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HOKTICULTURE 



October 23, 1915 



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Xliitt Iron I'rame Vegetable Uouse of Zuck A: 'Son i*> 75 feet wide and 468 feet long. 



About Zuck & Sons, Erie, Pa. 



rf^NE of our florist custom- 

 '-' ers said to me, after 

 reading our page Ad. about 

 the big. Dunbar and Hopkins 

 vegetable range at Ashta- 

 bula: "Why do you spend 

 your good money, advertis- 

 ing vegetable houses to the 

 florists?" 



Our answer was: "Be- 

 cause the florists are fast 

 becoming growers of vegeta- 

 bles." 



It has been proven beyond 

 all doubt, that a rotation of 

 crops of flowers and vegeta- 

 bles can be made to pay 

 handsomely. 



William Sim of Clifton- 

 dale. Mass.. proved it years 

 and years ago. 



Thos. Roland, with his 

 new range at Revere, Mass., 

 has proven it so conclusive- 

 ly, that starting with one 

 liouse 50 feet wide by 600 

 feet long, he now has three. 

 The one erected last year is 

 76 X 650 feet. 



At about the time the 

 Irondequoit vegetable grow- 

 ers were waking up to the 

 advantages of the iron frame 

 house, Zuck and Sons of 

 Erie. Pa., built their first one 

 40 feet wide and 458 feet 

 long. 



It was among our first 

 houses, that wide, which we 

 built entirely without col-, 

 umns. I 



It proved beyond all argu- 

 ment that houses 72 feet 

 wide could be built with our 

 method of framing, with 



sides are 6 feet 6 incbes high. The ridge, 24 feet 

 8 inclies. Tile double fillding doors are 

 8 feet 5 inches -\ 8 feet 7 inches. 



iip!*e in the first iron frame house erect*-, i for Zuck & 

 Son. It was 40 feet wide and 458 feet long. 

 Note itN total absence of columns. 



only two columns across the 

 house. 



This, then, would leave a 

 big, broad space right down 

 the centre of the house, such 

 as had never been thought 

 possible before. 



This absence of columns 

 made ploughing with a team 

 thoroughly practical. 



And so another economy 

 point was added in favor of 

 the big. wide houses. 



The results from this big 

 iron frame vegetable house 

 have been a revelation to 

 ;Mr. Zuck and his sons. It 

 has opened their eyes to 

 tremendous new possibili- 

 ties in vegetable growing un- 

 der glass. 



Already they have under 

 consideration some radical 

 departures in m.arketing 

 their crop, that bid fair to 

 blaze the trail for bigger 

 things and larger profits. 



With our six sales offices 

 in various parts of the coun- 

 try, it's doubtful if any other 

 concern has anything like an 

 equal opportunity to keep in 

 as intimate touch with what 

 is doing in the various grow- 

 ing lines; or is in quite so 

 fortunate a position to ad- 

 vise with those who intend 

 to build. 



With our three factories 

 now in operation, our deliv- 

 eries are prompter than ever 

 and freight costs more favor- 

 able. 



When you are ready to 

 talk building, say when and 

 where and we'll be there. 



SALES OFFICES: 



NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO ROCHESTER CLEVELAND 



42nd Street Bldg. Tremont BIdg. Franl' " ' " ".ookery Bldg. Granite BIdg. Swetland BIdg. 



TORONTO, CANADA, Royal MONTREAL, Transportation Bldg. 



FACTORIES: Irvington, N. Y. Des Plaines, 111. St. Catharines, CanaJa 



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