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HARDWOOD RECORD 



-\l;mli 10. 1922 



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If . H. Stackhouse 



(Right) 



General Manager 

 French & Hecht 



Davenport, la. 



The advisory committee of the National As<ociaiio;i 

 of Farm F.qiiipment Manufacturers comprises the 

 BrahtTiius, in the sense of heing old in wisdom and 

 experience, the patriarchs, of the vast farm equipment 

 manufacturing industry. W. H. Stackhouse, general 

 manager of the French & Hecht Companv, Davenport, 

 la., and Springfield, ()., is the chairman of this com- 

 mittee. He succeeded to that position last October at 

 the annual meeting of the association when he retired 

 from the presidency, which he held during 1920-1921. 



Mr. Stackhouse has heen connected with the French 

 & Hecht Company, of which he is one of the general 

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7. B. Bar thai omcu! 



(Left) 



President 

 Avery Company, Inc. 



Peoria. III. 



If e\'er a man was fitted for a position by natural 

 aptitude and long training J. B. Bartholomew is fitted 

 for the presidency of the Avery Company of Peoria, 

 III. He literally began his career from the ground 

 up and it is from this solid basis that he has risen to 

 be one of the best known tractor and motor farming 

 machinery inventors ami buililers iti the country. He 

 knows e\'er\' phase of tractor use and manufacture and 

 his thorough mastery of his chosen field of labor is 

 acknowledged by the members of the implement and 

 tractor industries in the esteem, confidence and per- 

 sonal leadership which they accord him. 

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