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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1913.
FOR SALE
8,000 busliels Cleveland m HIjc
Boll Cotton Seed, the best cot
ton In the \vorld. Bushel, $1;
6 bushel lots 90 cents bushel;
10-bushel lots SB cents bushel;
BO-bushel lots or more 7B
cents bushel.
2,000 bushels Cook's Improv
ed, same price ns Cleveland.
1,000 bushels Early Triumph
and 1,000 bushels Breadwell's
Double Jointed, the two bent
early varieties $1 bushel; 10-
bushel lots or more 00 cents.
Sanders’ Improved, Marl
boro Prolific and Rntts Im
proved Corn, peek, $1 ; bushel
$8.
Fancy Berkshire pigs sired by two
great bnars, one u son of the $4,000
Star Value, other a sou of the 1010
Champion Keystone Baron Duke.
Prices right. Your orders will have
prompt attention.
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a strong'
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and pour it
down sinks, water
Closets and drains,
I cleanse and purify your troughs, oarns, .ien-
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I sweet smelling—prevents disease and foul odors.
RED SEAL LVE
I Use it in BCrub and washing water—it makes hard water
I soft and saves soap and labor. Cleanses dairy utcusils best
I for making hard and soft soap. Ask your storekeeper for tied
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AGRICULTURAL
Education
Successful ParnunGt
J? Andrew Soule
iriis department i'iu cneirjuliy endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College. Athens. Ga.
CONTROL OF ITCH ON HORSES
jr
fhafley’s Prolific Corn
Rest yielding variety tested at Georgia State
College of Agriculture for four years. More
bushels per acre than any prolific variety in a
number of tests. The corn for those Interested
Bu increasing yield or in contests for greatest
Vield. per pfc.. §1.00: half bu.. $1.75; bu. $3.00
Jf.o.b. Carefully selected by originator and
|bieedet.
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Helena, Ga.
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FOR SALE—COW PEAS
Mix $2.0C Du., Iron $2.50 feu., whips
$2.25 bu.. Clays $2.25 bu. P. O. B.
F. A. BUSK, Richland, Ga.
BRANCH’S GENUINE RATTLESNAKE
WATERMELON SEED
ULY PURE STRAIN Carefully selected. Kept pure
IJUJIIITE^TATES forty years. No other variety
" grown on plantation of 1500 acres.
) seed impossible where different kinds are
_ own. 1 oz. 15c-*-2 oz. 25c—4 oz. 40c—£ lb. 60c,
l lb. $1.00—5 lbs. $4.50—10 lbs. $8.50 delivered.
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GROW MORE
SWEl T POTATOES
AND LESS CO TTON
Slips $1.50 thousand. Draws $1.50 M. Send
| for booklet.
C. W. Woughtel
Sweet Potato Specialist, Homeland, Ga.
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W. A. M., Brooklyn, Ala., writes:
Please advise me what to do for a horse
that has the itch. Last summer he
wallowed in a puddle of water and
shortly after he broke out all over, in
the fall when the weather turned cool
he got better. Since the weather has
been warm for the last few weeks he
is breaking out again, mostly in his
tail, mane and legs. Anything you can
suggest doing for him will be appre
ciated.
The best suggestions we can offer
lor the treatment of the trouble to
which you refer is first to thoroughly
disinfect the quarters, fences and rub
bing posts with which the animals may
have come in contact. This may be ef
fected by scrubbing with a disinfecting
solution consisting of one part of car
bolic acid and twenty parts of water.
The treatment should be thorough and
repeated from time to time. Then se
cure a pound of sulphur and mix with
about eight pounds of salt and give a
handful at lirst and gradually increase,
though too much should of course not
be given. Treat the entire animal ex
ternally with some of the coal tar prod
ucts .among which may be mentioned
cnloro-naptholeum, zenoleum, creolin,
| etc. Use the solutions in strength of
one part to fifty parts of water. Apply
; with a sponge or scrubbing brush and
j see that every part of the animal is
! wet with the solution. On account of
j the danger of taking cold select a warm
day for the treatment, which should
! he repeated again in a few days. If
I this method of management is followed,
we believe that relief from the trouble
will be secured provided you have di
agnosed it correctly. Sanitation and
a plentiful supply of nourishing food
are the weapons which you must em
ploy in fighting trouble of this char
acter.
* * *
ROTATING CROPS FOR HOGS.
W. N. M., Washington, Ga., writes: I
am thinking of growing peanuts, chufas,
soy beans, sorghum cane, and probably
field peas and sweet potatoes for hogs
this year. I wish to know in what suc-
j cession they should bep lanted. I will
j let the hogs gather all except the sor-
: ghurn. I want space vacant about Sep-
j tember 1 so I can plant grain for win
ter grazing.
for the enrichment of the ground. In
planting cotton on land which has been
cropped as heavily as suggested in your
letter, it is important to secure vegeta
ble matter as the basis of your fertil
izer. Yard manure or compost will an
swer verj well if you can secure live
tons pen acre to use under the drill row,
and then an application of high-grade
fertilizer at the rate of 1,000 pounds
per acre is likely to give you good re
sults. To depend on fertilizer alone fs
not good practice, and you will find
sooner or later will not return you the
profit you have a right to anticipate
from such a heavy application of plant
food.
On gray land with a red clay subsoil
we would -be inclined to use for cot
ton about a 9-3-4. The minimum ap
plication should be 500. pounds. If you
have yard manure or vegetable matter
derived from other sources, 1,000 pounds
will prove profitable, as we have demon
strated to our own satisfaction on the
college farm. Where you have a supply
of vegetable matter we doubt the neces
sity of using nitrate as a lop dress
ing. In its absence we think 100 pounds
per acre can be used to advantage. Per
sonally, we would be disposed to apply
500 to 700 pounds of the above formula
under the drill row at the time of plant
ing and use 200 or 300 pounds as a
side application early in the growing
season. You should remember that the
preparation of your land and the type
of seed selected and the cultivation giv
en will all have an important influ
ence on the yield secured. You can pre
pare a formula of the above character
from high-grade acid phosphate, cotton
seed meal and njtrate of soda, blood or
tankage and muriate of potash.
* * *
GROWING COTTON AFTER COTTON.
H. B. R., Wadley, Ala., writes: I
want to know the best commercial fer
tilizer to use on red clay land that has
been in cotton constantly for twenty
years. Can caustic lime be applied at
time of preparation of land in spring?
When and how is best way to fertilize
corn on bottom land?
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY
GEORGIA ASSOCIATIONS
During the meeting of the Georgia
Dairy and Live Stock association the
Georgia State Horticultural society and
the Georgia Breeders' association held
January 15 to 18, the members were
unanimous in that the State College of
Agriculture should be supplied with bet
ter'facilities for the work being carried
on there. Following is a copy of the res
olution passed:
Resolved, That we hereby petition the
general assembly of Georgia to pro
vide the most liberal appropriations for
the Georgia State College of Agriculture,
Athens, Ga. Authentic reports prove
that during the last five years, the ac
tivities of the College of Agriculture
have materially increased the yield and
production of our principal crops. The
State College of Agriculture needs lib
eral financial assistance to erect addi
tional buildings, maintain and expand
it scourse of instruction, and develop its ;
extension demonstration work; which
includes farmers’ institutes, agricultural i
extension schools, teachers’ institutes, j
boys’ and girl's clubs, farm demonstra- ;
tions, soil surveys, plant and animal .
breeding centers, field work in live -stock I
and dairying and poultry husbandry. j
The general assembly of Georgia j
should in- our judgment appropriate a j
much larger proportion of the state’s !
revenues to the advancement of agri
cultural interests now being so ably pro
moted by the State College of Agricul
ture. Y'our favorable support of this
request will meet with the hearty ap
proval of your constituents.
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HITE’S PROLIFIC COTTON SEED
A justly celebrated variety—very prolific and yielding 40 per cent lint. From 1 to
2% bales cotton per acre with application 1,000 pounds fertilizer may be raised where
climatic conditions^ire favorable.
It fruits‘better than any other variety. I recommend it to the up-to-date farmer.
A limited quantity of seed for sale. Price $1.00 per bushel f.o.b. Augusta.
G. H. NIXON, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Fertilize for Fruit,
Not for Foliage
A study of the formulas of fertilizers often
recommended for fruits would give the idea
twt foliage and rapid growth is what you seek.
The most of them lack fruit-producing
POTASH
Any fertilizer for fruits should contain^! least 12 per cent,
available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for
citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash
Magnesia {double manure salt).
Applications o? such a fertilizer should begin at planting and
continue during the life of the tree. It means earlier and longer
bearing, larger yields, better grades and shipping quality, and a
hard, solid, growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays.
If your dealer doesn't carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or
Potash Salts, write to us for prices. We will sell any amount from
a200-lb bag. up. Write now for fertilizer formulas and how to
make them for Fruit Culture, and special free pamphlet. Orange
Culture. (Jermon Kali Works. Inc.
Broadway. New York Empire Bldg., Atlanta
Bank & Trust Bldg., Savannah
An ideal plan for brazing- hogs would
| be to fence off a five-acre' tract in five
J equal parts. A roadway should be al
lowed to run down one side so t'iu*t
j all of the lots could be reached without
entering any of theml Water should be
provided alongside the roadway. On the
fit*st area it would be well to plant a
fall-sown crop such as crimson clover or
some of the winter cereals. Oats or
wheat would b e satisfactory for this
purpose. This will afford a considerable
amount of fall and winter grazing and
the crops may be turned under in the
late spring and both areas seeded to an
early maturing variety of cowpeas. As
you have nothing planted on these first
two areas it would be well fo plant
3urt oats on one- and Canada peas on
the other, provided you can seed them
right away. The only value you are
likely to secure from these crops is
through planting them immediately. If
you cannot accomplish this, devote both
areas to cowpeas, putting say the War
ren’s Extra Early on the first plat and
Whippoorwill on the second. The third
plat should be devoted to an early ma
turing variety of soy beans, the fourth
to a late maturing variety of cowpeas,
and the fifth plat to peanuts. We 4° not
regard the chufas or sweet potato as
so desirable for grazing down by hogs
as thee rops mentioned above. All of
these crops may be grazed off in suf
ficient time to permit of the planting of
winter cereals and legumes, such as
burr clover, crimson clover and the
hairy vetch. We do not believe you
can arrange a combination for grazing
down by hogs which would be better
than the one suggested above, as the
legumes all produce a considerable
quantity of grain rich in nutrients. If
the crops on the above areas do well
they should be sufficient to maintain
five brood sows and their progeny, twen
ty-five to thirty-five pigs in all. If you
desire to carry a larger number of ani
mals you should increase the areas.
* * *
. FARMING OLD FIELDS.
J. E. M., Cuthbert. Ga.. writes: 1
| have about seventy-five acres of land
j that has laid out for from two to six
years which I put in Ante condition by
running cut-away harrows over it, first
plowing it deep with two-horse plow.
I have oats planted in drill. I want to
know what is best to put on them for
good results. The oats were planted
in October without any fertilizer of any
kind.
“Gee, But I Would Hate
to Lose Those Shoats.”
Who wouldn’t? It is your fault' if you do. Begin
now to “Get the Germ Before the Germ Gets the Hog.”
v --vrv ‘
“PREVENT”
is the name of a booklet
that tells how to get the
germ first — that tells
how to prevent diseases
and save the hogs.
You know that when in
the cholera stage you
simply can’t cure hogs
with serum or any other
form of treatment.
You know that if you can keep your hogs healthy as shoats,
keep them free from germs and worms, they will have no cholera.
This book will tell you just how to proceed. How to get the
germ first. How to keep the hogs in prime condition, strong
and healthy and able to resist diseases.
RED DEWtL LYE
keeps the hog on full feed throughout the dry food stage,
and as yon know, that’s when the cholera gets in its work.
It’s up to you. You can’t hold any one else responsible for
disease in your hogs.
Get this book. Study it. Draw your own conclusions and
govern yourself accordingly.
Buy RED DEVIL LYE at your dealers. Big; 4^-iocti Cans,
10c. The handy Friction Tgp prevents waste.
Wm. Scfcield Mfg. Co.
St. Louis, Mo.
Personally, we would use nothin but
nitrate of soda on the oats in question.
It would probably have been advistble
to use a complete fertilizer in moderate
amount on this crop last fall at the
time of planting, but we think a cojn-
plete fertilizer at this season of the
year will not prove very effective. A
complete fertilizer should he incorpor
ated with the soil, and while this might
be done by scattering broadcast and
working in with ’ a harrow, we believe
that the results obtained from the ap
plication would hardly Justify the ex
pense involved. We* would prefer to
use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a
top dressing applied when the oats are
dry so as not to injure the leaves. It
should he scattered broadcast on the
ground after a rain rather than before
one. The first application may be made
shortly after growth starts in the
spring, and the second two weeks tto
thirty days later. The second applica
tion should be made as soon as the
oats begin to joint. In other words
while the head is still in the hoot and
very small. To put the last applica
tion On after the oats have short into
heau is to invite the formation of stalk
and leaf at the expense of grain.
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A - GOOD FORMULA FOR COTTON.
W. A. W„ Flovilla, Ga.. writes: I have
eight acres of land on which I made
thirteen bales of cotton in 1911 with
1,000 pounds of guano per acre and 100
pounds of nitrate of soda per acre as a
top dressing at last plowing. It was
in corn in 1912, and 1 wish to put it
back in cotton this year and wish to
know what fertilizer formula to use
to get the best results. My land is
gray with red clay subsoil.
Land will not produce large crops of
corn and cotton for a long period of
time,. even though you use large
amounts of fertilizer unless a wider
rotation of ci^ops is practiced. The first
thing for you to plan in' connection with
your farm is to so organize and manage
it that you can devote a part of your
land to legumes to be grazed down,
plowed under or cut for feed for live
stock and the resulting manure returned
For heavy, red cla^ land we believe
an 8-3-4 will prove about the right
formula to use on cotton. It is, of
course, impossible to secure the best re
sults with commercial fertilizer on any
type of land which has been grown con
tinuously in one crc\p. as corn or cot
ton, for example. To^ build up this land
you will find it absolutely necessary to
establish a rotation. The land should
be deeply broken*. Subsoiling at this
time of the year, especially in view of
the heavy rains which have fallen,
should not be undertaken. As soon as
the land is broken you should apply
lime at the rate of one ton per acre.
We can recommend the use of the finely
ground raw rock at the rate mentioned.
This we think will prove quite satisfac
tory on your soil. It is true the caustic
lime is more active and has
a greater ’ sweetening power than
the ground rock, but it
much more difficult to handle, and the
ground rock w T ill iij' oui* judgment ac
complish the same purpose, though tak
ing a longer time to do it. Naturally
the ground rock will prove more ef
fective on soil which contains an abun
dance of vegetable matter than where
this element is lacking. If you use
caustic lime put it oji not less than
thirty days before applying the 'fer
tilizer; if you* use the finely ground
rock, two weeks will be ample. Do not
mix the fertilizer with either the caus
tic or ground lime. We think you will
find it well to put 300 to 400 pounds of
the formula mentioned above under
the cotton rows at the time of plant
ing. and reserve as much as 200 pounds
as a side application. Some nitrate
of soda used as a top dressing will often
prove effective on this crop. Not over
100 pounds should be used, however,
and the last application should be made
about the first of .July in your locality.
For corn on bottom land we would
put a part of the fertilizer under the
drill row, and if the land is supplied
with vegetable matter all the fertilizer
may be used at the time of planting.
On lands deficient in vegetable matter
side applications often prove desirable.
The nature of the bottom land not be
ing stated, it is difficult to suggest defi
nitely the amounts to use. We think
for corn a minimum application on
ground which has been at all well pre
pared would be 500' pounds.
EXCHANGING *COTTON SEED FOR
MEAL.
•T. H. S., Griffin, Ga.. writes: I can
exchange a ton of cotton seed for a ton
of cotton seed meal, or for a ton of
tankage 6.5 per cent nitrogen. On stiff
red land which would you advise using,
the meal or the tankage? Which leaches
worst from big rains?
If a farmer can exchange a ton of
cotton seed for a ton of high grade meal,
it is certainly to his advantage to do
so. A ton. of ^cotton seed contains only
about $11 worth of plant food at or
dinary prices. A ton of meal should
contain nol less than $21 or $22 worth
of plant food. A good grade of cotton
seed meal contains 6.18 per cent of
nitrogen, 2.5 'per cent of phosphoric acid
and 2 per cent of potash.. In other
words, a ton of it ‘contains about $3 to
$4 worth of phosphoric acid and potash.
The tankage to which you refer may
contain some phosphoric acid of It may
not. It depends upon how It was made
and the sources from which the mate
rials of which it is composed are de
rived. Personally, we would be inclined
to favor the use of the cotton seed meal,
believing that the nitrogen in it will be
come available with sufficient rapidity
to meet the needs of the average farm
crop, and that it will hot leach from
the soil more rapidly than would tank
age. Tankage, of course, is a very vari
able • product as to composition, and
one can only afford to buy and use it
after securing thorough information as
to its origin « and composition.
• * * *
PREPARING CERTAIN STANDARD
FORMULAS.
W. X W. B., Greensboro, Ga., writes: l
would like to know what ingrelients to
use and in what proportion to make a
10-3-4, an 8-2-2 aand a 9-2-3. My land
is dark loam with red .subsoil and some
sand. If you can suggest better for
mulas for com and cotton would be
glaad to have you do so.
Grow IV2 Bales Cotton
Where Only 1 Grew
Before
One tft one-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 00
bushels of corn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields.
Simply use liberally the right fertilizer or plant food to the acreage
you plant, and cultivate the crop more thoroughly and oftener.
You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds.
Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are
V irginia-Carolina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They are made to gi ve Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia or
Nitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields.
These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN, RICE,
TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK.
Virginia-Caroima
Chemical Co.
Box 1117
phosphate, 700 pounds of cotton seed
meal, containing not less than 6.18 per
cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 2 per cent of potach,
i 00 pounds of high grade nitrate of
soda and 100 pounds of muriate of pot
ash will give you a formula which very
closely approximates a 10-3-4, though
it is a little low in potash. This diffi
culty may be overcome by reduefng the !
cotton seed meal to 6oo pounds and |
raising the nitrate of soda by 500 j
pounds, and adding 25 pounds each of j
acid phosphate and muriate of potash, j
1,100 pounds of high grade acid phos- I
phate, 700 pounds of the grade of cot- j
ton seed meal mentioned above, and 100 j
pounds of muriate of potash with 100
pounds of dry earth will give you a for
mula which approximates a 9-2-3. An
8-2-2 may be prepared by mixing to
gether 1,000 pounds of high grade acid
phosphate, 700 pounds of cotton seed
meal and 300 pounds of kainlt.
For a dark loamy soli we are inclined
to think that an 8-3-3 would be about
right for eott<?n and a 9-3-4 about right
for corn. We believe about 500 pounds
of each of these formulas should be
used per acre, at least 300 pounds being
put under the drill row at the time of !
planting, and 200 pounds used as a side !
application. The question of using side j
applications is determined largely by
the physical condition of the land and
the per cent of vegetable matter it con-
tais. Corn requires more liberal ferti
lization than cotton as it is a more ex
hausting crop to the soil, and we are
inclinel to think that an application of
100 pounls of nitrate of soda as a top
dressing would likely prove effective.
- * * *
J. N. S.. CJlio, Ala., writes: I would
like to know something about what
benefits lime exerts in the soil. I be
lieve if our sandy lands had more lime
we would not have so much black root
or blight as we do. There is some
thing needed and I have thought for
several years it was lime. What crops
is lime beneficial to?
RICHMOND
u
VIRGINIA
It is quite probable that your land
is deficient in lime since it is of a very
sandy character, and that applications
of this material will be of some benefit
to your soil and the crops grown there
on. Lime is a soil amendment and a
corrective. Sometimes it may .serve in
tjie capacity of a plant food in that it
provides calcium, an element needed
particularly by leguminous crops and
which is deficient in some soils. It is
not a fertilizer, however, and can not
be expected to take the place of fer
tilizer on land. When used properly in ]
combination with fertilizers'it will often
prove very beneficial to crops. Lime j
benefits the legumes, cereal s, most j
grasses and fruits. It would hardly be
accounted as beneficial to truck crops
and it is injurious to watermelons. Irish
potatoes, millet, red top and cotton arc
considered indifferent to lime, though
some experiments recently made indi
cate that it is of some benefit, to cot
ton, and it would appear to be quite
serviceable to corn.
Where liming is practiced it is desir
able that the land first be plowed and
this material used as a top dressing.
Two forms are available for use—the
caustic and the finely ground raw rock.
In our judgment the latter will be found
easier to handle and will serve th« same
purpose in the soil as the caustic lime,
though its action will be slower. We
are inclined to advise the use of a ton
of this material.
Fertilizers should not be mixed with
lime. Apply the lime broadcast on the
surface of the ground, say two weeks
before planting where the raw rofck
is used, and thirty days where the caus
tic lime is used. Caustic lime exer
cises twice the sweetening power in the
soil, and therefore twice the amount of
raw rock should be used as of the caus
tic lime. The ground rock can be
used to advantage where green crops
are plowed under. Remember that your
lands are deficient in vegetable mat
ter. and that neither lime nor fertilizer
wijl replace this element. A systematic
rotation of crops engaged in by the
farmers of your section will do more to
build up the soils than any other line
of practice you can follow. The turning
under of legumes or applications of
yard manure obtained from the feed- j
ing of live stock combined with judi- '
cious liming and fertilization will enable
you to buld up your osils very rapidly.
GULF CF MEXICO
More than a
hale per acre
That was the rate of yield from Alabama land, top
dressed at the rate of 100 pounds per acre with
Nitrate of Soda
It matures cotton before the boll weevil affects it. In drought
it keeps the plant from shedding its bolls.
Free Book on the Cultivation of Cotton
which I have prepared, bearing especially on fertilization of cotton and coa-
! boll i
trol of the I
Dr. Wm.S. Myers
Director
Chilean
weevil; tells how to grow big crops at little cost.
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A variety 6f materials may be used
for compounding fertilizers containing
the percentages of plant food indicated
in your letter. As a carrier of nitrogen
cotton seed meal will answer very well.
The meal may be combined with nitrate
of soda or blood, tankage or sulphate
of ammonia to very gool advantage.
High grade acid phosphate and muriate
of potash will furnish the other two el
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of 1,100 pounds of high grade acid
'I H C Quality Shows in
Service
‘\X7’E could sell wagons for lesa
V » money, but we don’t care to
sell that kind of wagon. We
want your second order, and your third,
and every order you give for a wagon. We
can’t be sure of getting those orders unless
the first wagon you buy from us proves so
satisfactory that you would not think of
going anywhere else for the second. We
have to tell you how good our wagons are
to get your first order. After that, we ex
pect the wagon itself to do the selling.
IH C wagons
Weber New Bettendorf
Columbus Steel Kin
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are made of selected, high-grade material throughou
Come with us to the works where these wagons are
built, and see the tremendous sheds where the lumber
is air-dried—seasoned out of doors — for three years or
more before it is used. Do you know the
difference between air-dried and kiln-dried
wood ? One process takes years of time, and
leaves the fibres of the wood filled with and
cemented together by the natural resinous
residue of the sap. _ The other requires only
a few days’ time, drives out all the sap, resin
and all, and leaves the wood brittle and weak.
Air drying produces elastic lumber, wagon parts that
bend and give under loads and strains, but that come
back 1 to their original position when the strain is
removed.
Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears: New
Bettendorf and Steel King have steel gears. The 1HC
local dealer knows which wagon is best suited to your
work and will give you catalogues and full informa
tion anout the wagon he sells. See him, or, if you
prefer, write
International Harvester Company of Ar:::
(Incorporated)
CHICAGO USA
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