Smyrna times., 1889-11-13
rha Rrnnder Honse of H. S. AnthOny.


One of the visitants to the late State
Fair. A. F. Cooper, of the Prairie State
Incubator Co., wrote after he went
home a communication to the Ohto
Poultry Journal, fattering of what he
saw in Delaware and the State Fair,
the part of which pertaining to visit
to Mr.. AnthOny's brOOder we repro
duce:
He has been in the business on a
small scale for a number of years,
but he has now gone at 1t
wholesale, which you will see by the
following description of his place. His
brooding house is SO feet long and
double, making in all Ga pens, which
contain that many broOders. Mr.. An
thongs system of brOoding is something
entirely new, although it is the hot
water system, but is gotten up on an
eutilely different plan from any l have
ever seen. The house is divided into
three departments. The first is 30 feet
long, containing that many brooders,
which are two feet, with yards 49, feet
long. This he calls mis- nursery de-
partment," where the chicks are first
put when they come from the ma
chimes. The next room he calls the
"pip rOOm," where the chicks are put
as they grow older; this room contains
16 brooders, with yards 49, feet long;
while the next and last contains the
same amount, where the chickens are
| fattened for the market. So admirably
| is this house arranged that these de-
partments can all be heated separately
or heated ut Once-just at the option oil
| the OPERATOR
! There is a hall down the centre oil
the building, and SO well arranged that
the feeding, watering and cleaning are
all done from the hall, which makes it
a model of convenience, and | dare say
one of the finest and handiest brOOdin}
houses in the United States. This i.
saying a great deal, but l believe | an
right, from the fact that this same plan
is already being adopted in the grea
and only brOiler town in the country
There are yards on the outside of tn
building the same size of the inside
yards, which give plenty of room at al
times. The building Is two feet higl
at the cave, while the glass is all in tn
roof. This throws the sunlight on th
little fellows, and it is really interestin
to watch them and see how they enio
it.
The front part of the building is tw
stories high; the lower one is wher
, the stoves are kept that heat the whol
house, while the upper one is used fC
a picking room. The whole is set on
solid brick wall, and so substantial
built that to see it is to want it, or on
Just like it. | have several other note
) about this brOoder house that will nC
mention at present, but before | pas
on l wish TO say that Mr.. Anthony
meeting with great success. He Ope
ates 10 machines of 300-egg size, or
200, and one 100. His incubator rool
shows up in great shape, it being Il f
= companion for his large bruodng hous
We will now so out into the countI
about two and a half miles and stop
J. +. Carter's broiler farm. He lives
town, but this doesn't keep him fro
liking chickens, and he is not particul,
how they are cooked either II
Z brooder house is 108 feet long, viii
j his pens are 8 by 16, and the buildir
" Is feet wide. His house is gotten |
II something after the same style of NJ
y AnthOny's, so it needs no further d
u scriptiOn at my hands. He Operat
: four large machines and will in time
= doubt not, have that many more.
u has beautiful country place out thel
u and the next time 80 back | inter
;, to have more time and take a bett
.o look at it.