ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
a door and the legs are just long enough 
so the lamp will go under the heater. A 
false bottom of thin, light lumber should 
be made just the right size to cover bot- 
tom of brooder. This makes it handy to 
clean the brooder. It can be slipped out 
and dumped and put back in a few sec- 
onds. An extra one should be provided, 
so that while one is in use the other can 
be thoroughly cleaned and sunned. 
Make a bridge for the chicks to run up 
to the brooder on. It should be 37” x 28”, 
and laths nailed across it so that chicks 
will not slip when running up. If your 
brooder house has a ground or dirt floor, 
you can dispense with the bridge and legs 
and set the brooder flat on the ground, by 
digging a hole for a box in the ground the 
right size to hold your lamp and manipu- 
late it in. This box should have a lid to 
keep the chicks from scratching dirt into 
it. The lid should have plenty of holes 
in it so the lamp can get plenty of air, or 
else it will smoke. I like this plan for the 
brooder better than the bridge and short 
legs. I have not given the size of this 
box, because I do not know the size of 
your lamp. You can plan and make it to 
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