens to fly out, thus causing 

 annoyance. A house of the size and style shown makes it very conven- 

 ient to do the work. The entire floor space is available, accessible and 

 easily cleaned. The hover is against the rear wall, easily raised and 

 fastened or removed. It is high enough at the entrance in the center of 

 the house to enable the attendant to stand erect when walking from front 



Fig. 71. — Seven types of burners in position for testing. 



to rear and caring for the brooder, and he can reach to either side with- 

 out inconvenience, in attending to the chickens on the floor. 



7. Workable all the year round. 



The Gasoline-Heated Colony Brooder-House contains 64 sq. ft. floor 

 space. Therefore, it is large enough to accommodate from 12 to 15 

 fowls when not in use for rearing chickens. This enables the invest- 

 ment to be used the entire year, a decided advantage over any system of 

 brooding which compels a large amount of capital to be idle except 

 during the comparatively short brooding season. 



When the house is used for mature fowls, the platform is placed on 

 slides attached to the rafters at the backside of the house from which the 

 perches are placed. (Plates V and VL) The nests are arranged along 

 either side of the house, attached to the rafters. In order to prevent the 

 litter from being scratched out of the house, all doors and window open- 

 ings should be raised two or three inches above the floor. 



While a house of the style here suggested is not the best for mature 

 stock because too small and for that reason not to be recommended 

 where the building is to be used for adult fowls only, nevertheless, it can be 

 put to most profitable use during the larger part of the year when not 

 used in rearing or housing the young stock. 



