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way, tlie gables closed with grain sacks for better ven- 

 tilation. There are set in the front three sash doors 

 twenty-four by thirty inches each, and made to swing 

 outward for convenience in getting to the chicks. 



"About one-half of the interior is floored and 

 sanded. Six inches below the sash doors a solid door 

 is hung to admit of lighting the lamp, etc. There are 

 three compartments, separated one from the other by 

 means of wire cloth or netting, about eighteen inches 

 high from front to rear, and situated in front of the 

 mother, with bight sufficient to permit the ready egress 

 and ingress of the chicks. Such a house as described 



FIG 8y : OUTDOOR brooder and run 



can be built at a cost not exceeding six dollars and 

 fifty cents. The material employed consists of one 

 hundred and fifty feet of lumber, four pairs of strap 

 hinges, three sashes, fifty shakes, and two pounds of 

 nails. As soon as the chicks are dry I place them in 

 this brooder, in the sun if it is shinin;;- brightlv, if not, 

 then they are placed with the mother, taking care to 

 ]>rovide a sliady retreat which the chicks will seek if i: 

 should become t(jo warm." 



A very convenient size is one that will accom- 

 modate fifty chickens until three months old, twu 

 feet wide and four feet long; the sides are twelve 



