R-earng the Zeu-I& Ducklings 
 
 
      As has boonindieated the ee  oklis are sufioently fluffof 
 
off after twty-four hours in the hatehiag 6art         t to p  ee 
 
dirstly under the hovers. These. .e at the rear of the rearng 
 
poes as is shovvI Fiur1~e 4,, sad are half-wtort like wooe 
 
struoturee with the front edges hianged and fringed with rubbr- 
 
isod )*lth. Youg ducklings may wander from t~hc hover into the 
 
pok at will. The inaterior of the hover is uwormd by means, of 
 
Oireuatirg hot. water, piped fvre  a ountral heatlng unit  and 
 
ciorulation of air ry b  eootrolled by mant of  ir vets 
 
hinged to the slope of the hor . Rvr bottmsa          ore eovwd 
 
with w   eth through which tfoal material drop lnte a pit 
 
which my be cleanmed from *-e bs* of the pen. The tlotws at 
 
the pens are woode, but, It 1is belloved that oernet woud be 
 
far -r praotleal. bides of t    pen ax  mostly .hiekm vre 
 
with a fir-or -ash exUtelg about three feet from the floor, 
 
The swimiing tank (Fig., 4 and b) holdire, 126 gallons of walor, 
 
mid the dryin off trouh are leosted lengwwis of the pm and at one sid*. 
 
A corrugted slope Is placed between the tan and the drying off 
 
troug  to permit thae ducklings to enter or leave the waer rae 
 
easily. The tenks are f~lled by means of water pipes entering an 
 
the side and dmrmd through plugs In the botteno 
 
      The hover fronts are kept *lased Pt first but as the dulints 
 
b~een older the fronts are raised aesordingly until they are 
 
sepbetely open. Ueat is rainteatd in the pipes hovwr, utl 
 
the birds wre liberated in order to prevent eco oesiv  olletim