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plenty of head room where he 

 has to do his work, and at the 

 same time makes his work 

 easier, because the pen floors 

 being at the height of the knee 

 or a little above, he is saved 

 a great deal of stooping, an 

 item of economy in labor that 

 does not amount to much in 

 caring for "a few brooders, but 

 means a great deal where many 

 hundreds or a few thousands 

 of chicks are grown artificially. 



The width of the house is- 

 14 ft., the length of each pen 

 being 10 ft., and the inside- 

 width of the walk 3 ft. 9 in. 

 Each pen is 5 ft. wide, and is 

 lighted by a half window (6 

 lights 9 x 12) in the middle of 

 the front of pen. At the side-- 

 of this window, as shown in 

 the picture of the exterior of 

 the house, is the small open^ 

 ing giving the chicks access- 

 to the yard connecting with 

 each pen. An inclined plat' 

 form with strips of lath tacked 

 across it to give the chicks 

 foothold, extends in front of 

 the house the full width of -eaehu 



