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three feet square is placed on the brooder to confine 

 the chicks until they are a week old, when some sods. 

 are thrown up against one side to make an incline for 

 them to go up and down. The brooder is, of course, 

 kept indoors. 



The lamp is one of the most novel features. It is. 

 made of a two-quart tin pan and a tin pie plate soldered 

 together. Three or four small holes are punched in 

 the pie plate to allow the heat and gas to escape from 

 the kerosene. A hole is cut in the pie plate and a No. 2 

 burner soldered in. This lamp holds oil enough tO' 

 burn two or three days without filling. In very cold 

 weather two lamps are placed under the brooder. 



A Simple Hot Water Brooder — Figure 89 shows 

 a simple form of hot water brooder to be used without 

 a lamp, the galvanized iron tank being filled with hot 

 water night and morning. The cut at the right shows- 

 the position of the tank behind the front board, the- 

 bottom having attached to it a double row of slashed 

 woolen cloths, under which the chicks can run. The- 

 tank is seen to set back from this board, giving a 

 chance for a packing of sawdust, or bran, over and all 

 around the tank. The chicks huddle beneath the tank,. 

 and if they find it too warm, they poke their heads out 



FIG. 89 HOT WATER BROODER AND TANK 



through the cloth, or come wholly out into the outer,, 

 or scratching, room. Keep the tank hot enough so- 

 the chicks will not crowd together under it, but will be 

 inclined to put their heads out through the cloth. 



