Show A HOMEMADE BROODER suggest on for the mak ng of a device the home made brooder may be a dryg dry goods box made about xa feet long built of matched lumber with a loose au cover made a little larger with W ith its edges dropped 4 inches the entire outside of the box should be covered with felt roofing the door on one end should be large and low A frame made of three inch stuff laid flat fits close around the bottom of the inside A 6 inch cross piece laid flat through the middle of the then box engages the side of the frame A 3 inch cross piece is placed on edge across the middle of the box resting on the binch 6 inch flat cross piece and held by cleats nailed to the inside of the box the hover explains the farmers mail mall and breeze Is made over a rec tangular frame of lath made to fit in side the box with thin canton flannel on the underside arranged in a loose bagging or flowing manner and held in place with carpet tacks the hover rests upon three buttons one on each side and one on one end 4 inches abol abote e the bottom of the box A wire is stretched across one end of the top of the box carrying a hook on which to hang a lantern to use at night close the door place a mat in each end or division also 40 chickens in each division place the hover on the buttons hank a lighted lantern on the wire and put cover in place on which lay a good sized stone A brooder without the two following essentials is not worthy the name first the door should be large and low enough that the chickens will go in at night without help by the end of the first week of their existence second it should be so constructed that the door may be closed in bad weather the hover removed chicks fed and watered mats changed etc without opening the door |