Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1911 — gasoline-Heated Brooders [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

gasoline-Heated Brooders

gasoline heater is used is called the' <4 * '1 _ r , rn ba rjai- • - * floor measurement, side walls and is 6 feet 6 inches from toi of floor to top of ridge board. Ib Is made with a bevel at each end to form runners or shoes upon which to draw the house about when desired.

Gasoline Heater Used in Brooder House.

Runners 6 inches high have been used with satisfactory results, but more often runners 10 or 12 inches high are used. The runners may be placed at the sides or ends. If the hpuses are to be used in orchards, Ills advisable to place the runners on the- sides, because this allows the house to be drawn between the rows of trees with less danger of striking; The greatest of care should be exercised in installing the gasqline heater, as any loose fitting connection would cause leakage of gases in- j to the hover. The. form of burner that has been found the most satisfactory is one that gives the coneshaped blaze directed up into the radiator, instead of being sent out In jets at right angles to the burner It gives more complete combustion than the cap type of burner and is capable of a wider range of tempergive a flame sufficiently large to maintain the proper temperature under the hover when it is below zero outside. The burner selected should have but one control valve, as it Is less complicated and less likely to clog. Since there is only one flame to 200 chicks, Instead of 4Jts In the case of using kerosene-heated brooders with only 50 chicks each, the.yisk-ol fire is reduced to that extent, and any one intelligent enough to be

Method es Filling Gasoline Heater, trusted with taerosene-heated brooders can manage gasqHne-heated ones, with equal safety. The common points of error which result disastrdusly are: Slowing too much gasoline to run into the generating cup; applying a match to the generating cup before the control valve to riosed; "attempting to tight the burner after it has Mown out in some manner and the bottom of the burner box is covered with gasoline, ature, that is, it can be turned very l«r for use in mild weather or MrlH All of the above should be careful!* The burner should always be turned 4out and the wheel valve closed B the tank is being filled. To ing cup nearly full; then close. Light name, which should nev--it tips forward .the gasoline which would now if the name should bd' life the box. z "< ; 'I