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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



There must be ample room for the chicks to es- 

 cape from too high a temperature, and the brooder 

 must admit of being easily and rapidly cleaned. A 

 brooder that does not embody these features is not 

 worth consideration, and will be sure to foster loss. 

 The heaters should be started several days before 

 the chicks are to be put in so the brooders may be 

 thoroug'hly warm and dry by the time the chicks 

 are ready to be put in. An inch of dry, clean sand 



NESTS AND RUNS FOR BROODY HENS 



Runs and nests 15 inches wide and high and 4 feet long. 

 Lath over runs. Roof hinged to reach nests. 



on the floors well warmed and dried is ideal. The 

 temperature should be under the hover around loo 

 degrees. Oil lamps as the source of heat demand 

 much attention to keep them going properly. The 

 incubator lamp is a very safe device, the brooder 

 lamp is not so safe ; in fact, most of the brooders 

 on the market are to be considered rather dangfer- 



