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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3619, 13 January 1906, Page 4

is shewn hel*t• +Wt piv»c on and HEjPf& ! same time correct prirnjipitiK. (Fig. lj is u:; nearly seh'Hppaiiatory. A-box three feet squaie ■pKtiiereabauU' ha* hi ihe bottom u Hnrodef lamp or stove. Above ti.l-, us "f Bheet iron as .torpc «-•:• ■pn|ctft of the box tird'sutro.u:! :ti. *'h; lf|l?' ***k >s > and by an h:n prop n.'ar BBKtaiap« if it- is inclined to sag". .\hkf Hi|i,no fumes from the lamp can gti ■pftbove tie sheet iron. Have a sheet ■§|n drum mad? a«'i: -Heated in I'ig- :s Hfd tet this into t'iie orooder floor, tillM&g in the rest of the floor about the ptiffl with cement, that there rony be K|| danger from tire. The drum need ■pat be over six inches in height. It has rch&lf dozen openings tmdter the top, ma shown in the sketch. When the

■)|mp 5* lighted air enters at one side •bore the sheet iron, is heated and jriaM in the drum, passing out through ;,the openings into the chick chamber, *nd is diffused about it. Three or four ventilating hoies are In the wall near l ,the floor for the exit of cold air. This y-jives & constant movement of warm [ Air into the brooder. These openings ean be partly closed when desired. An opening in the side near the bottom of lamp chamber and i/ae near the n the opposite sides give fresh air ; 'for the lamp and an exit for its fumes. The lamp is inserted through a small * floor in ih fts i ! fb- t'-.e 1 ■ One whole side of till’ ofii' v’ei im <» a drop «—Voor, for the easy sweeping out of the - floor. The top (in door) can have a ijstjjAne, of glass In it, so one may see the obioka and the thermometer hanging agatnrt one side. Glass on two sides -r gives light. The top must fit very ‘ tightly. If this brooder is to be used ; Ol*t of doors a roof must be addted, ns I indicated by dotted lines. The corners I of tlie brooder are cut off, as seen in •’ Fig. 2, so that the chicks may not | erowd into them and the weak be if trampled upon and smothered by the |j stronger, should the chamber ever beif come cold. — Farm and Home.