THE ALTERNATE AXD PARALLEL SYSTEMS. 



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in which case, if 3 is OR a level with the ground out- 

 side the brooder house, a pit must be dug to give the tilt 

 box room to turn, as in the case of the tilt box for grown 

 fowls, Fig. 117, where t is the tilt box and p the pit. 

 The construction of the floor of the passage for the at- 

 tendant on the same level with the stationary boxes, 

 brooders or layers, as in Fig. 136, we utterly condemn. 



-CO 



FIG. 117. TRANSVERSE SECTION OF HOUSE FOR LAYERS. (SEE FIG. 132.) 



The rules of convenience and labor saving are against 

 it, and why so many manufacturers of brooders perpetu- 

 ate the nuisance is past our comprehension. As well 

 might the counter of the salesman or the workbench of 

 the mechanic be on a level with the floor. The brooder 

 is the poulterer's workbench. 



In the parallel plan for brooder house, the tilt boxes 

 should be double, being built for two broods with a par- 



