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original lines and cultivating the foreign mar- 

 ket a good business has resulted, sufficiently 

 large to keep a staff of expert mechanics at 

 work the year round. Four years ago the 

 United States trade was lai-ge enough to w'ar- 

 rant the company starting in that market, and 

 each year since the trade has doubled, so that 

 it is now eight times what it was the first year. 

 When it is remembered that this is the hardest 

 market in the worla to capture it will be seen 

 that the Spramotor has merit. 



Over 5.000 Spramotors have been supplied to 

 one manufacturer of paints in the United States 

 to apply their product. Mr. W. H. Heard, in- 

 ventor of the Spramotor, is the possessor of 

 many patents in this and foreign countries, but 

 the business is built entirely upon a commer- 

 cial basis. Not one cent has been added to any 

 article made by the company because of its be- 

 ing patented; the selling price being based en- 

 tirely on the cost of production. 



Every Government in Canada has used the 

 Spramotor and pronounced it good, and use no 

 other. The general Government at Washing- 

 ton, together with all the State Governments in 

 the United States, use the Spramotor. 



There are more Spramotors in use in Canada 

 than all others comlbined. Mr. W. S. Blair, of 

 Nova Scotia, and A. McNeill, Chief Fruit Divi- 

 sion, Ottawa, say that the (Spramotor has con- 

 tributed as much to the success of the fruit 

 growers in Canada as any other cause, by mak- 



ing it possible for them to save a larger per- 

 centage of their crops than would otherwise be 

 possible. The absence of complaint against 

 spraying machinery in Canada is largely at- 

 tributable to the effort of this company, whose 

 products are recognized as the standard of ex- 

 cellence. A catalogue of 80 pages may be had 

 on request. 



ARE DOING A LARGE BUSINESS. 



A recent visit to Gammage & Sons, of Lon- 

 don, found this firm in the midst of their spring 

 plant trade. Thousands of plants were being 

 shipped to all parts of the Dominion — we noticed 

 cases of plants addressed to points in Nova 

 Scotia and New Brunswick in the east and Win- 

 nipeg, Nelson and Vancouver, B. C, in the west. 

 Nor is their trade confined to Canada alone, a 

 number of shipments having been made to the 

 United States. 



Pelargoniums, of which the firm have made a 

 special feature this season, have proved a great 

 success. Additional time and space will be given 

 to them in the future. Preparations are well 

 under way for planting chrysanthemums and 

 carnations. Said Mr. Gammage, "We were 

 handicapped last year with building operations, 

 having added 40,000 feet of glass, but this year 

 w-e are taking time by the forelock as, having 

 no building to do, we can give our stock proper 

 attention." 



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 The Metal Shingle and Siding Co., Limited 

 Fpestcn , Ontario 



Manufacturers of all kinds of Metal RooBcg, Corru- 

 gated S..eets, Siding, Ceilings, V.-ntilntors, Tanks, J 

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