BROODEE HOUSE MAl^AGEMENT 



The perfect brooding arrangement kas not 

 yet been invented. All systems have one or 

 more defects. The cold brooder is not suited 

 to the English tjlimate nor to most parts of 

 America. Oil-lamp brooders are difficult to 

 ventilate properly, and the fumes from the 

 oil are dangerous. Brooder houses heated 

 with hot-water pipes are the most economical 

 to run, but the per cent of deaths among the 

 chicks is considerable. The large American 

 brooder houses, 24 feet by 12 feet, for flocks 

 of 600 chicks, heated by a central stove, when 

 in charge of an experienced person, are said 

 to give good results, but I have had no ex- 

 perience of their management. 



I started, as I have said, with oil-lamp 

 brooders, but the lamps and the ventilation 

 of the sleeping quarters required so much 

 attention that I saw that if large numbers of 

 chicks were to be raised some other system 



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