EXERCISE 24 (Continued) 

 Brooders Compared 



Leading Questions. 1. What type of brooder do you find in most 

 general use? 



2. Which type offers the greatest capacity for the money invested? 



3. Which type offers the greatest diversity of use and most economical 

 investment? 



4. What do you consider the most efficient capacity for coal-stove 

 brooders? 



5. What type and size of building is best adapted for the operation of a 

 coal-stove brooder? 



6. What advantages and disadvantages can be stated regarding the use 

 of a hover curtain with coal stoves? 



7. Is water or steam used in long-pipe brooder houses, and why? 



8. Name two great disadvantages of kerosene hovers. 



9. Enumerate advantages of a colony brooding equipment over a fixed, 

 long-pipe, mammoth brooding equipment. 



10. What are the possibilities of combining the colony stove and the 

 mammoth pipe system? 



11. Which brooder of all studied do you prefer and why? 



