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Show MAKING YOUR OWN BROODEF Directions and Illustrations Given ot Suitable Shelter for the Little Chicken. In dcrcrlbing a brooder that she had constructed herself and used auccess-fully, auccess-fully, Mrs. Hello Stiles says In the Missouri Valley Farmer: A box 2U, feet wide by or 4 feet long Is made of matched lumber, eight inches deep Inside measure. A bolt COVtT blx Inches deep Is hinged to tOOH EKD VJEW OF BOX COMPLETE CYUftoJR WATER PLUS LAM," Home Made Brooder. one side, and Is hinged again In th center. A notch Is made In each end of the box one-third of the way across from the hinged tide, with corresponding correspond-ing notches In the cover, and In these notches rests a cylindrical tank for healing the brooder. Windows should be put In the front, and a door in one end. Small holes should be bored In the ends of the cover for ventilation. The cylinder tank Is made of gal- LAM? With Tank In Place. rnnlzed tin, with a hollow tulie through the center of niich a size that heat from a lamp can be turned In with an elbow. On the top of the cylinder cyl-inder thero should lie a screw plug for putting In water. The tank when lllled with water Is heated by the hot air In (he hollow tube. This center tube. should be long enough to extend through the brooder box and to the lamp set outside. The box should bo carKted with paper or litter, the tank put In place and filled with boiling water, the lamp put In position and the brooder allowed to warm up before be-fore the chicks are put In. When In position tho cylinder should be two Inches from the bottom. After the bent Is up the lamp may be turned very low. If the chicks arc too warm the cover may be raised and a stick slipped under the edge to give more air. Don't overcrowd. Give plnnty of warm water In cold weather. Don't Overheat. Give plenty of grit. Keep rlean. It's a joy to raise chl kens by this Jnethod, and these brooders If properly cared for will Inst for years. |
