WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS 
Prairie State Incubators and Brooders 
Present prices of chickens and eggs have put poultry raising on a new 
high standard of profitable business 
Prairie State Standard Incubators 
famous for the Patented Sand-Tray, have for thirty-five years been accepted as the 
standard in hot-air type Incvibator construction. Moisture is apphed automatically 
by the sand-tray on the same principle applying in the natural hen's nest stolen 
upon the ground. Ventilation is positive, the ventilating and heating currents being 
in one, forced into the egg-chamber from the heater. Heater regularly examined 
and labeled under direction of Underwriters' Laboratories. Distribution is even, 
effected by the Eddy Current Distributor, maintaining uniform temperature at all 
times on center line of thermostat. Regulator accurate and sensitive. Case double, 
walls insulated with cotton batting, and outer case of cypress, sanded and highly 
finished with lustrous varnish. Durable, and efficient regardless of outside weather. 
Hatch the most "Chicks That Live." Built in four sizes, everi' one a permanent 
investment. 
No. 0 Standard, loo eggs S29 00 | No. 2 Standard, 240 eggs $54 00 
No. I Standard. 150 eggs 38 00 | No. 3 Standard, 300 eggs 70 00 
Prairie State Combination Colony House Brooder 
Prairie State Brooders offer a selection of equipments adaptable to cverj* modem 
brooding method. This Outdoor Colony Brooder is a substantial, well-built house, 
equipped with sun-parlor and nurser>'-room. with hover. Well painted and lasting in 
severe weather. Built of tongued and grooved lumber, with tin roof. Splendid equip- 
ment for back-lot chickens or for free range. No. i. S30; Heat Regulator. Si. 25 extra. 
RAISE MORE CHICKENS, Increase Egg Production. The nation 
needs them and is paying the price 
Prairie State Colony Brooder 
1,000 or more. Big fire- 
bowl capacity and non- 
clinker grate. Ac- 
curate, powerful 
triple-control regu- 
lator. Built to last 
indefinitely, burnfor 
twenty - four hours 
Prairie State Stove Brooder jS:^=''S^j°"sCH;i; 
substantial, sanitary. Tlie only labor-saving economical equipment 
for the large producer. Price, complete, including thermometer, 
shovel, funnel and poker: 
Senior. Capacity 2S0 to i ,000 or more. Weight 250 lbs $40 00 
Junior. Capacity 250 to 1. 000 or more. Weight 1 IS lbs 25 00 
Junior No. 0. Capacity 200 to 700 or more. Weight 80 lbs 18 00 
Prairie State Hovers Buiit in two styles 
The reliable Universal, and All Steel Portable. Shipped complete 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 passing 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 - So 00 
Universal Hover, without lamp-case, for indoor brooding 8 00 
Regulator lor Universal Hover ..Extra, I 25 
Portable Hover, Junior SI 10 00 
Prairie State Stove Brooders 
The last word in modem devices for large-scale rearms;. Solid 
cast-iron with galvanized steel canopy and hovrt Lurlnin. 
Care for flocks of 200 to 
Prairie State Portable Hover 
Pick it up and set it down anywhere ready for use. 
$io\ with regulator, S11.25. 
Extras for Prairie State Incubators f.o.b. Harrisburg 
Bowls, Lamp only. No. i So 60 
Bowls. Lamp only. No. 2 75 
Bowls. Lamp only. No. 3 8s 
Bowls. Lamp, complete with Burner 
and Chimney, No. i i 25 
No. 2 I 50 
No. 3 ' 'S 
Burner, Argand Gas, with Chimney. 8s 
Burners. Sun Hinge, No. i <>o 
Burners, Sun Hinge. No. 2 70 
Burners, Sun Hinge. No. 3 85 
Chimneys, old style, special, each. . 40 
Chimneys, new style, each 40 
Connecting Rods, complete 40 
Connecting Rod Thumb Nuts 07 
Counter-poise Weights, with Nuts 
for locking 
Door Buttons, each IS 
Door Adjusters, each IS 
Egg Trays, No. i i 0° 
Egg Trays, No. 2, per pair $2 10 
Egg Trays, No. 3, per pair 2 35 
Egg Testers, each 4° 
Filler Caps for Lamps 07 
Guide Rings, all sizes 10 
Underwriters' Insurable Heaters, — 
No. o for No. 0 Standard Incuba- 
tors 9 SO 
No. I for Nos. o and i Keystone 
Incubators 5 SO 
No. 2. for No. I Standard Incu- 
bators 10 so 
No. 3, for No. 2 Standard and 
No. 3 Standard Incubators. ... 12 so 
Heaters, No. 0, for No. 0 Standard 
Incubators 5 SO 
Heaters. No. i. for Nos. o and i 
Keystone Incubators S SO 
Heaters, No. 2, for No. i Standard 
Incubators 6 so 
58 
Heaters. No. 3. for No. 2 Standard 
and No. 3 Standard Incubators. .S7 SO 
Lamp Seats, all sizes, each 60 
Regulators complete with Thermo- 
stat for No. I ; 4 25 
Regulators complete with Thermo- 
stat for No. 2 and 3 4 75 
Sand Trays I SO 
Thermometer (Si postpaid). . .each 85 
Wicks. No. I, 20 cts. per doz; No. 
2. 2S cts. per doz.; No. 3, 30 cts. 
per doz. 
Curtains for all Hovers I 00 
Brooder Regulators complete I SO 
Wafer for Stove Brooder 75 
Brooder and Brooder Stove Ther- 
mometer (Si postpaid) 75 
Poker for Brooder Stove 4S 
Grate for Brooder Stove (Jl.SO 
postpaid) I 25 
