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{BUILDING A SHIPPING CRATE
To Get Correct Proportion and Btill
Make It Light Is Matter Requir
ing Thought and Experimenting.
!"o build a strong shipping crate in
the correct proporiion and still make
it light in weight is a matter that can
mot be carried out without some
thought and experimenting and for
this reason I have drawn plans and
built sample crates in an experiment
al way until the result is satisfactory
to me, and I feel sure will be to those
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: Poultry Shipping Crate.
who. wish to build crates after this
pattern, writes E. F. Barry, in the
Buccessful Farming.
The drawing will give a corect idea
of how to put the crates together and
the following lumber bills will if fol
lowed give correct results. ;
The material, if a person is to use
any number of these crates of a cer
tain size he can best go to a box fac
tory or mill and have them cut to or
der.
The long stock should consist of
boards any length six inches wide by
three-eighths inch thick to be used for
bottom. Slats any length three
fnches wide by three-eighths inch
thick. Frame stock any length three
inches wide® by ‘hree-fourths inch
thick. Common sto¢k spruce surfaced
two sides.
It will ‘be found desirable to make
three sizes of these crates of a suit
able height for broilers and fryers and
at least two sizes for mature fowl and
for turkeys. .
METHOD OF KILLING FOWLS
Neat,'nnd Proper Way Is to Clip Head
Off of Bird and Place It In Box
: to Bleed Freely. o
_The following method of killing
fowls is a neat and proper one: Set
a square post about two feet in the
ground and about two and one-half or
three feet (or as desired) above
ground, writes J. E. Raiser in the
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; Slaughtering Block.
Farm and Fireside. After clipping the
fowl’'s head off (for this I prefer a
corn-cutter or knife to a hatchet or
ax), place the fowl in the box, where
it will bleed freely. This method, -to
my notion, is more humane than to
have them flopping about on the
ground.
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Gather eggs daily.
The profits in poultry culture are
measured by the care given.
It is useless to expect many eggs
from old fowls of any variety.
All scraps of vegetables from the
table should be given to the hens.
A poultryman is judged by his sur
roundings and the condition of his
fowls.
Hens need to be provided with a
summer dust bath as well as in the
winter. ¢y
The dropping-boards should be reg
ularly cleaned and the filth removed
from the houses.
It is of little profit to have a good
supply of eggs if we cannot market
them to advantage. :
A large part of the heavy loss from
bad eggs can be obviated by the pro
duction of infertile eggs.
The market age of goslings is
twelve weeks, which is a short time
after they have feathered out.
Chickens are creatures of habit.
Whether they are lazy or active de
pends largely on the way they are
raised. f
The enemies of the fresh egg mar
ket are the preserved and. the tested
out fncubator eges. above such
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"Flanders “4”
Motorcycle
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Has Them All on the Run
WHAT AN UPSETTING of prices the arrival of the Flanders
“4” Motorcycle has occasioned. Why, the other makers seem
to be in a panic. : -
IT’S FUNNY, TOO, when you recall the unkind things they
said about the Flanders “4” when we first advertised it and
stated the price. ; s
OF COURSE THEY SAID a first-class four horsepower motor
cycle could not be made for $175, even with battery ignition.
‘And a magneto included—utterly impossible.
WE WISH WE COULD print all the things they said in their
frantic efforts to discredit the Flanders “4” and justify their
own prices—which at that time were $250 and $275 for ma
chines of same power and less quality. :
YOU WILL REMEMBER they all said the only way it could
be done was to make the machine out of poor materials and
throw them together. They not only admitted, they protested,
- they could not duplicate the Flanders “4” at the price—or
anywhere near it.
YHAT WAS BEFORE we had begun to ship Flanders “4’s” to
our dealers and customers. They felt safe in making such
~ statements—for though they knew in their hearts that this
concern could not afford to turn out a second grade article—
they had no idea what a sensation it was going to create.
SO THEY LAID TRAPS for themselves—and now we are
driving them right into them.
THEY MUST EAT their own words-—they said they would
have to use poor material and poorer work in the making to
meet the price of Flanders “4.”
WELL, THEY HAVE ALMOST met the price—and they will
have to meet it and go lower before they can sell their anti
quated machines in competition with this up-to-the-minute
motorcycle.
NOW IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER, but are we to assume
" that what they said was true and that they are now making
punk machines to meet Flanders “4” in competition—or that
they told fibs about it. :
FRANKLY WE DON’T BELIEVE they are making them any
worse—some things are impossible. And we do know that
until Flanders “4” arrived on the scene, prices of motorcycles
were high above all reason.
WE SAID IN OUR AD that Flanders “4”—magneto included—
selling for $175, left a mighty small profit to us on each
machine.
BUT WE ARE SATISFIED with a small profit on each machine
so long as we can build 50,000 per year. And the price—sl7s,
magneto included—has created a demand sufficient to justify
us in building that many.
HERE’S A POINT YOU HADN’'T NOTICED perhaps: Other
makers did not drop their prices until we had actually begun
to make deliveries. Do you know why? There were two
reasons.
FIRST: OUR AD CREATED a tremendous demand which we
were as yet unable to supply. The other makers saw that and
determined to supply some of it at high prices. And they did.
Then they began to think it was going to continue. -
SECOND: THEY HOPED that when this machine did appear
it would not be up to all our claims—and would give them
a new lease of life.
Flanders Manufacturing Company, Pontiac, Michigan
: Speaking Airily. ‘
First Aviator—How far is it to the
next gasoline reservoir?
Second Aviator—Two graveyards
and a spiral glide to your left, old
man.—Life, - bes.
] D:o Pierce’s Pl’era;ant Pellettn fifiSt' put
up 40 years ago. ey re| e and invig
orate stomacg, liver andgull)lewele. Sugar
toated tiny granules. |
Just the Thing.
Howell—l'm very fond of travel.
Powell—Come around some night
and I'll let you walk the floor witlr
baby.
| And sometimes the girl's father for-
Dids »- young wian -the house, -when
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SRRt TR “,9;}l‘," ‘,v';'::"-i-}g-'»:__,"ff: oo Fs
Reconnoitered.
Mamma was dressing when seven
year-old Freddy burst into the room
with a loud “Boo!”
“Why, Freddie, dear,” expostulated
she, “you mustn’t open my door with
out knocking. I mightn’'t have been
dressed at all.”
“Oh, this was all right,” said Fred
dy, “I looked through the keyhole
first.”—Judge.
For HEADACHE—Hicks'* CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It’s uqi‘x:d—pleamnt to take—acts immedi
ately. ¥ it. 10c., 25¢., and 50 cents at drng
stores. i ¢
s Bl eult, A :
1t is difficult.for Mme. de Stael “to
‘grow old gracefully.” 1t is more diffi-
NOT ONLY THAT: But in addition to hoping, they set about
picking it to pieces before they had actually seen it them
selves. e
IT IS A FACT that, before we had shipped one motorcycle we
heard stories told by competitors of how this part was weak
and that part wrong, etc. The wish was father to the thought
—that was all. ' :
OH! WHAT A BUMP they got when we began to send them
over the country. The effect was electrical.
PRICES BEGAN TO TUMBLE: First they chopped off
s2s.oo—made theirs $250 and $225 instead of $275. But it
didn’t do. Dealers wired them—*“You must meet Flanders
prices. No use to damn the machine—it has Flanders’ name
on it and the public knows.”
OFF CAME ANOTHER s2s—and another. Here and there
they put on a magneto and tried to hold the old price. No
go—~Flanders had said, “No motorcycle is complete without
a magneto.” 4 :
WELL THEY HAVEN'T YET reached our price. Can’t, and
stay in business, because most of them are not manufactur
ers—only assemblers. They buy motors and other parts and
- pay one or two extra profits on them. :
IT COSTS THEM MORE to build the same machine than we
can sell it for. Get that? ey
WE HAVE THE FACILITIES—a $2,250,000 concern.. We
make every part. We buy right and pay cash and it costs us’
‘less to sell—because folks know a dollar’s worth when they
see it, and Flanders “4” is the biggest value ever offered. It
- sells itself.
EVERY DEALER KNOWS. Didn’t they all “hot foot it” to
Detroit to get the agency? Of course we couldn’t give it to
them all—we picked the best and of course those who didn’t
get it are sore. Naturally. And they are getting sorer every
« day.
WHEN A DEALER KNOCKS the Flanders “4”—as, of course,
he must, to sell other makes—just ask him why he was unable
to get the agency when he asked for it. You won’t miss one
- in a hundred. 1 -
MEANTIME what you want to know is how soon can you get
a Flanders “4.” That is the burning question with thousands.
And we are doing our best to answer it definitely.
IT DEPENDS ENTIRELY on how soon your order is in our
dealer’s hands. We can’t promise to deliver on the minute—
for we have none in stock. Demand is away ahead of supply
all the time. But get your order in—pay a deposit so the
dealer will know you mean business and you won’t have to
wait more than a month—perhaps not more than two weeks.
The dealer will tell you for he knows when we have promised
to ship him. Or you may write direct to us and we will gladly,
tell you.
THE FLANDERS GUARANTEE goes with every machine.
That means that if the machine we ship you isn’t right we
will make it right. The name Flanders stands for quality—
you know- that.
DEALERS: This ad is published in several newspapers that circulate widely—
in other towns than the one in which they are published. If you live in @
town where we have as yet no representative this is your chance to obtain
the best seller— because the best value—in the entire motorcycle field,
Better write the factory direct today. s y
W. L. DOUGLAS . ™y,
$2.25,*2.50, 3, *3.50,°4 &*5 SHOES £ N
All Styles, All Leathers, A{l Sizes and Widths, 2 N 5
for Men, Women and Boys. P N 3
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ive W.L. Douglas shoes a trial. W.L. {7B ay. 3
g;uglu name stu:Eed on a shoe guar- 77700 . s
antees superior quality and more value (ISP,
for the money than other makes. His Wiz ™=F3
name and price stamped on the bottom ,:'-v..::‘:;'/ !
protects the wearer against high prices £ \A;. 7 )
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us] the genuine W, L. Douglas shoes. & A 5 /AN
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