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day-time to give plenty of sunlight, and closed at 

 night to shut out the cold that enters through the glass. 

 It is seven feet high in front and four and one-half 

 at the back. The passageway is at the rear and is 

 sunk sixteen inches, thus allowing the building to 

 be made low without compelling the attendant to 

 stoop. The brooders are set along this passageway 

 in such a manner as to bring their floors on a level 

 with the floor of the house. Light and ventilation 

 are both supplied from the rear 

 as well as from the front wall. 



One who has raised thou- 

 sands of broilers successfully 

 gives his method of feeding as FlG - 2. 



follows : " I give no feed for thirty-six hours, and don't 

 allow them to go more than a foot from the brooder. 



" For the first two weeks I feed them cake made 

 as follows : two quarts coarse corn meal, one quart 

 bran, one quart middlings, one teacup ground meat 

 (be sure that there is no pork or fish about it), one cup 

 fine bone, wet with a scant pint of water. The secret 

 in making this cake is in not getting too much water 

 in it and in baking it thoroughly in a quick oven. 

 Feed three times a day all they will eat up clean in a 

 short time. Overfeeding is a cause of bowel trouble. 

 Give them all the water they want, with the chill 

 taken off. 



" After they are two weeks old I take one quart of 

 corn and oats sifted, one quart bran, one pint each of 

 middlings and coarse corn meal, a cup each of meat 

 and bone, moisten with hot water and let it stand a 

 short time. I add some of this to the cake gradually 



