Show SANITARY RUNWAY QUITE VALUABLE brooding platform may be used with fair success by 0 T klein extension Eit emlon K X S A by tanking rn akIng use of the sanitary runway tile the permanent brooder house bouse that has for years been the menace of the poultry industry may be used with a fair degree of success the tha runway Is merely a brood brooding ing platform that Is placed la in front of the brooder house it has a floor of one half inch tall ball screen or hardware c cloth the wire floor which Is about 15 inches from the ground allows all droppings and filth to fall through wire sides and top ot of one inch poultry netting confines the chicks to the run way and protects protect them from enemies the sanitary runway accomplishes everything that turning the chicks tout side will accomplish giving them exercise and sunlight and keeping them thein groin from contaminated soil diseases are less likely to spread when chicks are running on the wire floor for they have less opportunity of infection the runway may be ten feet wide and the entire length odthe brooder house the framework way may be constructed ted of I 1 by 4 inch material these boards are placed on edge to support tile the floor boards may be spaced two feet apart the wire may be either 21 24 or 43 inch widths the 48 inich material makes a slightly stronger floor sides should be two feet high sections of the top should be hinged for ras in filling the feeders and care for the chicks |