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AH EGG FARM. 



tition of wire netting, one-inch mesh. See Fig. 131. 

 For the younglings, this is better than the continuous or 

 multiform tilt box used for layers, Fig. 117. In the ground 

 plan, Fig. 140, the wire partition dividing the double 

 tilt boxes is represented by small crosses. Each brood 

 has an alley, e, &ix inches wide, communicating with Y 

 and S, this alley being closed to suit occasions by small 

 doors, one at each end. These doors, however, are not 

 shown in the cut. 



FIG. 118. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF HOUSE FOR LAYERS. (SEE FIG. 132.) 



If the brooder house is a long one, similar in external 

 appearance to the one shown in Fig. 103, and heated by 

 hot water, the parallel system should be followed, and 

 by a little ingenuity room can be contrived to locate tilt 

 boxes in any brooder house that is constructed substan- 

 tially like Fig. 137, although not built with reference 

 to their adoption. If, however, each brooder is heated 

 by a separate lamp, the alternate system, Figs. 102, 103 

 and 141, should be followed. In any brooder house 



