15 Oct. 1919.] 



Chicken Bearing. 



597 



with 12-in. x 10-in. or 12-in. x 12-iu. glass, witli clips, should one pane 

 be broken, it may be more easily replaced than wonld be the case were 

 the glass set in position by putty. The shed should be 12 feet wide, 

 and about 6 ft. 6 in. high at the back, with skillion roof. The length 

 of the shed will depend upon the number of brooders that are to be used. 

 Allow 4 feet for each brooder, with an indoor run 6 feet by 4 feet, and a 

 3-ft. passage behind the brooders. The outdoor runs may be 15 or 16 



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feet long, and should be sown down in greenstuff each year so as to 

 sweeten the land. It will be noted in the ground plan, on this page, 

 that space is provided between each pair of brooders to enable the 

 feeders to gain easy access to the chickens. 



Treatment of the Chickens. 

 As soon as a considerable number of chickens have hatched out, and 

 are thoroughly dried off, they should be toe-punched or otherwise 

 branded, and removed in a covered receptacle to the brooders, Avhich 



