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and perfect cleansing of the hover floor. Hanging 

 above this, and using the slide board as a sill, is a 

 gate which extends to the height of the wire division, 

 and swings out, giving the attendant ready access to 

 the hover, drinking cups, etc. 



The whole Brooder House is heated by hot water 

 coils, extending along the entire length of the north 

 wall of the building. These are of two inch pipe, and 

 in the sixteen feet part of the building there are six, 

 while in the twenty-two foot extension there are eight 

 pipes. 



As stated, the Brooder House is built over the Incu- 

 bator and Sprouted Oats Cellars. The Sprouted Oats 

 Cellar is entirely of concrete, and the floor slopes to 

 one point, where drains carry off the water, allowing 

 the frames to slowly drain themselves, and preventing 

 the oats from rotting from an over supply of moisture. 



Access is given to the Incubator Cellar by a vesti- 

 bule in which are located broad stairways, enabling one 

 to go from the Cellar to the Brooder House without 

 going outdoors. 



The heater room occupies the first 30 feet of this 

 Cellar, and is divided from the incubator room proper 

 by an eight inch concrete wall. In this heater room 

 is the large hot water boiler which heats the Brooder 

 House, above. There are also two automatic heat- 

 ers, controlling the trunk line pipes for the heating of 

 the air passing up under the hovers in the Brooder 

 House. The incubator heaters also stand in this room. 



