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pen partitions is so fully illustrated by the cuts that no further 
explanation seems necessary. The door is made nearly as wide 
as the alley to permit the easy passage of wheelbarrows for 
cleaning. 

‘ig. 28. Interior, showing two hovers. 
The brooders were constructed by the college carpenter, 
using the metal parts of Peep o’ Day brooders. ‘They consist 
simply of the heaters and hovers mounted upon platforms, no 
sides or top being required. Because the heaters are suspended 
in the lamp pits, the floors of the brooders are elevated but two 
inches above the floors of the pens, which enables the chicks to 
enter the hovers without climbing the usual bridge. The pen 
floors are kept covered with one inch of sand and more or less 
fine litter, such as chaff, cut straw, etc. In ordinary weather 
the six lamps maintain the temperature sufficiently high, but 
an auxiliary heater is supplied for use in extreme cold. This 
is a Stove placed near the west end of the alley, anda small 
fire in it will keep the building sufficiently warm at any time. 
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