Show r Id I A d Brooder for a II Dollar The Department of Agriculture has recently published a method of constructing constructing con con- a chicken brooder th the total cost of which might come well within Such a brooder ha has haa been given careful trial by the Connecticut experiment experiment ment station and has given excellent results when used In a shed or colony house The lower section of the tho brooder brood brood- er which contains the lamp for heating Is a box 3 ft square made of 10 Inch boards and covered with tin or galvanized galvanized gal gal- Iron About this cover around the edges of ot the tho lamp box one ono inch strips are nailed Two one Inch h holes les are bored through these strips on each side of the box for the tho purpose of ven ven- A A. floor of matched boards Is laid on the strips A hole 8 Inches In diameter Is cut In the center of ot this floor and over It Is turned an old tin TIlE TIIE DOLLAR BROODER pan 10 Inches in diameter the tho sides of ot the tho pan being full o of holes to allow free circulation o of heat Over this this Is placed a table 2 feet 6 Inches square with legs 4 41 a inches high Around the sides of this table is tacked a curtain of old felt cut from top to bottom at Intervals of five or six Inches to allow the chicks to pass in and out at will the whole being surrounded by boards 4 inches high and 3 inches long nailed together at the corners and resting on the floor of the brooder When the chicks are ten days old one of these boards may be taken away and the tho bridge used so that the chicks may run from the hover to the floor of the room The description of the brooder can be found In Farmers' Farmers Bulletin No which can be had upon application to members of Congress or to the Secretary See See- ret IY of Agriculture |