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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Prairie State Incubators 
To those who desire to rear as well as to hatch chicks 
and ducks, the selection of an incubator is of vital impor¬ 
tance. The high death rate experienced with chicks the 
first ten days is more frequently due to imperfect incu¬ 
bation than to any other cause. Too many incubators of 
today are constructed with reference solely to hatching 
the desired numbers without considering the manner in 
which they are brought into existence. 
Weak, anaemic chicks, lacking in strength and vitality, 
are of no value, if you hatch thousands; hence the im¬ 
portance of carefully considering the merits of an incu¬ 
bator in this direction before making a selection. 
The Prairie State Sand Tray Incubators have proven 
themselves by thousands of tests, both in the hands of 
the novice, as well as in comparative results obtained by 
the large poultry plants using different makes of incu¬ 
bators. 
No. 0. 100 Eggs .$27.00 
No. 1. 150 Eggs . 35.00 
No. 2. 240 Eggs . 50.00 
No. 3. 390 Eggs . 65.00 
No. 0. Keystone, 60 Eggs . 15.00 
No. 1. Keystone, 100 Eggs . 18.50 
For the above incubators with Underwriters’ Insurable 
Heaters add to prices given: Prairie State, Nos. 0 and 
1, $4.00 each net; Nos. 2 and 3, $5.00 each net; Keystone, 
Nos. 0 and 1, $2.50 each net. 
Southboro, Mass. 
Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City, Pa.: 
Dear Sir:—Yours received and noted. Am pleased to 
state that our experience with the Prairie State Incuba¬ 
tor, that I purchased of you and used this season, is such 
that I can thoroughly recommend it. 1 have used the 
- machines for 10 or 12 years and thought they 
were doing pretty good work but they do not bring out 
the chicks so uniformly good as the “Prairie State” has. 
When they commence to hatch, they come out like 
Popcorn and clean up in a few hours; no dragging along 
a day or tw r o. 
W. R. GRAVES, 
Ex-Pres. American Poultry Ass’n. 
Prairie State Stove Brooder 
The Prairie State Stove Brooder is of solid cast iron 
construction and will, therefore, last indefinitely. Its 
fire bowl is of ample capacity, which will positively carry 
a fire overnight and last an extra margin of from five to 
eight hours. No sheet iron enters into the construction 
of the stove. There is no coal magazine, consequently no 
bridging of ashes or coal, no belching of smoke into the 
brooder room. The chicks are comfortably warm over 
their backs by the deflection of heat over the canopy, 
which is the only correct way in brooding. The canopy 
is hinged and easily lifted, giving ready access to the 
stove and regulator and reduces to the lowest terms the 
labor involved in charging the fire box. The canopy is 
of flat construction, permitting deflection of heat and, at 
the same time, preventing rapid radiation above the top. 
The regulator is at once automatic, sensitive and simple. 
giving triple control with one motion of the lever and 
assuring positive action at all times. The lower door is 
not a part of the regulating system and needs never be 
opened except for the removal of ashes. The Prairie 
State Brooder is not a makeshift, hastily placed upon 
the market to meet competition, but is an equipment of 
splendid design, characteristic of Prairie State methods 
and has been brought out only after most careful thought 
and experimenting on the part of our Company. 
Sr. Prairie State Stove Brooder.$40.00 
Jr. Prairie State Stove Brooder . 25.00 
No. 0 Prairie State Stove Brooder . 18.00 
Holliston, Mass., June 26th, 1914. 
Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass.: 
Dear Sirs: — We have your inquiry of June 24th regard¬ 
ing the Prairie State Stove Brooders we have installed. 
The first installation of one brooder decided us to put 
in twenty, and after operating the twenty, we put in 
another twenty. We have now forty brooders in opera¬ 
tion on our Holliston, Mass., plant, and about twenty 
more at our other branches. We brood 500 chicks to a 
brooder, making a total of about 30,000 chicks now being 
brooded under your brooders. 
We do not think further comment is necessary. 
PITTSFIELD POULTRY FARMS CO., 
Per Howard Gilmore. 
Pairie State Brooders and Hovers 
The Prairie State Brooders and Hovers are made in the 
most thorough manner. The No. 1 Brooder is, in fact, a 
colony house, as the hover can be removed and attached 
to another house. The No. 2 and No. 3 are constructed 
on the same general plans as the No. 1, only they are 
smaller in size. 
The Universal Hover has stood the test of a number of 
years and has proved to be one of the most successful 
of brooders. It is easy to attach to any colony house or 
box. The lamp box is placed on the outside of the colony 
house, thus making it very easy for the attendant to look 
after the lamp. 
The Portable Hover is just what its name indicates, a 
hover that can be moved from one house to another at 
any time. This hover is constructed entirely of galvan¬ 
ized sheet steel. No wood or other inflammable materials 
are used. It is insulated thoroughly with asbestos and 
mineral wool. Every inch of the inside of this house is 
available for brooding purposes and is uniformly heated 
throughout, there being no hot or cold spots. 
PRICES 
Universal Hover, complete with Lamp Case.$10.00 
Hover, less Lamp Case. 9.00 
No. 1. Col. Brooder. 30.00 
No. 2. Col. Brooder. 27.50 
No. 3. Col. Brooder. 22.00 
Regulator for Col. Brooders and Hovers. 1.00 
Portable Hovers, complete with Lamp, Thermometer 
and Regulator . 18.00 
Jr. Portable Hover, complete w'ith Lamp, Ther¬ 
mometer and Regulator. 11.00 
Send for Catalog. 
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