A GUIDE FOR KEEPERS OF POULTRY 83 
the southern states and in the Far West and Southwest 
this style of brooder may be used exclusively. A fireless 
brooder is illustrated on page 85 and is described by L. 
E. Keyser, a Pennsylvania poultryman, as easily made 
and very satisfactory. This brooder may be made from 
a cracker or soap box, but it is better if made nearly 
square. Fig, 1 shows the brooder open with the hover 
in place and Fig. 2 shows how the hover is made. To 
make such a brooder procure or make a box of suitable 
size, say 24” square and 8” deep. On the inside, on right 
and left sides, nail a cleat the top of which is 4134” from 
the bottom of the box. In the side that is to be used for 
the front cut a hole for the door 8” wide, as shown. Take 
a strip of burlap which will reach from one side of the 
door around the side and back of the box, across the 
other side and to the side of the door opposite the start- 
ing place. Have this strip wide enough to reach from 
the bottom of the box up to the cleats which have been 
nailed on the sides. Tack one edge lightly around the 
bottom, draw it up and pack behind it soft straw or hay 
and tack the upper edge, so the box will be lined below 
with this packing to keep out the cold. To complete 
this part of the work tack a strip of common plastering 
lath around the bottom of the box so as to secure the 
burlap used as a lining and make a neat job of it. I 
preferred the lining may be put in before the side cleats 
are nailed in place and the upper edge secured by tacking 
the cleats over them firmly. 
To make the hover, cut two pieces of lath the length 
of the box and three pieces %4” short of the width of it: 
Lay the two pieces down and fasten the three pieces on 
them, as shown in Fig. 2. On the side to be used as the 
front of the hover tack a curtain on the under side of the 
