94 POULTRY BREEDING 
windows are hinged at the bottom and controlled by 
cords running to the alleyway. Chick doors 6"x7” in size 
are also operated by cords. The partition between the 
alleyway and the rooms and between the rooms are 
made of 1” wire poultry netting. A door is placed in 
the partition between each room and the alleyway and 
the outside door is made wide enough to admit a wheel- 
barrow which is used to wheel out litter and droppings 
when the building is cleaned. 
Prof. Stoneburn remarks that this building might be 
made 2’ narrower and considerably cheapened by using 
less expensive lumber, and the entry extension might 
be dispensed with, but he believes this would result in 
decreased efficiency. [or heating such a house there are 
several brooder heaters extensively advertised which 
could be installed with very little trouble. Any manu- 
facturer of incubators would undertake to furnish the 
heaters and hovers for such a building at a very consid- 
erable reduction from the price of a complete brooder, 
the hovers being all that are absolutely necessary in it. 
BROODY HENS.—\When a hen shows signs of be- 
coming broody she should be broken of her broodiness 
at once before she becomes confirmed in the disposition 
to sit. This may be done without resort to cruclty* of 
any kind. Prepare a slatted crate, large enough for the 
hen to turn comfortably in, having this slatted on all 
sides. Put the broody hen into it and support it above 
the floor or earth on blocks such as pieces of brick or 
other sinilar risers. This allows the air to circulate on 
all sides of the hen, gives her a comfortable place to 
stand or sit, but leaves no chance for a nest. The perfect 
circulation of the air around her cools the fever of broodi- 
ness and she will soon be cured. 
