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paragraph, or because he has the brooders and wishes to 

 make such use of them as he can, that the poultryman 

 growing market poultry on a considerable scale uses out- 

 door brooders ; but by many who grow a few chickens for 

 market the outdoor brooder is preferred, and, in many 

 instances is undoubtedly the most satisfactory and econom- 

 ical brooding arrangement. Thus one growing only a 

 few roasters, hatching them early in the fall, and at that 

 time requiring all his coops and buildings for other pur- 

 poses, would be likely to conclude that outdoor brooders 

 would just suit his circumstances, conditions generally 

 being favorable to using them without inconvenience, dis- 

 comfort, or special risk, while the chicks would be ready 

 to go into other quarters by the time winter set in. For a 

 few spring chicks, too, the outdoor brooder often comes 

 in handier than any other arrangement, and I have known 

 growers getting out a good many early chickens use out- 

 door brooders exclusively, though when the number 

 required goes above fifteen or twenty the grower is apt to 

 begin to find the care of them too burdensome, for it is 

 generally conceded that the isolated and unprotected outdoor 

 brooder is most likely to take fire, and therefore requires 

 more careful attention than brooders in well built houses or 

 ■coops. 



30. Houses for Qrowing Stock We have to con- 

 sider these in connection with roasters only, broilers almost 

 invariably going to market right from the brooder. 

 Several styles of these houses are shown in the accompany- 

 ing cuts. The cut on page 52 shows a building on one of 

 the large roaster- farms into which chicks are put when 

 first taken from the pipe brooder houses. Sometimes 



