HOMEMADE BROODER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3593, 2 November 1905, Page 4

HOMEMADE BROODER.

I* la Effective mid Constructed ou Simple awl at the Same Time, Correct Principle*. A plan is shown lie ewith that gives & brooder constructed 1 on simple and at the same time correct principles. The diagram (Fig. 1) is very nearly selfexplanatory. A box three feet square or thereabouts 1 has in. the bottom a broider lamp or stove. Above this is ft sheet of sheet iron as large as the Jttside of the box and' supported at the four sides, and’ by an iron prop near the lamp, if it is inclined to sag. Make the edges air-tigh’t with cement, so that no fumes from the lamp can get up above 1 fie sheet iron. Have a sheet iron drum made as< indicated in Fig 3 ami set this into the brooder floor, filling in the rest of the floor about the drum with cement, that there may be no danger from fire. The drum need not be over six inches in height. It has a half dozen openings undfer the top, ftg shown in the sketch. When the

■. r, - - COK> ■]e d -eh iht ... , ...imber, ond i« ion i*.-<v*i rtijtnii il. /iuce or four ventilai 'a are in the wall near the hear un .he exit of coicl air. This gives a constant movement of warm air into the brooder. These openings can be partly closed when desired. An opening in the side near the bottom of the lamp chamber and lAie near the top on the opposite sides give fresh air for the lamp and an exit for its fumes. The lamp is inserted through a small door in the side of the box. One whole side of the brooder chamber is a drop 4oQf. lor the easy sweeping out of the floor. The top (in door) can have a pane of glass in it, so one may see the chicks and the thermometer hanging against one side, Glass on two sides gives light. The top must fit very tightly. If this brooder is to be used out of doors a roof must be added, as Indicated by dotted lines. The corners of the brooder are cut off, as seen in Fig. 2, so that the chicks may not crowd into them and the weak be trampled upon and smothered by the stronger, should the chamber ever become cold.—Farm and Home.