Since adopting "side heat" we have not lost over 

 five per cent. 



The flannel or woolen drapery which hangs 

 down from the hover and helps retain the heat and 

 gives a feeling of cosy comfort to the chicks is 

 essential. Nature gives them side heat (from the 

 hen) and soft covering (the feathers of the hen), 

 and so must we. if we want them to be comfort- 

 able and thrifty. Heated floor or ceiling is not 

 enough. Would you like to heat a bedroom up 

 to 70 or 80 and lie on the bed or floor with no 

 covering ? We think you would prefer to have the 

 room at 30 or 40 and put on a few blankets. Use 

 your best judgment in the matter of brooding. 

 If your present system is not satisfactory, or if you 

 have not begun, try the side heat, which combines 

 partial top heat, as shown by the illustration of the 

 brooding hen, with narrow hover well draped with 

 something to take the place of feathers, and you 

 will solve the problem of brooding. This plan 

 takes from one-third to one-half less fuel than other 

 styles of brooders. 



After the chicks have been in the brooder or 

 nursery one day and night they should be allowed 

 more run, and if the weather is fair they should 

 have out-doors runs. Keep them from the grass 

 until the sun or wind has dried it. If the weather 

 is cold, watch them the first day and see that they 

 do not stay out and get chilled ; but after they have 

 learned to go in and out of the brooder, they may 

 be let out in winter as well as in warmer seasons, 

 but you must use some judgment. 

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