Dear readers, I solicit a share of your patronage at least. 

 .Wishing you success I am ever your friend, 



MRS. D. C. JOHNSON, 

 Maxwell, Iowa. 



A WORD ABOUT OUR BROODERS 



We do not hesitate to say that our brooders have no equal, 

 and this statement is based entirely upon a comparison of re- 

 sults obtained. We heat our brooders with hot air. We make 

 some with pipes over head and some with drums underneath. 

 Our brooders have two sections, a brooder with house and a 

 feed room or brooder attachment. We used to build the feed 

 room and brooder separate, but now combine the two, saving 

 expense and labor for the operator. The house is warmer than 

 the feed room, this affords them & choice of temperature. Both 

 rooms are warm enough at all times to keep the brood comfort- 

 able without crowding and trampling each other. Brooders 

 without a feed room are not a success, for chicks must have 

 exercise and a change of temperature. The food also becomes 

 soiled if fed in a brooder and chicks kept in a brooder any 

 length of time without the feed room will contract disease. I 

 use out door brooders without a brooder house. . I could not 

 raise chicks in such great numbers if I had to have houses for 

 each brood. It would be too expensive and too much labor, for 

 not only would the brooder have to be kept clean, but the brood- 

 er house also. I have from 20 to 30 of these brooders on my 

 farm all the time, besides I have a great many brooder houses 

 where I put my chicks after they are weaned from the brooder. 

 If a person should want several brooders I will make a special 

 price that will surprise you. 



The ventilation system is perfect in our brooders, afford- 

 ing the chicks a constant supply of pure fresh air that has been 

 warmed a,t the top of the brooder before reaching them. The 

 floor of the brooder is 4 inches above the ground which insures 

 freedom from dampness and vermin. We ship our brooders 

 complete with all necessary fixtures. 



