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A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



at the back. The front is open to the run inside the 

 frame under the glass. The tin is turned over at the 

 ends and tacked fast. It is also continued up above 

 the level of the glass and turned over to shed the 

 water. Stakes are driven into the ground eight or ten 

 inches back from the brooder, and rough boards are 

 fitted to them, and the whole is then filled in with fresh 

 stable manure closely packed down. The tin keeps the 

 inside of brooder free from damp and smell. It should 



BROODER AND FRAME. 



be prepared a day or two days before the chicks are 

 put in. The heat will then be as much as they need, 

 Or can bear. The holes in front of frame are sometimes 

 sufficient ventilation, but the sash may either be drawn 

 down an inch or two or raised in front by a piece of 

 Wood, if more air is needed." 



In most of the brooders heat is furnished by a lamp, 

 as it is in the incubator. The one which we have de- 

 scribed is said by its inventor to have been used " with 

 exceptional success." 



Many claim that bottom heat in a brooder is better 



