The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-02-28
ABOUT BROODERS.
An Invention which Every Poultry. Breed
err should Have.


A good broodcr is certainly an in.
vention which every poultry raiser
should have. Any one can make n
brooder at a tri1ing cost and with Il
avoid much annoyance. II a hen
matches the chicks, she can be given
another setting Of eggs, II not too thin
in flesh, or she can be ''broken up and
allowed to lay again. The cost Of
keeping Il hen with chicks il much
greater than when she is setting or lay
ing, MS she eats more than her share OF
the delicacics prepared for her children,
besides trampling over Il portion Of the
remainder. With a broodcr the hen can
not step on any Of the little fellows or
keep them poor by loading them with
lice. The chicks thrive amazingly and
II properly icd, waterol and kept clean,
will nearly all live. Any kind Of q
broodcr will not do, but any kind Of n
person can build q broodcr that will do,
and we can give the needed instruction
in a few lines. II il he In warm weather
place II out Of doors. Make q box two
feet square and eighteen inches high,
with or without u bottom; cut n few
holes near the top Of m side for doors
or entrance places; put in adjustable
zinc or sheet-iron floor four inches from
the top mail the zinc to n little frame
that can be moved up and down to ac-
commodate the i~ncreasita size Of
ohicks); this floor should he :. arly air
tight TO prevent the fumes Of the lamp
from rising; bore a few holes above md
below the floor to let in fresh air ..,Jyo
and let out gas below; sprinkle an iih
or less Of dry sand, dirt or saw dust
upon the floor and IL i ready for habi-
tation. Set the box In the ground up to
a line with the floor, Uhis makes IL easy
for the chicks TO 20 In and out), leav-
ing a place on one side to put in n small
lamp and admit air enough to supply
the ilame with oxygen. The brooder Is
complete and Il will require n surpris-
ingly small amount Of oil TO make the
small blaze required 10 heat the floor
and keep the little things contentcd and
happy. Change the saw dust every few
days. II still more economy is desired
and n little extra work Is not Disagree
able. the cost Of oil can be saved BY in
closing n tank Of warm water In a pack
ing Of sawdust on all side except the
top which Is the floor Of the broodcr;
arrange 30 hs 10 draw out and put in
water 10 keep up a temperature OF about
eighty DEGREES. A brooder two feet
square will accommodate fifty chicks
II Il Is in cold weather tho brooder
must be In as warm n place as YOU
would put n hen with chicks. The
writer Of this has n rather novel brood
er which Is taking mothers care Of
thirtv-one chicks Matched In an incu-
bator on Christmas day. II consists OF
a simple box. five inches built around n
sioye-pipe In n chamber room where II
passes through the floor in \ thimble; n
piece Of building paper is perforated
and placed two inches from the pipe
and entirely around il. thus preventing
too much heat. The ventilation was
splendid. the thimble constantly dis.
charging warm air from the be-
low. Plenty II clean sawdust l. kept
upon the floor. and a run four feet
square provided for them. The top to
the mother" Is Of zinc, while n com.
mon piece ofa mosquito netting keeps
the wee orphans from jumping out. As
there Is a iN constantly IN the stove
below there Is no extra expense IN
warming the brooder. These chicks
wa expect TO scll as ''broilers' when
two months old for seventy-fvc cents
each. and Il possible We will have three
or four hundred more that will com.
mand half q dollar at same age. Thcrc
are many good broodcrs upon the
market, and some very poor mes. The
top heaters are failures az the chicks
pile upon each other in their efforts to
touch something warm. and many arc
thereby / illed. = hicaso Ezpress.