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Show With Tank in Place. vanized tin, with a hollow tube through the center of such a size that heat from a lamp can be turned in with an elbow. On the top of the cylinder cyl-inder there should be a screw plug for putting in water. The tank when filled with water is heated by the hot air in the hollow tube. This center tube should be'long enough to extend through the brooder box and to the lamp set outside. The box should be carpeted 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 the cylinder should be two inches from the bottom. After the heat Is up the lamp may be turned very low. If the chicks are too warm the cover may be raised and a stick slipped under the edge to give more air. Don't overcrowd. Give planty of warm water in cold weather. Don't overheat. Give plenty of grit. Keep clean. It's a joy to raise chickens by this method, and these brooders if properly cared for will last for years. |