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hour or two every day, the heat is kept up. This is much to 

 be preferred to the other plan, and saves unnecessary trouble, 

 but the lamp must be so protected so as not to be easily blown 

 out. One of the best mothers we know of, is made by Messrr. 

 Tomlinson & Co., Birmingham, Eng., called "The Winged 

 Brooder." It is fitted with a continuous burning lamp, so 

 arranged that it can scarcely be affected by wind, or anything 

 else, outside. At the sides are flaps or wings closing in at 



THE "ACME" IN-DOOR REARER. 



Fig. 11.— Owen's "Acme" In-door Rearer. 



night, and it can be fitted with outside cover and runs, so 

 that, altogether, it is a most useful appliance. Another 

 very good one, of which Fig. 11 is an illustration, is that 

 made by Mr, John Owen, of the Minories, London. This 

 is provided with a lamp and has a covered run. It can 

 also be fitted with a cover so that it can be used in the open. 

 Mr. Jas. Watson, of Kilwinning, Scotland, has a very good 

 one also, and all the other makers send out mothers more or 

 less near to our ideal. 



At first it was the custom to keep the mothers in houses 

 or sheds, but that was found to be a bad plan. It may be advi- 

 sable to do this for the first few days, and hence the value of 

 a small chicken nursery made by Messrs. Tomlinson and Co., 

 but we do not approve of the plan for older birds. Chicks 

 need, and must have, plenty of fresh air, and the only shelters 



