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HORTICULTURE 



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The Center Distance Between Columns 



In This 78-Foot House 



Is Wider Than The Widest Houses Used To Be 



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WELL do I remember going into one of our first 

 40-foot houses on a Winter's moonlight night, 

 and the owner calling attention to how won- 

 derfully light it was. 



Early the next morning when we again visited it, 

 the air was so noticeably fresh in contrast to his 

 narrow 28-foot houses. Comparison of the coal used, 

 proved the 40-foot one took practically no more to 

 heat it than the narrow one. 



That 40-foot house would just about fit in nicely 

 between the two columns of this 78-foot house of 

 Willig's at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



If the 40-foot house was so muci lighter and heat- 

 ed so economically, it's plain to be seen that this 

 78-foot one had proportionate advantages over the 40. 



Consider the reason for the increase in lightness. 

 The roof framing members are so far from the plants 

 that any shade they do cast is so thinned out or dif- 

 fused that its effect on the plants is next to nothing. 



When it comes to the heating, the big volume of 

 air when once it's warmed up, holds the heat and 

 acts as an insulation against sudden changes of tem- 



perature. Willig says it will protect the plants for 

 over an hour against even a severe drop in the mer- 

 cury. 



When it comes to the ventilation, growers long 

 ago found they could open a ridge vent practically 

 any day without injury. The freshness and buoy- 

 ancy of the air in such houses is one of the vital 

 reasons for the vigor of the plants and quantity and 

 quality of blooms. 



As for working these big houses, it's as plain as 

 the nose on your face that it costs less than running 

 in and out, and up and down several small ones. 



When it comes to proportionate cost of the first 

 building and the after cost of keeping it up, the big 

 house covering the same ground space has the small 

 houses backed off the boards. There is simply no 

 comparison. 



All of these facts and figures, of course, apply to 

 our iron frame construction. In the next two ads. 

 we will tell you some direct construction points 

 about this 78-footer. 



Be on the lookout for them. And remember that 

 we go anywhere for business. 



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General Offices and Factory: Elizabeth, N. J. 



NEW YORK 

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