Show A I 1 electric pig bro brooder ader S saves a ves many lives device Is simple and operation cost small little pigs which grow up arld and 1 to market arent those which lie ir or are crippled as a result ot of betz chilled or crushed during farro far rowin to prevent these misfortunes misfortune sy consequent loss in revenue nian maa f farmers have investigated the use um Q electric pig brooders broaders bro oders such broni ers consist of a triangular framework the sides of which an about 34 feet long nailed or bolted together at right angles with tb UK top of the hover constructed of lug her insulating board or metal plat A two by tour four inch board or nitta lie lic guard across the front of 0 ill tt a framework will give the broo brooder derad at dit ional strength and provide 1 13 opening approximately eight incha high through which pigs enter heat is provided by a or a watt incandescent lamp per brood er the size depending on the depa degree of warmth needed these lamp are placed in a 14 or 16 inch tea dome type reflector which is bolted se aurely on top of the hover with tit light directed through a hole about one inch smaller than the diameter of the reflector the brooder should be in place i a day or two before farrowing furrowing far rowing tina time and the floor of the pen and hover hove covered with two or three inches ot I litter electricity consumed averages about 38 36 kilowatt hours per pa utter litter tests record that electr electa brooders broaders bro oders reduce mortality ot of early spring pigs by per cent |