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little from the center of the floor to provide additional space 

 in the front part of the house, where the temperature will 

 be cooler. 



Most of the oil brooders are equipped with a regulator 

 that controls automatically the flow of oil that is fed from 

 the tank. Such a system requires a minimum of care and 

 at the same time supplies sufficient heat to keep the chicks 

 from crowding. Coal-heated brooders are operated by 

 self-feeding coal stoves. 



Hot-water-pipe brooders. This system is used in long 



Figure 105. — Exterior view oi a continuous hot-water-heated brooder house. 



continuous brooder houses which are heated with hot-water 

 pipes, coal being used for fuel almost exclusively. This 

 method of brooding is being used with good results, and, 

 when employed, the labor of brooding a large number of 

 chicks is less than where small individual hovers or brood- 

 ers are operated. 



Fireless brooders. Fireless brooders are used in a small 

 way with good results and can be either purchased or biiilt. 



