174 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
best to use small lamp brooders in each pen. ‘This enables the 
attendant to manage each pen of chicks independently of the 
rest. For the above reason the plan should commend itself to 
those who are in the business on a comparatively small scale, 
as well as to the large operator who feels the need of a nursery 
brooder where the hover temperature can be regulated accord- 
ing to the needs of each pen of chicks. | 
The house as built is 15 x 30 feet in size, with a 4 x 5 feet 
extension on the east end. ‘This latter is used as an entry or 
‘“ante-room,’’ permitting students and others to pass in and out 
of the house at will during bad weather without exposing the 
chicks to draughts. An alley-way four feet in width extends 
along the entire north side, and the rest of the floor space is. 
divided into pens. These are six in number and are 5 x 11 
feet in size. 










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An examination of the accompanying cuts will show that 
the vital feature of the building is the elevated chick floor, or 
rather the depressed alley floor, the latter being 3% feet below 
the former. This arrangement secures several advantages. It 
enables the attendant to care for the brooders and feed the 
chicks without the constant stooping required where the brood- 
ers are operated upon the floor in the usual manner. Further, 
it reduces the enclosed air space by fully one-third, effecting a 
corresponding saving in the amount of heat required to main- 
tain a given temperature. It also places the chicks nearer the 
ceiling—the warmest part of the room—thus giving them the 
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