IIO POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



as the birds will not then crowd or become lame as 

 they will when the warmth is below them. 



Oil is too costly for poultry house heating except 

 on a small scale, or in a limited way. For small 

 flocks of choice hens, the device shown in Figure 106 

 may help to secure more eggs and to save combs in 

 zero weather. It is a cheap heater, by which the foul 

 air is carried off through a smoke pipe, and the air 



FIG IO7: FEED COOKER 



warmed around the heater, thus avoiding the odor 

 from the burning oil. The heater was made at the tin 

 shop and is of good sheet iron, but it would do to use 

 old milk or oil cans if one has large ones to spare. 

 The gas from the lamp passes out of the building- 

 through the pipe funnel, f. The outside shell is two 

 inches larger in diameter than the inside one, allowing 



