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will be likely to do well. , Indeed, so well do chicks 

 raised under artificial mothers grow, that many people, 

 who hatch the chicks with hens, prefer to raise them in 

 brooders. As the brooder is much simpler in construc- 

 tion than the incubator, we extract from " Incubation; 

 Natural and Artificial," by H. H. Stoddard, the descrip- 

 tion of one which can be made cheaply and easily, and 

 has proved effective. The drawing and description were 

 sent to Mr. Stoddard by Rev. Hugh Smythe, of Eliza- 

 beth, N. J., whose words we quote : 



"The sash is the only part which everybody may not 

 be able to construct at home. It consists of a common 

 garden frame, which I easily put together myself (the 

 sash cost $2.50 already glazed and painted), and a slant- 

 ing brooder fitted to the back or higher end. The 

 brooder proper is made with a board floor, and ends, 

 and covered with tin. This is made to slant back, as 

 represented in the drawing, to about four or five inches 



