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the chicks directly around the hover. The trough 

 surrounding the trunk line of hot water pipes is closed 

 by a partition corresponding to the width of the hover 

 run, which prevents the heat from flowing by the 

 radiator in each section, and in this way equalizing the 

 heat in every hover. 



Never Build a Double House 



The Corning Egg Farm is much opposed to what is 

 known as the Double Brooder House, which is ad- 

 vocated by many builders of Brooder House equip- 

 ments, and, in which, in the majority of cases, the use 

 of concrete floors is also practiced. The advantages 

 in the supposed economy of this construction are more 

 than off-set by the disadvantages. The proper place 

 for the windows of the Brooder House is on the south 

 front, and likewise the south side of the building is the 

 proper place for the chick runs. The roof should be a 

 shed roof sloping to the north, thus carrying all the 

 water to the back and allowing none of it to drip down 

 into the runs. The north side of the Brooder House 

 should be absolutely tight, for, from this quarter, 

 comes the great majority of cold storms, and the tight 

 wall means an economy in fuel. And every item of 

 expense must be carefully watched on a poultry farm. 



In these different respects let us look at the double 

 house. First, it must run north and south; second, 

 it must have windows on the east and west, and the 

 chick runs must go the same way; third, it must be 



