ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
while the droppings are being swept out 
and replaced with clean litter. In making 
this brooder, use the same lumber that 
you do for making the inner case of the 
incubator, and proceed the same in every 
way, only, of course, you cut the lumber 
the right length to make a box 24” square 
instead of making it as large as the inner 
case of the incubator; and the strip that 
you rip off for the door to the inner case 
of the incubator need not be over 4” wide 
in the brooder; this strip will not be used 
in the brooder for a door as in the incu- 
bator, but can be used for other purposes, 
and a curtain cut into strips can be used 
to close the opening; the top, instead of 
having an air space to be filled with chaff 
or sawdust, can be made out of two layers 
of 14” matched lumber, with very many 
sheets of old newspaper laid between. 
The lamp should hold 
oil enough to burn twenty- 
four hours. It should have a No. 2 safety 
burner and metal chimney. Put in new 
wick at the beginning of each hatch. Trim 
wick so as to give large, hot flame with- 
out smoking. Do not turn lamp too high. 
Should the lamp have too much draft, the 
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The Lamp 
