Show i yr ff modern fresh air brooder it is a general experience that loss of chicks during the early period of their life in broaders brooders bro oders Is apt to be large despite the utmost care and attention the mortality of brooder chicks has therefore been the subject of considerable investigation and the conclusion la that the trouble Is in part at east due kcf defects in the ordinary type of bottom heat hot air brooder corn conly used too much floor heat and poor ventilation As a result tests a brooder was designed which it la believed has decided advantages over ordinary types the advantages claimed are that it Is possible to rear in this brooder a larger number of chicks in proportion to the number originally put tn than in any other brooder the mortality Is not only relatively low but the chicks are healthier and thriftier the second advantage lies in the great saving of labor which Is effected by the use 0 shenew brooder the fact that the brooder has never been removed from the house where it is operated means a decided economy the primary point aimed at was to make it a fresh air and pure air brooder with athla idea in mind it was thought advisable to make the wall of the brooder in some degree permeable to air to meet this requirement qui rement the walla and cover of the brooder are made of cloth essentially the brooder Is a cloth box containing a hover of the type in which the lamp fumes are conducted outside ot the building by an exhaust pipe these broaders brooders bro oders are built permanent ly into the houses which they occupy two broaders brooders bro oders are placed in each col ony house one in each corner of the building in this way one end wall and the jack wall of the building toria two sides of each brooder the re manning side and cover are made of cloth tacked on light wooden frames the floor ot the brooder stands ten inches above the floor of the house from the front of the brooder a sloping walk extends down to the house floor reaching in width clear across the whole front of the brooder the cloth front and side of the brooder are sot permanently fixed in position lut are removable panels which are held together and to the framework by hooks and eyes the cover la hinged in the middle in such a way that it can be either half opened or entirely opened and folded back out 0 the way in consequence of this arrange ment it Is possible to regulate with great nicety the amount of air chich shall be admitted to the brooder |