Show BROOD CHICKS BY electricity easier to run than those heated by coal or oil electric br broaders brooders bro 0 ciders oders are excellent for brooding chicks when the weather lit Is mild in new york state they may usually be used satisfactorily after april 15 or at any time in a room that does not depend entirely on the brooder for its heat says prof L E weaver of the poultry department at cornell university ithaca N Y in answer to the question enn can chicks be satisfactorily and economically icalla brooded blooded with electricity professor weaver says the answer la Is yes yea but with reservations electric brooders broaders bro oders are far more simple to run than are coal or oil brooders broaders bro oders when once regulated there IS a almost no more work or worry with them but they must mist be in a room that Is at least modern moderately tely warm for the electric brooder confines the heat almost entirely to the space under it it does not warm the avorn as aa Is hie file case with coal or oil brooders broaders bro oders the chicks will not do well if the room Is 13 cold and the cost of cit heating beating just the brooder alone gets too anu high even with a low rate for the current un under d er such conditions in purchasing an electric brood brooder er one should be sure that it Is provided with a positive heat regulator that it Is well insulated to prevent unnecessary loss of t licit and that provision Is 13 made for ample ventilation electric brooders broaders bro oders are of two types those with a curtain and those with out the curtain type requires less current but Is apt to be poorly ventilated or not ventilated at all the type with a good ventilating arrangement Is probably the most desirable says professor weaver |