Show BROOD CHICKS I IN TENTS Ch cl scan can be ho brooded blooded bi coded success success- fully successfully in tents instead of brooder houses possibly pos in m teh teat South Southwest est and pos pos- I sibly other regions where here the rain fall fallIS rainfall is light and early spring tern are ale above freezing ac- ac ac cording according to the United Stites De Department of Agriculture In ments experiments conducted at the Depart Depart- ment ments Departments Department s poultry e experiment station i Glendale Am Ant An there thelo was as some some- what somewhat less mortality in tn the chicks some some-I that were ere blooded brooded in tn tents than m in thanin it groups in regular brood brooder or er houses I In most cases the tents required less heat for brooding being warm arm warmer armer er during the tho day though colder at night Tho The tests were of 56 days duration and the brooders AI were vere heated 9 by electricity The estimated annual cost of or the tents nd Ind cat 11 idin depreciation tion and interest Jt on Investment as less than half that for the houses l |