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SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



DOUBLE EOW EBUABUI BEOODING HOUSE. 



This double row Beliable brooding. house, as illustrated 

 and described on page 40, is, we believe an entirely original 

 production oil the Beliabie Company. It combines a num- 

 ber of features found in no other style of brooding house 

 and has several advantages that make it extra valuable. 

 The row of gable windows fronting south permits the sun- 

 Kght to fall into the north or rear row of pens during the 

 winter time when the- sun swings low in the heavens, while 

 in the summer time, when the sun is high, the four-inch 

 casings to these windows cut ofE every bit of sunlight from 

 the interior. It is in the winter time that sunlight; is so es- 

 sential to the health and comfort of the chicks, and at this 

 season of the year both rows of pens are taken care of in 

 this respect. 



By locating the brooders half way in the aisle and half 

 way in the pens, with hinged lid doors opening from the 

 aisle, the chicks can be put into the brooders and the brood- 

 ers cleaned out without going into the pens. A house built' 

 after this style, that la 100 feet long, is equivalent to a single 

 row house 200 feet long, but is much more compact, ia easier 

 to keep warm and of a uniform temperature. A house if 

 this style that is 100 feet long should have two stoves, one to 

 'heat 'the piping system on each side of the aisle, and these 

 stoves, when located midway of the building, "will keep the 

 general temperature moderately warm, in fact, drums can oe 

 put on the stoves if desired, or common stove pipe can be 

 conducted "tin length of the house, one going in one direc- 

 tion, the other in the other direction, thus utilizing practi- 

 cally every bit of heat that comes from the fuel. Two stoves 

 with drums or stove pipes as suggested operated in a house 

 of this style, that is ■Warmly built, will keep the 'temperature 

 up to 60 to 70 degrees in ordinary weather, and this will give 

 an ideal place for brooder chicks. 



The , youngest chicks should always be placed in the 

 pens next to the stoves, or nearest to the source of heat, and 

 this will also place them in the warmest part of the build- 

 ing. The south and north walls of this building are to be 

 only three feet or three and a half .feet high under the eaves, 

 are to be double, with a four-finch air space between, the 

 outer wall to be lined on the inside with building paper or 

 tarred felt. 



The house foundations measure 100x20 feet, inside meas- 

 urement. This allows a passageway four feet in width, and 

 leave space for forty pens 5x8 feet, twenty on each side of 

 the aisle. Allowing one hundred chicks to the pen until they 

 are three weeks old; seventy-five to the pen when they are 

 between the ages of three and six weks, and fifty to a pen 

 after six weeks, or an average of seventy-five to a pen, this 

 house is calculated to accommodate 3,000 chicks. 



.The foundations consist of 4x6 pieces, resting on the 

 tops of 4x4 red eedar posts that are two feet long and sunk 

 into the ground a distance of twenty-two inches on an aver- 

 age — the ground being nearly level. At no point do the 4x6 

 pieces rest on the soil. The floor of the house is covered 

 with three to four inches of sand and fine, screened creek 

 gravel, and it is this dry gravel and not the surface soil that 

 comes in contact with the sills. 



Pieces 2x'6 are used to support the large roof, the up- 

 rights all being of 2x4 stuff. It is hardly necessary to go into 

 such details as these, as any carpenter and builder should 

 know what sort of lumber is required for such a building, so 

 far, at least, as its strength is concerned. The sides of our 

 house are made of No. 2 tongued and grooved lun^ber, planed 

 on one side. 



Both roofs should be shingled, the sheeting to be put on 



first, close together, building paper or tarred felt to Tae put 

 en over this and then the shingles put on with four inches 

 exposed to the weather, which will insure a warm roof. Of 

 course the building can also be sealed overhead if desired, 

 leaving a four or six-inch air space, which will make it extra 

 warm. It pays to build a brooding house so as to have it 

 plenty warm. It will save more than enough fuel to pay a 

 handsome interest on the extra investment and will save in 

 labor and in loss of chicks as long as the 'house is used. 



The windows (forty of them) are all of the same size, 

 20x40. The house faces to the south. All the windows are 

 hung from the top and are made to open outward, so that if 

 left open during a rain storm the rain wUl not beat in. 



The rear section of 'this house is four feet wider than the 

 forward section, the four- foot passageway being entirely 

 under the rear roof. The supports of the roof of the rear 

 section extend down to the ground and f oVm part of 'the par- 

 tition dividing the pasageway and the front tier of pens. 



The rear wall or back of the house is only three feet 

 high, the extreme height of the rear section being ■eleven 

 feet. This gives the big roof a good pitch. The front sec- 

 tion is forty-two inches high at the eaves and seven feet "six 

 inches high where it joins the rear section. This roof is' a 

 little too flat for the good of the shingles. 



Board and wire partitions are used, two twelve-inch 

 boards being placed at the bottom and two-inch wire mesh 

 above. Doors open from the hallway into each pen. The 

 attendants and visitors are required to step over a twelve- 

 inch board in going in and out of the pens. Every door ia 

 supplied with a spring so that it does not fail to close after 

 the large percentage of visitors, who, as the saying goes, 

 "mUst have been raised in a barn," as they seldom close a 

 door behind them. 



In our opinion, here is the best style of brooder house 

 for raising broilers that has been designed thus far. If a 

 man can not raise chicks successfully in a brooder house of 

 this kind, the chances are about ninety-nine to one that he 

 is not qualified to raise them anywhere in any way. The 

 bill of lumber for this house is presented herewith, and any 

 good carpenter can build it. 



Bill for Ulaterlal for Beliabie Double Bow Brooding House 

 —No. 3. 



16 sills. 



12 sills. 



14 sUls. 



10 center studding. 



12 side sills. 



16 studs and plates. 

 Two thousand one hundred feet 12-inch stock for brood- 

 er and easing, 2,600 feet wide matched, 2,400. feet sheeting, 

 20,000 shingles, 48 windows 12x14, 4 lights, 48 pairs 2-inch 

 butts, 3 gross % No. 6 screws, 150 pounds 8 common nails, 

 50 pounds 20 spikes, 10 pounds 8 finish nails, 4 pairs 4-inch 

 strap hinges, 32 pairs spring hinges, 3,700 feet paper, 240 

 lineal feet wire netting 2 feet wide, 200 lineal feet wire net- 

 ting 6 feet wide. 



This illustration shows Heater In center, so It can be used In 

 the House shown above of which leas fuel will be used and give 

 more heat as the longest distance of pipe from heater Is only 50 

 feet. Where heater 1b at end of 100-foot house the pipe distance 

 Is 100 feet. 



