1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
269 
COSGROVE'S BROODER. 
The material required for above brood¬ 
er is an empty one-pound coffee can, a 
two-pound coffee can, a piece of gal¬ 
vanized sheet iron 24x36 inches with a 
hole in center that will just fit the one- 
pound can, and 85 feet of seven-eighths- 
inch matched pine and six feet of one- 
half-inch pine. Make the four sides of 
a box nine inches high that will just 
take in the sheet iron, put strips %xl 
inch inside the box two inches below 
top edge, for the sheet iron to rest on. 
Take the one-pound can and cut slits a 
half inch apart all around the top edge; 
cut just down to where the bulge in the 
tin is (about one-half inch), put the slit 
part through the sheet iron and bend 
the slit pieces down flat on the iron. The 
bulge prevents the can from going 
through the iron, and if the slit pieces 
are hammered down tight it makes near¬ 
ly an airtight job; but to make sure that 
BROODER, FRONT VIEW. Fig. 111. 
no fumes from the lamp get above the 
sheet iron it is better to solder it tight. 
Place the iron in the box and nail strips 
on top of iron, pressing it down tight on 
the under strips. Nail a floor of seven- 
eighths-inch stuff on top of box, cutting 
a hole in center the size of the two- 
pound coffee can; slit the can like the 
other, bend the pieces out and nail on 
top of floor, but first punch the top of 
can full of one-fourth-inch holes to let 
the hot air out. Then bore five or six 
half-inch holes on the two ends through 
side of box between sheet iron and floor 
of brooder to let in air; also four holes 
in each end of box one inch in diameter 
near bottom edge to let in air for lamp. 
The rest is plain carpenter work. Take 
a piece nine inches wide, length of box 
and nail or screw on back end, letting it 
come down only an inch or so below 
edge of box. Then nail on sides, using 
two 2x2-inch posts 30 inches long to hold 
up front end. I line the hover part with 
one-half inch pine 6!4 inches wide, nail¬ 
ing on strips at top and bottom edge one- 
half inch square, so that it makes a 
half inch air space on ends and back. 
The hover cover of seven-eighths-inch 
stuff rests on this lining, and is.not fast¬ 
ened, can be lifted out to clean out 
brooder and as chicks get old enough is 
removed entirely. To the front of hover 
cover are tacked strips of cloth two 
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BROODER, SECTIONAL VIEW. FlO. 112. 
inches wide reaching to floor. Some of 
these cloth strips can be turned up on 
top of cover to let out hot air on warm 
days. On front part of sides bore holes 
as shown in Fig. 112 and make a sliding 
cover so as to close or open these holes. 
The amount of air entering the half¬ 
inch holes above sheet iron and passing 
over chicks, is governed by these venti¬ 
lators. The front half of roof is 
screwed to sides and front and middle 
bar. The back half is loose and pro¬ 
jects throe inches under front part; can 
bo lifted up as shown by dotted lines, 
then by lifting hover cover the floor can 
be easily cleaned. 
The lamps I use have no chimneys. 
They are two kinds, costing 50 and 75 
cents. I prefer the 75-cent ones, as they 
hold oil enough to last two days, so if 
you forget to fill them some day the 
chicks do not suffer. Flame of lamp 
should be about two inches below level 
of sheet iron. Perhaps any ordinary 
chimney hand lamp would answer by 
digging hole in ground so chimney top 
would be two inches below iron. Cut a 
hole in back of box to enter lamp and 
have a sliding cover to it. If lamp flame 
burns dim make more holes in side of 
box, or open slide a little. Bore five or 
six half-inch holes in back end of box 
three inches below sheet iron to let lamp 
fumes out, if there are any. The front, 
with the exception of a six or eight-inch 
piece nailed to posts at top, is an inde¬ 
pendent piece held in place by buttons, 
and comes out, so the whole interior can 
be got at. Make a frame to hold a glass 
say 12x20 inches (larger the better), 
bevel top and bottom edge of frame and 
nail beveled strips at top and bottom, so 
glass frame will slide to make a hole as 
large or small as you want to feed chicks 
through. With lamp taking a wick only 
five-eighths inch wide I have had no 
difficulty in keeping heat in these brood¬ 
ers at 90 to 100 degrees. Brooders are 
run in an unheated brooder house. I 
have never tried them outdoors. 
Connecticut. geo. a. cosgrove. 
COOK'S SANITARY HENS. 
I would like to have Mr. Cook go Into 
details regarding the feed and manage¬ 
ment of his sanitary henhouse. w. 
The feed and care of the fowls is not 
different from usually accepted stand¬ 
ards. They are White Leghorns fed a 
mash in the morning of bran, middlings 
and meat scrap; wheat and mangels at 
noon, and mixed grain, corn, wheat and 
buckwheat at night, having all they will 
eat. Grit, oyster shells and a dust bath 
with clean cold water at all times seems 
to cover about the whole story. Plenty 
of clean litter on a cement floor is quite 
necessary where fowls are crowded. I 
was asked recently if the point at issue 
was crowding the fowls as a necessity 
for Winter laying? In and of itself I 
would emphatically say no; but If they 
were not crowded that henhouse would 
be colder and so I would rather have 
them crowded if kept clean, than not 
crowded and cold. Another says it is 
unnatural for hens to lay in Winter. I 
will agree to that, but we are no longer 
dealing with fowls in their natural con¬ 
dition. It was not natural for a cow to 
give milk in cold weather, yet to-day the 
records are made in the Winter time. 
We may be able to do the same with 
hens. Who knows? h. e. c. 
COW LEAKING MILK. 
I have a cow seven years old, Holstein, 
came in fresh October last. She had such 
a flow of milk I was obliged to milk her 
three times a day for about three weeks 
after calving. She seems to have a good 
appetite, but leaks her milk very badly, I 
should judge from two to three quarts in 
24 hours. I am feeding cut cornstalks 
nights, hay noon and morning. For grain 
I feed equal parts buckwheat shorts and 
wheat bran, about four quarts daily. Can 
you prescribe a remedy? d. h. r. 
Caton, N. Y. 
There is nothing that we know of that 
you can do for leaky teats except to milk 
the cow three times a day. Perhaps by 
following up this practice she may im¬ 
prove. We have known them to get 
over this trouble. We have seen plugs 
of lead and of hard wood used to stop up 
the teats between milkings, and with 
fairly good results, but we hardly like 
to recommend ever putting anything in¬ 
to the teat, as we have seen so many 
teats spoiled by using milking tubes. 
H. G. M. 
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