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and front ; for the back have two studs twenty-four inches by two 

 inches by two inches ; for the corners tw r o studs four feet ten and one- 

 half inches by two inches by two inches. Cover these studs with the 

 seven-eighth-inch by six-inch by eight feet matched boards by laying 

 them perpendicularly. For the front have same number and same 

 length of studs, but add tw r o more studs for the window casings. 

 There are to be two windows, twenty-four inches by thirty-two inches, 

 containing six lights, each eight inches by ten inches, with a two-inch 

 by four-inch window frame. In the center of the house, place the 

 door and hinge it to the stud ; its dimensions are two feet one inch 

 by five feet six inches. In this door there is cut an opening for the 

 cloth curtain, which is made eighteen inches by eighteen inches, and 

 covered with fine hardware wire netting. 



Over the sides and back, cover with roofing so as to keep the 

 house as tight and warm as possible. The paper is put on horizontally, 

 and the overlaps nailed down with nails and caps. For roofing paper, 

 use any good commercial two or three-ply paper. Do not cover the 

 front of the house with paper. 



The galvanized iron heating outfit consists of burner box to slide 

 under the house, iron drum, smoke chimney, and gasoline tank. This 

 outfit can be purchased by writing to Cornell University, Ithaca, N. 

 Y., who will furnish name of firm that sells the heating outfit; the 

 heat is supplied by a gasoline burner, and is very reliable and fur- 

 nishes ample heat in almost any weather. The gasoline heated colony 

 house is, therefore, recommended as a very economical, safe, and prac- 

 tical colony brooder house for the farmer or poultryman. 



LARGE BROODER HOUSES. 



AVhere chickens are raised each year by the thousands it is nec- 

 essary that you have some system by which they can be brooded in 



Interior of a long brooder house. 



larger numbers. In selecting a brooder system for this purpose and 

 in the arrangement of the house to contain same, you must exercise 

 a great deal of care and good judgment. Most of the systems used 



