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flue conveys the heat under the floor and up through an 

 opening in the center of the room. A hover 6 or 7 feet 

 square is set in the center of the room and over the hot-air 

 inlet. This system is more satisfactory than the stove 

 heater without the hover and is much more economical in 





A STOVE BROODER, SHOWING HOVER AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF 



BROODER 



fuel or oil. A thousand chicks may be brooded in such a 

 brooder house with this system of heating and hovering. 

 The main contention, however, remains unsolved as to 

 whether it is possible to raise chicks as successfully in 

 flocks as large as 1,000 in one room as in smaller flocks. 

 It is undoubtedly true that as the numbers in the flock in- 

 crease the tendency is for the mortality to increase and for 



