3° 



possible. It might be easier to regulate them if they should stand in 

 the shade, but sunshine is essential for the well being of the chickens. 

 Satisfactory results with out-door brooders are for the reasons which 

 have been briefly referred to, impossible without rather close watch 

 and constant attention. The brooder is much more easily managed 

 if it stands under cover, where the variations in temperature will be 

 relatively small and if the room in which the brooder is placed is so 

 constructed that the chickens can get into the sunshine, the condi- 

 tions will be as good as it is possible to make them where this style 

 of management is adopted. The Maine brooder house, described 

 and illustrated on pages 20 to 23, appears to admirably meet the 

 required conditions. In the management of brooders, as in that of 

 incubators, it is the part of wisdom for the beginner to closely follow 

 the directions fnrnished by the manufacturers. 



Exterior dimensions 70x16 feet. All posts and 



A Good Brooder sills that come in contact with the ground are 

 House.* Kyanized spruce. Frame spruce. Front and 



(See Figures 8 &: 9.) middle posts 4"x4"x2'-o", back posts 4"x4"x3'- 

 o", all set five feet apart and two feet into 

 ground on stones at bottom of holes. Sills 2'''x4" spiked to posts. 

 Studs 2"x4", one over each post, sawed beveling at top to suit pitch 

 of roof. Plates spiked to top of studs. Roof timbers 2"x4", 2'-^'^ 

 apart between centres, and can be lapped on centre plate if short 

 lengths are used. These are toe-nailed to plates. Covering boards 

 are hemlock. Roof covered with one-ply Ruberoid roofing and 

 sides clap-boarded over building paper. 



Studs of 2"x4" are placed at each side of window frames. Win- 

 dows are without hinges, and are swung in by means of \" square 

 sticks from alley. Triangular side pieces attached to window frames 

 prevent side drafts. A piece i"x2" is nailed across from one trian- 

 gular piece to the other to keep window from falling into pen. Win- 

 dow slides up against this piece to roof when cord running over 

 pulley is pulled from alley. Windows are fitted with detachable 

 frames outside covered with \" mesh wire. 



Sliding doors operated by cords from alley, are under each window. 



Pieces of 2"x3" are spiked across from centre studs to back posts 

 near ground. From heater end of house to the other end each 



*For these plans and description tlie station is indebted to a well-l<no\vn poultry expert 

 who prefers that his name be not published. 



