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ing that, year it was possible to compare the work of these 6 

 brooders with the Peep-o'-Da3^s under the same conditions and 

 with uniform lots of chicks. The results obtained were strik- 

 ingly favorable to the new brooders. At the same time this 

 practical test brought out clearly a number of minor points 

 in which the new brooder could be improved. In the fall of 

 1910 all of the Peep-o'-Day brooders which had been used by 

 the Station were discarded and a complete equipment of the 



KiG. 88. Showing brooder installed and ready for operation. 



brooder to be described was installed. It is proposed in this 

 bulletin to give a detailed description of this brooder, together 

 vvith working plans so that any poultryman can construct one 

 for his own use if he cares to do so: 



The advantages which have been found to accrue from tlie 

 use of this brooder at the Maine Station fall into two general 

 categories. The first of these is that it is possible to rear in 

 this brooder a larger number of chickens in ]>ro]tortlon to the 

 number originally put in than in any ether brooder with which 

 the Station has had any experience. That is, the mortality 

 rate of chicks raised in this brooder, is relatively low, particu- 



