THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER 
Prairie State Incubators and Brooders 
Prairie State Diffusion Incubators 
famous for the Patented Sand-Tray, have for thirty-five years been accepted as the standard in hot- 
?;Hn,^f,L "^"r- "■ ■™"f'""-'"°"-, Mo'.s'ure is applied automatically by the sand-tray on the same 
^r„t^ ^'PP'y'"!^ ;? natural hen s nest stolen upon the ground. Ventilation is positive, the 
y„„Mr;t ■ '":j'"nf currents bemg in one, forced itito the egg-chamber from the heater. Heater 
regularly exammed and labeled under direction of Underwrilcrs' Laboratories. Distribution is even 
ettected by the Ilddy Current Distributor, maintaining uniform temperature at all times on center 
line ot thermostat. Regulator accurate and sen.sitive. Case double, walls insulated with cotton 
batting and outer case of cypress, sanded and highly finished with lustrous varnis " 
efficient regardless of outside weather. Hatch the most "Chicks That Live." 
every one a permanent investment. 
Durable, and 
Built in four sizes, 
No. o Diffusion, too eggs $27 00 
No. I Diffusion, 150 eggs 35 00 
No. 2 Diffusion. 240 eggs $50 00 
No. 3 Diffusion. 390 eggs 63 00 
r> . . . . No. 1 Prairie State Oiftu- 
rrairie State Keystone Incubators incubator, iso Eggs 
Built in two sizes. Reliable, well-built little machines for one who hatches on a small 
scale only. E.tcellent for beginners. Efficient under all ordinary conditions. 
No. o Keystone, 60 eggs Jis 00 No. i Keystone, 100 eggs $18 50 
Prairie State Brooding Equipments 
i„ J'^^'^'i'^ Brooders offer a selection of equipments adaptable to every modem brood- 
ing method. Outdoor Colony Brooders are substantial, well-built houses, each equipped 
w th sun-parlor and nursco'-room, with hover. Well painted and lasting in severe weather. 
Built of tongued and grooved lumber, with tin roof. Three sizes, offering choice of 0. 
<"" " square feet. Splendid equipment for back-lot chickens or for free range. 
No. I, 6 X 3 ft., with Hover . 
No. 2, sx2<A ft., with Hover S30 00 
No. 3, 4.K 2U ft., with Hover -~ 50 
RAISE MORE CfflCffllNS Increase Egg Production. ' The' nation needs them and is paying the price!' 
4,000,000 less chickens In Pennsylvania in 1918 than in 1917. »" ' « " 
Prairie State Colony Brooder 
Prairie State Hovers ^"'^tX^" 
The reliable Universal, and All Steel Portable, Shipped com- 
plete with lamp-case, one-piece steel lamp. No, 2 burner metal 
chimney and thermometer. Strong, round, high and dark 
Every inch of hover-space available for chicks. Capacity 100 
chicks. Ventilation forced and free, pure warm air always pass- 
ing over backs of chicks as in nature's method. Best constructed 
Hovers on the market, and most accurate in principle. 
Universal Hover, with lamp-case, for outdoor brooding. $0 00 
Universal Hover, without lamp-case, for indoor brooding. 8 00 
Portable Hover, with lamp-case and regulator. Junior. 1 1 co 
Prairie State Stove Brooders 
The last word in modern devices for large-scale rearing. Solid 
cast-iron with galvanized steel canopy and hover curtain. Care 
tor flocks of 200 to 1,000 or more. Big fire-bowl capacitv and 
non-chnker grate. Accurate, powerful triple-control regulator. 
Built to last indefinitely, burn for twenty-four hours with atten- 
tion only twice daily. Solid, substantial, sanitary. The only 
labor-saving economical equipment for the large producer. 
Price, complete, including thermometer, shovel, funnel and 
poker, »40. Junior, $23 and Junior No. o, $18. 
The Famous "Olds" Gasolene Engine 
Made .^^ro^ ^.^^^i^ ^^^.^.^f^t t ^^l^^H^^^St oTdLZStr l'^.^^^ " 
difference what your power needs are, or where they are, there is an Olds Engine 
that will fill every requirement. The Olds is built in sizes ranging from I ■ , to 
6s horse-power and can be equipped with any desirable style of mounting You 
shou d have a comp ete equipment of your own, En^itu; Feed Mill. ShraUcr 
and Wood Saw. We have furnished great numbers of these outfits to farmers on 
a smal cash payment with plenty of lime to pay the rest and many of them 
have their outfits paid for— if they had waited until they had enough cas 
pay the full amount perhaps they would not yet have this ma- 
chine at all. Let me help you; I will take care of you as 1 have 
many others. You need the outfit now and you can have it tww 
Ask me about it. 
I can furnish you with 
any kind of machine you 
want for your farm work — 
Corn Shellers, Wood Saws, 
Fodder Cutters, Plows, 
Harrows, Drills, etc. Write 
me, or telephone, and I 
will come to see you; or, if 
convenient, come to see me. 
This Shows Our Olds Engine Mounted 
on Wood Truck 
4)3. 6 and 8 horse-power 
I have iK. 3. and 4;; H. P. on hand-trucks 
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