700 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



tralto tones in duet with the tenor notes of the wonderful Caruso, as re- 

 produced by the phonograph or victrola which she has purchased to 

 assist in bringing pleasure to the family. 



She is the farm-wife's banker and pays good interest upon every 

 deposit of care and attention given her. No deposit is so small that it 

 is not appreciated and large deposits are reciprocated in proportion. 

 Hers is the soundest bank in existence. It staunchly refuses to be in- 

 fluenced by flurries on Wall Street or the stock exchange. 



Local representatives of the great Bank of American Hen & Company 

 are stationed upon almost every farm and are invested with full power to 

 act. The representatives on a given farm constitute the stock held 

 by that farm; they receive all deposits and promptly pay the interest 

 on same. 



Perhaps a new washing machine is needed. The farm wife talks the 

 matter over with her local representatives of the Bank of American Hen 

 & Company. Provided her dealings with them have been such as to 

 justify their confidence, she is instructed to purchase the desired ma- 

 chine and charge the same to their account. In a short time they hand 

 her the bill, receipted in full, and she arranges for a carpet sweeper, 

 vacuum cleaner, fireless cooker, or a new range. 



Other articles are suggested, but about this time her bankers call a 

 halt and issue a few words of good advice. They call her attention to 

 the fact that now is the time of year to increase her stock. It is pointed 

 out that sitting hens pay no bills and that to enable them to return the 

 greatest profits, it is necessary to provide the flock with up-to-date labor- 

 saving machines so that they can work most efficiently. The sugges- 

 tion is made that an incubator properly handled will insure sufficient 

 increase in stock to justify the purchase of the many articles needed at 

 the time of spring house cleaning, not to mention the spring outfits of 

 wearing apparel necessary for herself and daughters. 



The average house-wife is accustomed to plan for the future and 

 recognizes the wisdom of this advice with the result that her stock in 

 the Bank of American Hen & Company is greatly increased and one 

 by one are added to her house and wardrobe the many articles for 

 which she has longed. The set of lace curtains which would so greatly 

 improve the appearance of the front windows are hung in place and 

 she walks past the house a couple of times to see how they appear from 

 the road. For years she has longed for an easy chair for the living 

 room and at last her wish has developed into a reality. 



If all the wall paper, carpets, rugs, stoves, cooking utensils, furniture, 

 pictures, etc., which were provided by the American hen were removed, 

 there are thousands of our comfortable homes which would appear mighty 

 barren and cheerless. 



When the good farm-wife and the girls have carefully studied the 

 catalogs and decided upon the new dresses, coats, hats, and shoes which 

 would be most becoming to their particular type of beauty, or most serv- 

 iceable under their conditions, they again go into conference with the 

 hens. And when Bertha graduates or Vera gets married the necessary 

 outfits are charged to the Bank of American Hon & Company and are 

 promptly paid. 



