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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



ners in which they can crowd and smother, 

 no artificial heat,' no lamp, no smoke, to 

 poison the air and kill them off. If you 

 have been troubled in the past with heated 

 brooders, get the Lullaby of us to-day and 

 stop losing: chicks. Designed to hold 25 

 chicks, but will comfortably hold 35 

 chicks. Price $1.50. 



EXTRA PIECES POB PRAIRIE STATE 

 INCUBATORS. 



Burner, each $ .50 



Chimney, each 40 



Screws, each 01 



Lamp complete, 6x2% with No. 2 



burner and chimney, each 1.00 



INCUBATOR BUBNEBS. 



No. 0, aach $ .50 



No. 1, each 60 



COMBINATION COLONY HOUSE 

 BROODERS. 



No. 1 (Outdoor.) — Floor space 36x72 



inches; weig-ht, crated, 270 lbs $23.50 



No. 2 (Outdoor). — Floor space 30x60 



inches; weig-ht, crated, 208 lbs 18.50 



No. 3 (Outdoor). — Floor space 27x48 



inches; weig-ht, crated, 150 lbs 14.00 



Heat regulator attached to any of the 

 above brooders $1.00 extra. 



Notice. — One should never attempt to 

 rear over sixty-five newly hatched chicks 

 in on© brood to secure best results. Of 

 course, there is ample room in our brood- 

 ers for many more, but it would be folly 

 to place a great number tog-ether. 



UNIVERSAL HOVER. 



Price of hovers, with lamp case, 

 smoke conductors, lamp and ther- 

 mometers $8.50 



When used indoor alone, lamp case 

 is not required. 



Hover and lamp with smoke pipes 7.50 



With regrular attached, $1.00 extra. 



Prairie State Mash Hoppers, gal- 

 vanized, each 1.50 



Dry Feed Hoppers, galvanized, two 



compartments, each 1.00 



Sanitary Grit and Shell Boxes, gal- 

 vanized, 3 compartments, each 75 



TYCOS HYGROMETER, No. 5796. 



Millions of chicks die in the shell every 

 year for lack of proper moisture condi- 

 tions. The correct percentag-e of moisture 

 during- incubation determines to a great 

 extent the success or failure of your 



hatch. The "Tycos" is an accurate indi- 

 cator of the degree of moisture present, 

 showing- exactly what the conditions are, 

 so that if they are not correct they can be 

 made so. It is fitted with an easy reading- 

 scale of black oxidized brass with white 

 filled figures and graduation; glass cistern 

 and silk wicks which can be duplicated at 

 any time. "Tycos" stands for quality, 

 accuracy and dependability. Price, $1.75; 

 by mail, $1.90. 



COIL SPRING HYGROMETER. 



Two inch card dial, nickel case, metallic 

 coil spring Hyrometer for indicating per- 

 centage of humidity, and dial is marked 

 "very dry, dry, normal, moist and full 

 saturation." Price, $1.25; by mail, $1.30. 



INCUBATION TABLE. 



Geese, 30 days; turkeys, 28 days; chick- 

 ens, 21 days; ducks, 28 days; partridges, 



24 days; pheasants, 25 days; Guinea hens, 



25 days. 



THEBMOMETEBS. 



Our Thermometers are made from sea- 

 soned lens tubes. Their accuracy is guar- 

 anteed. Minimum Thermometers consist 

 of a glass tube arranged horizontally and 

 filled with alcohol, a black index moving 

 freely in the fluid. The instrument is set 

 by raising the bulb and allowing the index 

 to float to the end of the column of alco- 

 hol; as the temperature decreases the 

 column recedes, carrying with it the index 

 to the lowest point, where it remains, 

 while on an increase of temperature the 

 alcohol alone re-ascends. The end of the 

 index farthest from the bulb shows the 

 lowest temperature reached. These Ther- 

 mometers are of the greatest value to 

 planters, farmers and any one wishing to 

 know "how cold it got" during the night. 

 It will be impossible with the ordinary 

 thermometers to exercise sufficient watch- 

 fulness to obtain accurate results. Usually 

 the coldest time during the 24 hours is be- 

 tween 5 and 8 o'clock in the morning. To 

 get an accurate result of the degree of 

 cold these thermometers should be exposed 



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