^ GRIFFITH <Sl turner CO ^ i07 



PRAIRIE STATE UNIVERSAL HOVER 



It may be attached to any form of outdoor brooder, two teet or more in height, to 

 any size or form of colony house, shed, coop, piano, dry goods or organ box. It also 

 enables those who wish to build their own brooders to get the best brooding device pos- 

 sible in an economical manner. It fills that want, felt by everyone who raises poultry, 

 for something they can use anywhere, any time, and do the work well. 



The hover is twenty-two inches in diameter, the top of which is wood, lined with 

 strawboard, a 4-inch rim extending downward, to which is attached six inches of felt 

 curtains. The hover stands on three iron feet, but is not stationary, and may be raised 

 and moved instantly, if desired. 



A thermometer is provided, which may be read from the outside vv^ithout disturb- 

 ing any part of the brooder. 



UNIVEBSAIi HOVER. — Price for hover, with lamp case, smoke conductors, lamp 

 and thermometer, $9.00. 



When used indoors alone, lamp case and smoke conductors are not required. Hover 

 and lamp, $8.00. 



Hover regulator, $1.25 extra. 



THE PRAIRIE STATE PORTABLE HOVER 



The Frairie State Portable Hover embraces in principle and construction all those original and successful features which 

 a.t once established the high reputation of the Prairie State Universal Hover. It is a Universal Hover so modified as to bring 

 the lamp case to the floor level without sacrificing safety, economy of oil consumption, or ventilation, and involving attached 

 lamp case and all-steel construction. It is a Portable Hover built along lines different from all others. Contrary to general 

 practice in building Portable Hovers. 



Prairie State Portable Hover, 100-chick Size $18.00 Prairie State Jr. Portable Hover, 60 to 100-chick size $11.00 



THE COMBINATION COLONY BROODERS 



This Brooder House is constructed of tongued and grooved boards. 

 The brooder is full size in all dimensions, 3 feet wide, 6 feet long and 3 

 feet high in front and 2 feet in rear, with tin roof. The Interior is di- 

 vided by a movable partition into two compartments — the nursery room 

 and the exercising room or sun parlor. The nursery is double walled, 

 top and sides, with dead-air space and paper insulation between the 

 board partitions, securing warmth and uniform insulation. A strong 

 point in the nursery is the circular hover without obstructions of any 

 kind, such as hot drums or domes, leaving every inch of inside 

 space available for the chicks. It is open all around. No cold 

 corners or hot spots to crowd into. A glass door in front, 22 in- 

 ches wide, furnishes light and access to the chicks. A movable 

 board under the door brings the opening level with the floor of 

 nursery and permits easy cleafiing of the apartment. 



No. 1 — 150 pounds $22.00 



No. 2 — 208 pounds 27.50 



No. 3 — 300 pounds 30.00 



STATE STOVE BROODER 



The Prairie State Stove Brooder is built solidly of cast iron 

 throughout. This stove is not mounted upon legs. We have learned 

 not to use them because they afford a space under the stove 

 where chicks may huddle and be burned to death. Therefore, 

 the base of our stove rests squarely upon the floor. Bolted to 

 it is a cylindrical cast iron ash pit of ample capacity, fitted with a 

 solid door having non-heating handle and containing no opening 

 through which hot ash or sparks may fly. This door has no 

 function in the regulation of drafts, and need never be opened 

 except to remove ashes. The entire volume of fresh air required 

 for proper combustion passes, subject to action of the regulator, 

 through a cast iron air inlet elbow bolted to the top of the ash 

 pit in such position as to admit air on the grate level. A one- 

 piece jointless fire box rests upon and is bolted to the ash pit 

 casting. It is made of a high-grade foundry iron of chemical 

 content, such as will withstand intense heat through prolonged 

 firing, and with such capacity as to insure maintenance of the 

 fire through long periods. A free flow of fresh air has constant 

 access to the entire fire pot from the bottom as it enters through 

 the air inlet elbow. The top section of the stove, surmounting 

 its fire box and bolted to it, involves in its assembly a cast iron 

 valve seat which makes air tight contact when the upper regu- 

 lator valve rests upon it. Four angle brackets bolted integral 

 with the top plate to this section, two on each side of chimney 

 opening, serve to support two parallel angle steel bearing bars, 

 upon which rests the galvanized steel canopy or deflector form- 

 ing the hover proper. Extending to the right of the chimney 

 opening, and securely bolted to the top plate, is a solid cast 

 iron bearer or bracket, from which is suspended the entire regu- 

 lator. The capacity of the Prairie State Stove is as great as 

 that of any stove upon the market today. That is, it will give 

 heat sufficient to brood as many as one thousand to fifteen hun- 

 dred chicks, doing it economically and safely. The canopy de- 

 flector of the Prairie State Stove Brooder is made of galvanized 

 sheet steel, and in two sections, hinged together on a line with 

 the center of the stove. The regulator with which we equip the 

 Prairie State Stove Brooder is automatic, sensitive, positive, 

 triple acting, and of exclusive Prairie State design. It is of the 

 wafer thermostat type, fastened to a bar extending downward 

 from the regulator support, wafer being placed at a level which 

 has been carefully determined as best for indicating' exact floor 

 temperature required. 



Price, complete, with eqtilpment, lOOO-chick alze $40.00 



Pralxla State Jr. complete, 250- to 1000 dilck «ize 25.00 



