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The stove is turned off at about 7 weeks, (this applies 

 to the March hatches), this depending again on the 

 weather. They need but little artificial heat at night in 

 normal weather after 6 weeks. We taper it off gradually, 

 also increasing the fresh air supply by using the upper 

 slide on the outlet shaft. 



When they are comfortable at night without the stove 

 we start the stove in the morning before turning them 

 outdoors and run it until they have been outdoors and in 

 again for a "warming-up" after tasting the outdoor air. 

 If the day is cloudy or chilly the stove is run all day, 

 turned low; and at the last feed time it is turned up un- 

 til they have settled down for the night when it is again 

 turned off. This continued use of artificial heat is neces- 

 sary because the house is a large one and there is little 

 chance for the body heat of the birds to afford any rea- 

 sonable degree of heat to the comparatively few birds 

 who may need it during the day and who come indoors 

 to find it. 



The third division of the yard is opened to the March 

 pullets at about 8 weeks. 



Taking the Pullets From the Brooder House 



We put the January pullets directly into the laying 

 house. The yards have meantime been ploughed and 

 planted to barley which may be 12 to 18 inches high 

 when they are moved. We put up a temporary fence ot 

 IjJ/^-inch mesh netting, enclosmg a space the width of the 

 house space to be used and aDout 25 feet deep. This 

 makes it easier to train them to the new housmg place 

 and also saves trampling of the green barley. If we 



