Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1911 — GASOLINE HEATED BROODER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GASOLINE HEATED BROODER.

On* Holding Two Hundred Chicks May Bo Made by Any Farmer For $36.60. A gasoline bested colony brooder like the one pictured here, bolding 200 chickens, can be made complete, including labor, at a cost of $36.0r 18.3 cents per chicken, says the Country Gentleman. The house la eight feet square. Inside floor measure, and six feet six Inches high. The floor sills are of 2 by 12 inch stock cut eight feet long. An opening 9V4 by 12)4 inches must be cut In the rear sill to admit the burner box. The floor should, if the house is to be used in winter, be double In building the subflooc jAse rough, cheap lumber and lay diagonally to stiffen the building; then over a layer of building paper the finished top floor is laid, which should be of a good grade of matched and planed lumber. The studs are now put up. These, together with the plates and rafters., are made of 2 by 2 inch clear hemlock stock. The Btuds are placed flush with the outer edge of the floor. The raft-

ers are nailed to the rldgeboard before putting tllem in place, and then the boarding is put on. The boards are put on horizontally when the house is covered with paper and are placed to overlap the floor four inches. The building is inclosed with seven-eighths inch matched siding, planed on one side, which is turned in. The boards for the sides and root are cut in eight foot lengths and the ends boarded vertically. thus using sixteen foot stock without waste. The chick outlet is made through a trapdoor cut in the floor at the edge of the front runner and at the outer edge of a middle 2 by 4 inch joist. A runway with cleats, supported at the upper end of the 2 by 4 Joist, leads to the ground at the edge of the house. The back of this runway is closed with boards to keep the chicks out from under the bouse. No Excuse For Ignorance. An aged farmer at an extension school of agriculture recently said: “I am glad to be able to learn so much about farming, but it makes me sad to think that it comes too late in life to do me any good. If I had only known these things years ago I would have avoided so many mistakes and done so much better.” It may be sad to contemplate benefits that come too iate, but it is sadder still to think of the young men who do not try to avail themselves of knowledge that is placed before them. There is no longer any valid excuse for ignorance of the fundamental principles of farming. Agricultural experiment stations, extension schools, institutes, bulletins and papers are within reach of every farmer in the land who really wants to learn.

<| The time the farmer spends X over his desk and reading table T & is often the best time of the <|> $ year.

CROSS SECTION OF A SHAPED COLONY HOUSE, SHOWING POSITION OF WINDOW, GASOLINE CAN, PIPE AND HEATER BOX IN BEAR.