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opening of the outlet shaft on the lower slide.) The out- 

 flow of air is controlled by two slides. The lower one is 

 at the very bottom of the shaft, arranged to slide away 

 from the direction of the roosts. The upper one, 9x18 

 inches, is in the face of the shaft 6 feet above the floor. 

 This upper air slide, a valuable idea, was obtained from 

 the Kresky Brooder Stove literature. The use of it will 

 be learned in the discussion of brooding. 



We use the stove method of brooding. From the de- 

 scription given it will be seen that we do not use the two- 

 room, or cooling-room, plan. 



An automatic alarm system is in use in the brooder 

 houses. This consists of a thermostatic plate with two 

 points of contact, adjustable in both directions, wired to 

 a bell (and batteries) located in the sleeping porch of the 

 residence The thermostat is hung about 12 inches above 

 the floor, 3 feet from the stove and facing the stove. Prop- 

 erly adjusted, and this can be done only by considerable 

 patient experimenting, this alarm system is well worth 

 its cost both in money and in the time spent on it. The 

 best of us are liable to overlook the fuel tank some mean, 

 fretful day ; or a stove may go wrong even with a full 

 fuel tank ; or the needle valve in the feed line may stick — • 

 we know from experience that the alarm system is val- 

 uable. 



We have been asked why we build our brooder houses 

 in separate units instead of having one long building, 

 which would save walls, fuel and footsteps. The latter 

 idea was considered and discarded because we do not care 

 to risk all the eggs in one basket — the danger of fire is 

 present wherever a stove is used, especially so when oil 



