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MAKING POULTRY PAY 



The ends are boarded up solid, with the exception of 

 the door opening. After the paper has been put on, 

 the casings for the windows are nailed in place and 

 then the openings cut. By this method of construc- 

 tion no studs are required for the windows. 



Best results have been secured by running the 

 strips of roofing paper vertically, instead of horizon- 

 tally, as is generally recommended. The laps are 

 made to come over the rafters and are covered with 

 a three-quarter by two-inch batten. It requires much 

 less time to put the paper on in this way and it pre- 

 sents a more pleasing appearance. After the house is 



FIG. 85 — DR. woods' brooder 



enclosed and doors and windows fitted and hung, the 

 heater is put in place. 



The burner used is the Dangler Furnace and Lab- 

 oratory Lamp burner No. 154. The Omaha burner has 

 also been used successfully, also the Menges burner. 

 This type of house complete with brooder, burner, etc., 

 lias cost in Ithaca, N. Y., $37.50. 



Much experimenting has been done in the way of 

 homemade brooders, some of whch are both econom- 

 ical and successful. Most poultry keepers think that 

 manufactured brooders cost too much, hence thev do 

 not procure enough brooders to properly accommodate 



