Excerpt from Poultry Housing: Excerpts From 1925 Annual Reports of State and County Extension AgentsTwo of the best producing flocks of the county have been housed this year in straw sheds. Although these flocks have maintained splendid production, this style of house is not to be recommended and is mentioned here only to show one of the steps that migit be taken by the man who is not able to start out with satisfactory equipment.One thing in connection with this work that migit be of interest is the homemade brooder used by one of the men who buys baby chicks. An underground furnace was built by the use of bricks and sheet iron and was so constructed that the heat passed below the surface of the ground for the entire length 'of the brooder house before reaching the outlet. Ihe heat shaft was covered with about 4 inches of sand. Cooling space was left on both sides of the heat shaft so that the chicks could get away from the heat if they so desired. On chilly days the chickens would be found stretched out comfortably on the warm sand.- E. L. Williams, County Agent, Emmett, Gem County.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.