880 THELI WeesCOlie COs Pittsburgh; Pa: 
Oakes “Life Saver” Electric Battery 
Brooder 
A very practical and sub- 
stantial unit for starting 
chicks and brooding first 3 
to 5 weeks. Metal construc- 
tion throughout—strong 
and sturdy; portable—can 
be rolled any place easily. 
Automatic temperature con- 
trol in each compartment. 
Droppings-pans and %-inch 
mesh wire floor, removable 
from front and rear. Each 
compartment has 2 feed- 
troughs and 1 water-trough. 
Total floor-space in 5 com- 
partments, 6,960 square 
inches. Capacity, 750 day- 
old chicks. Shipped knocked 
down. No. 709E, $145. 




Oakes “Backwarmer Twin” Electric 
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Sanitary 
Convenient 
Portable 
Furnished 
decks, each deck di- 
vided into 2 com- 
partments. Suspended 
hover for each com- 
partment. Hovers can 
be removed so as to 
convert to growing bat- 
tery. Ample head room 
for chicks to 4 or 5 
weeks old. Each deck 
has a capacity of 310 
to 350 chicks and has 16% feet of feeding and watering space. 
Well built throughout and mounted on swivel casters. Shipped 
K.D. No. 1240, $220. 

















Oakes Growing Battery 
Designed for use as an intermediate Battery in broiler plants. 
Has 11-inch head room and capacity of 350 four-week-old chicks. 
Circular on request. No. 331, $108. 
Oakes Finishing Battery (Capacity, 120 Broilers) 
All metal construction—sturdy, 
strong, sanitary. Has 4 decks, 8 
compartments; 14-inch head room, 
total floor space 5,777 square inches, 
Capacity, 120 broilers up to 21% 
pounds or 48 to 56 hens. Overall 
height 72 inches. Patented self- 
locking doors; woven wire floors; 
removable droppings-pans; ample 
feeding and watering space; troughs 
adjustable to 3 positions. Shipped 
K.D. No. 324, $92. 
Oakes 25 Per Week 
Broiler Plant 
Consists of 2 starting units, 
1 grower unit and 2 finishing 
units. Circular on request. 
No. 340, $109. 




500 Liberty Ave. + 113 Diamond St, 
Oakes ‘“‘Gro-Ezy”’ Electric Brooder 
This Brooder makes the 
battery brooding method 
possible to poultrymen at 
surprisingly low cost. Can 
be operated in basement, 
garage or any room where 
ai temperature does not fall 
below 70 degrees. Made entirely of metal. Thousands in use, 
Has two compartments divided by curtain. Chicks are brooded 
in enclosed section; they eat, drink and exercise in front area, 
Has three troughs—front trough for water, two side troughs for 
feed. Thermostat maintains the right degree of heat, once ad- 
justed. Outside dimensions 31 by 39 by 11 inches. Capacity, 100 
day-old chicks, about 20 chicks 4 weeks old. No. 801A, $16.20. 
5 Deck “Gro-Ezy” Battery 
Consists of 5 No. 801A Units and angle iron frame Rack to hold 
the 5 Units. One No. 805 Battery and one No. 324 Finishing 
Battery (described in left column) will produce 35 broilers weekly. 
No. 805, $106.00. 
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rood-N-Gro Battery Unit 
= A Home Broiler Plant 
Produces 40 finished _ broilers 
monthly after first 8 weeks of opera- 
tion. Top unit is Gro-Ezy No. 801 A. 
described above. Bottom unit is 2- 

deck finishing battery. Head room 
14 inches. Floor space required 30 by 
40 inches. Height 53 inches. Angle 
iron frame mounted on swivel casters. 
Shipped K.D. No. 310, $48.40. 
Oakes Electric Incubator 
All metal construc- 
tion. Temperature con- 
trolled by wafer-oper- 
ated switch. Case is 

heavily insulated to 
prevent heat waste. 
Inspection window 
in lid permits checking thermometer 
without raising lid. Has 80-watt 
heating element. Equipped for 110 
volt’ A.C; Overall measurements: 
231% inches diameter, 8 inches high, 
Hatches domestic or game bird eggs. 
Capacity 100 hen eggs. 
No. 887, $17.80. Brat 
Leland Wilson Electric Incubator 
A Wilson Incubator will save 
‘you more money because it will 
pay for itself in two or three 
hatches. Cabinet made of full 
thickness California redwood. 
It has many exclusive features: 
circulating air, automatic tem- 
perature control, moisture indi- 
cator and control, and Under- 
writers approval. The machine 
can be used for continuous hatch- 
ing; all or any-part of the ca- 
pacity can be used. The operat- 
ing cost is low—about 60 kw 
hours of electricity will complete 
the hatch in the 624-egg size. 
Equipped for 110-volt A.C. 
Shipped complete ready to plug 
in socket. 
416-egg size, $77.50; 624-egg 
size, $105 ; 1200-egg size, $167.50. 

