COLONY BROODER STOVES 



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Brooder Stoves. — Whereas the outdoor colony brooder is a 

 splendid outfit for the farmer, backyard flock and small poultry 

 plant, the colony brooder stove is to be recommended for larger 

 operations. In reality the brooder stove is a development or 

 enlargement of the colony brooder idea. It is of recent origin, 

 yet for all it has gained greater popularity than all the other ap- 

 pliances. It is the one device which permits of a gradation of 

 heat and a reserve heat, and it is by far the most economical 

 system of brooding, both as to labor and fuel. 



(Courtesy Prairie State Incubator Co.) 



Fig. 197. — Outdoor colony brooder. The front and top are removed to 

 show interior equipment, which consists of a hover similar to that shown in 

 Fig. 196. The lamp box is on the outside, and all fumes from the lamp are 

 carried off by means of the T-shaped duct leading from the top of the hover. 



Works on a Large Scale. — The brooder stove had its inception 

 in the need for performing its work on a large scale, at the least 

 possible cost for special buildings, for fuel, for operating costs 

 and for the care of the chicks, and this it does. These stoves 

 are made in various sizes, with capacities ranging from 200 to 

 1500 chicks. They have passed the experimental stage; they 

 are giving results, though until one has had considerable ex- 

 perience in raising chicks in fairly large numbers, it is not ad- 



