wide. It does not cost any more to build rooms 

 this size and shape than to build them long and 

 narrow. The wide room gives a better shaped 

 yard. 



The preceding illustration represents the Von 

 Culin system of brooders, heated by circulation of 

 hot water for houses of all sizes. The illustration 

 on page 140, shows the application of the same. 

 Y, shows the passage of house; D, the floor; P, 

 the base board above the brooder ; S, wire netting 

 which divides the passage from rooms ; H, the 

 main hot water pipe ; K, return pipe ; L, the box- 

 ing of pipes, forming the heater ; M, wire netting 

 to keep chicks from 'pipes ; W, flannel covering 

 the wire, a"nd strips of flannel hanging from hover ; 

 N, hover, which is hinged, and can be raised for 

 cleaning ; V, divisions to separate each brooder 

 heater ; R, S, are two one and one-half-inch holes 

 opening from heater box into passage, and having 

 a round button, to regulate the heat for each 

 separate brooder, to suit chicks of any age. All 

 pipes are run on a dead level ; and all hovers the 

 same height, though the hover can be lowered to 

 any desired degree to accommodate chicks of any 

 size. It is not necessary to be continually shifting 

 chicks from one room to another ; the height and 

 temperature of each or any hover may be changed 

 at will. 



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