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A great cooker for campers, and a 

 boon to the housewife in summer 



You Can Carry It in Your 

 Hand and It Saves Fuel 



IT is expensive as well as un- 

 comfortable, in warm weather, 

 to use a gas oven when the same 

 result can be obtained by using 

 one of the burners on the top of 

 the stove. But how can you 

 roast on such a burner, you ask? 

 The answer is found in an effi- 

 cient cooker which has recently made its 

 appearance. 



The new cooker, built of cold rolled 

 steel, consists of six parts — an asbestos- 

 lined hood, a base with a removable heat 

 deflector (also asbestos-lined), a perfora- 

 ted corrugated circular steel plate which 

 acts as an equalizer for the heat, and a 

 wire stand. Extra strength is obtained 

 in the manner in which the 

 corners of the base and 

 hood are folded 



When used as an oven 

 the cooker bakes perfectly. 

 It is large enough to bake 

 two loaves of bread at once, 

 a fowl or enough of any 

 food sufficient for the din- 

 ner of an average family. 

 The equalizer, used without 

 the hood, is of great assist- 

 ance in cooking or frying 

 as it spreads the heat evenly 

 under the pot or i)an. 



No Footprints Are Left by the 

 Gasoline Lawn-Mower 



THE lawns of the golf-club need trim- 

 ming and the horse-drawn mower 

 has been at work since early morning. 

 Up the gentle slopes and down again on 

 the other side old Dobbin is pulling the 

 heavy cutter. When the blades of the 

 mower encounter thicker grass, Dobbin 

 slows up and the increase of resistance 

 caused by a little hummock is sufficient 

 to make him stop altogether, until a 

 sleepy "Gidap" from the driver stirs 

 him to a renewal of his labor. Streaks 

 and holes appear at intervals, which in- 

 variably cause dissatisfaction on the part 

 of the goiters. 



Because of Dobbin's inefficiency a 

 western country golf club decided 

 to purchase the converted Ford 

 motor lawn-mower shown in the 

 accompanying illustration. It 

 leaves no hoofprints, does not tear 

 up the sod and pulls with such 

 evenness that the grass is almost 

 as smooth as the top of a billiard 

 table. Besides, it does the work 

 of two horse teams and at a 

 smaller cost. 



The tractor consists of a reg- 

 ular Ford runabout model with 

 wide metal wheels in the rear. 

 It i^ run on second gear when pulling 

 the mower and is provided with a 

 water pump to circulate the engine water 

 properly at the continuous low speed. 

 To prevent the water from being spilled 

 out of the radiator when the tractor is 

 going down sharp inclines, a gallon can 

 it attached to the radiator cap as shown 

 in the accompanying illustration. 



Hitch your Ford to a lawn-mower and you will secure a 

 velvety lawn without giving a horse nervous prostration 



