THE BROODING OF CHICKS 



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run out in quite cold weather, provided they can get warm 

 quickly whenever they desire. Even after all artificial heat 



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Floor plan 



Plan of colriny brooder house. (Courtesy of Missouri Agricultural 

 Experiment Station.) 



has been done away with, and the chicks well feathered, the 

 brooding apparatus should be held in readiness against 



