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N. H. Agricultural Experiment Station [Bulletin 303 



(Above). The floor heating pad, constructed of two 7/16" insulating board, 

 in which grooves were cut for the heating cable, the edge bound with metal, and 

 the whole painted for moisture protection. A thermostat control is located in 

 the box. (Below). The floor heating pad as used under the brooder. 



III. Placing an artificial floor of wire-mesh under the brooder to 

 elevate the chicks into the more stable levels of temperature 

 and out of the section affected by floor drafts. 



The construction of these attachments or accessories and their meth- 

 ods of use were as follows: 



I. Addition of Floor Heat 



No commercial floor-heating device could be found on the mar- 

 ket; so one was constructed using soil-heating cable as the element. 



