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solid l)lack plumage. To secure both light pin- 

 feathers and the yellow skin so much prized in some 

 markets, a White Iveghorn-Buff Cochin cross will fill 

 the l)ill. A White Plymouth Rock-Buff Cochin cross 

 is also to he commended both for l)roilers and larger 

 roasting chickens. 



The hatching of broiler chicks on a large scale 

 must l)e done with incubators, since l)ut few hens are 

 broody in fall and early winter. The brooding must 

 also be done in artificial mothers, and for the most 

 part, iinder cover of a good roof. 



An individual brooder house in 

 common use among broiler raisers 

 is shown here. It is five feet four 

 inches bv eight feet on the ground. 

 The roof in front is divided into 

 two parts, three feet are covered by wire netting and 

 over this cotton cloth which may l^e rolled up when 

 weather permits ; the other part is the door for the 

 attendant. The rear wall is three feet six inches and 

 the front one foot nine inches. A yard four by six- 

 teen feet extends from one side. 



A section of a good type of a long house is shown 

 in perspective at Figure i. It is eighteen feet wide, 

 divided into pens three feet wide, each containing a 

 brooder designed to hover fifty chicks. By reference 

 to Figure 2 it will be seen that the glass run is shut 



off from the house by 

 a solid, hanging door 

 that swings inward 

 against the front wall. 

 This is opened in the 



