32 POULTRY 
This will give plenty of light during the 
time that it is necessary to have the open 
fronts covered with a curtain. This curtain 
should be made of thin cotton cloth, such as 
sheeting. White cloth bagging, such as 
rolled oats come in, may be used. The cur- 
tain should be closed during the night in 
March and April. Until the chicks are ten 
days old it should not be raised until eight 
o’clock, and it should be closed down about 
four, when the day begins to cool off. 
Details of Construction. The brooder 
house should be set on six-by-six skids, so 
that it may easily be moved. An average 
pair of farm horses can move the house 
described here without difficulty. The house 
should be portable because it is desirable 
that the chickens should not be allowed to 
run on the same ground year in and year out. 
The roof is of the type known as a two- 
thirds span, which means that the front 
rafters are half as long as the rear rafters. 
The building is made comparatively low 
behind to lessen the cost and to make it 
warmer and lighter. It is covered with or- 
dinary drop siding or ship-lap, which is 
