THIRTY USEFUL DEVICES 



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the air to pass up, become heated and go out to warm 

 the house. A few holes should be punched around 

 the base of the heater as shown, to admit air for the 

 lamp. A common incubator or brooder lamp is used. 

 Feed Cooker — Where much soft feed is used, a 

 cooker and warmer is needed. A useful st_vle appears 

 in Figure 107. It can be had to burn coal or wood, 

 and costs four dollars to twelve dollars, according to 

 size. In this connection the feeder is advised to cook 

 all refuse meat fed to fowls in order to kill any possible 

 germs of disease. They sometimes get consumption 



FIG 108: SMALL COOKER FOR STOVE 



and bowel troubles by eating sickly raw meat. 

 Cooked meat is also a better keeper than when raw. 

 Figure 108 represents a cheap feed cooker, which 

 can be made by cutting an ordinary wash boiler in two 

 in the middle, having an end soldered on and a handle 

 attached near the top. Into this during the day throw 

 all potato parings, vegetable parings and other matter 

 from the kitchen. Add water and place on the stove 

 after the evening meal is cooked and let it remain 

 until the space is needed in the morning for cooking 

 breakfast, when it is removed. After breakfast is 

 cooked, it is again replaced and by the time the owner 



