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modern poultry yard. Sometimes material is at 

 hand that may be turned to good advantage in the 

 construction of machines. It sometimes hap- 

 pens that more chickens are hatched than were 

 provided for and an extra brooder is needed for 

 the emergency. 



Satisfactory brooders may be made at home, at 

 a small expense for materials, by any one who is 



Fig. 69. A home-made brooder in cross-section. 



able to work well with the most common of car- 

 penters' tools. Dry goods boxes may be utilized to 

 good advantage. If a part of a large dry goods box 

 is placed bottom upwards so that the bottom will 

 form a level floor about a foot from the ground, a 

 good foundation for a cheap brooder is established. 

 In the center of this a square or circular opening 

 is cut, into which is fitted a box of tin which is also 

 placed bottom up. A straight- sided tin bucket or 

 pail may be used instead of the tin box. If the 

 former is used, a circular opening should be made 



