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HOUTICULTURE 



September 22. 1917 



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m Some Plain Every Day Proofs 

 ^ That Larger Houses Cast Less 



Is III!' Willi' llOllW. 111!' I""l llUlllliilK Uli- HO fill- lllii.M' 

 ilif ImmkIiom Hull llio Himili'w wlilili llii-y ciml In wiil.l.v 

 .lirriiM-il In rnlllni.' Iliriiii»:li Hint iliHtniiii'. II}' tlic tluiu 

 It r<'ii<t"'» II"' lii'mlH'H It Is si'sri't^ly iiutk'i'iihle. 



III. till- small liiiu«i'. till- rouf 1h so iiiiii'li i-kifior to tli« 

 lii-iii-ii<-H tliiit lii'uv.v sliuilows tin' lliruwii l«y llii' fiimii-- 

 wurk. 



oiir (rl(-ii(l nliuvf, IiuIiUiik I'Ih viiue urer tlii> liuiicli 

 .\v» wliiit \vc wiiiil to brliiji out. 



Ill OIK' i-iisv 111- liolils Ills ciiiie two foi't nbuvc tlio bi'iich ; 

 III I hi' otliiT. six ill lies. 



Note till' lUfTiTi'iH'i' iu till' sluiilowH. In tlii' loft liiiml 



oiu' as 111 til ISO of till! Willi' iiri'ciilioiiHo. tlio xliailow 



Is wlili'iv iliHirilMiti'il or illlTiisi'il liy tlio illslaiioi' tliroii;:li 

 whlrli It' falls. It is linn-ly iiiTi-eptllili'. 



Ill the otlior, as in tlio case of the siiiiill house: tlie 

 illstaiiee betweeu llio cane anil lionch Is too short to 

 illffuse the shadow. It Is heavy and iutcnso. 



Another llliislrallnii Is tli.' illlnllni,' of a iu|i of lea. 

 The more hot w;il»-r you pour Into the eiip. the weaker 

 the tea ^ets. The more illstaiiee you put heiwii'ii the 

 ohject that casts I he shallow ami the olijerl the shallow 

 falls on, tlio weaker the shadow Is. 



It's one of the reasons wti,v our lar^e houses arc more 

 proiliietlve than the small ones covering the same amount 

 of Kroiiml. 



We woiilil. iiiili'i'il. lie elad to ICO still further into this 

 mailer of hirife houses or small houses. 



Villi know we (.'o anywhere for business or to talk 

 business. 



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