| Show BROOD CHICKS BY ELECTRICITY Easier to Run Than Those Heated by y Coal or Oil 11 Electric brooders are excellent for tor brooding 4 r o odan s chicks chick s when t the t he weather r Is me mild Id I In n A New York stole the they Y may Y usual usually 9 b br be e used sal satisfactorily IY after April 15 It r or at nt any my time In to n a o room that does not depend entirely 0 on a the le h 1 1 L. L brooder for Its h heat gut says I. I B. B 1 Weaver er tier o of t the poultry de deat department P c t at Cornell university Ithaca N. N Y T. In answer to the question cnn question can chicks he be satisfactorily and economically economically econom brooded with Pro electricity electricity Pro Pro Professor Professor fessor Weaver sn says s the answer Is I yes Jes but hut with reservations reser J Electric brooders are far more simple to run than are coal conI or oil brooders When once once regulated there theres Is s almost no more work or worry with them But nut they must be he In a room that flint Is at least moderately warm for tor forthe forthe the electric brooder confines the heat almost entirely to the space under It IL It does not warm the room as ns Is the case with coal or oil brooders The chicks will rill not ot do well If the room Is cold coid and the cost of heating Just the brooder alone gets gelS too hl high h even en with witha a n low rate rute for the current under such conditions In purchasing hn im electric brooder one should he be sure that It is provided with n a positive heat regulator regulator- that It Is well insulated to prevent unnecessary unnecessary essary loss of heat and that provision Is made marte for ample ventilation Electric brooders pre are of two types those thos with a n curtain and those with out The curtain t type pe requires less current but Is apt to be poorly ventilated ventilated ven ven- or not ventilated at all The type with a n good ventilating lug ing arrangement Is probably the most desirable says Professor Weaver |
