THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1906 



We never have known anybody, after 

 having started a family strawberry bed, to 

 give it up and be content without it; they 

 were willing to forego almost anything 

 else, but the strawberry bed was main- 

 tained. 



THE manure spreader is not only a 

 time saver and a fertility saver; it pos- 

 itively adds to the cash value of every 

 bushel of manure put upon the ground 

 through its mechanism. On this sub- 

 ject one of our most distinguished author- 

 ities has said: "The manure spreader 

 has solved many of the difficulties con- 

 nected with direct hauling to the field. 

 A lig;ht application of manure at frequent 

 intervals is more advantageous than heavy 

 applications unevenly spread and at long 

 intervals. The unfavorable results which 

 some farmers have experienced from the 

 direct application of manure could have 

 been largely avoided if it had baen used 

 in smaller amounts and evenly spread 

 with a spreader, instead of being applied 

 unevenly and in large amounts. During 

 recent years but few complaints have 

 been heard of manure causing the land to 

 dry out and getting it out of mechanical 

 condition, and the western farmer is be- 

 ginning to appreciate more and more the 

 value of farm manure, and the present 

 improved means of applying it." 



The Sentiency of Plants 



SCIENCE is making rapid strides 

 these days and in consequence the 

 world is coming to know itself bet- 

 ter than ever before. When we recall 

 that our ancestors of only a few genera- 

 tions ago believed the world was square, 

 with the jumping-ofF place just beyond 

 the limits of vision, we may gather some 

 idea of the progress the world has made 

 as a result of the investigations of scien- 

 tific men. One thing that has been ac- 

 complished is the development of a larger 

 conception of the things about us and the 

 importance of many once deemed so 

 common and so far beneath us as to 

 merit no consideration whatever. We 

 know more about germs and bacilli and 

 microbes today than was dreamed pos- 

 sible even a quarter of a century ago, and 

 much as we fear some of them we have 

 come to have a more wholesome respect 

 for these minute but powerful influences 

 in the world, knowing as we do that they 

 are essential to health and to life itself. 



But man has given little attention to 

 plant life save as a source of subsistence 

 and support. That the three kingdoms 

 of nature were very closely related we 

 have had some inkling, but never have 

 we thought much on the subject. But 

 recently science has told us that there 

 are points of contact where the animal, 

 the vegetable and mineral kingdoms are 



quite indistinguishable one from the other, 

 and that away back in things primal the 

 origin of all three was the same, and that 

 all three are related by the closest ties. 

 No modern student but recognizes that 

 man himself is a growth out of lower or- 

 ders and that he is still sloughing off the 

 coarser materiality and rising ever to 

 loftier heights of civilization. So we 

 have become accustomed to learning new 

 things about ourselves and about animals 

 and plants without doubt and without 

 fear; in fact, we are coming to welcome 

 everything that points to growth and ulti- 

 mate perfection. 



Horticulturists will find, for instance, 

 in a recent statement of Dr. Henry S. 



Conrad of the botanical department of 

 Johns Hopkins University, matter of un- 

 iversal interest. All know about the 

 sensitive plant — how when the horseman 

 approaches from afar it will close up as 

 if to shrink from sight. And of the car- 

 nivorous plants that beguile insects into 

 their lips only to close over them like 

 some beast of prey and devour them. 

 But Dr. Conrad attributes to plant senses 

 quite as well defined as are those ob- 

 served in animals. He says that plant.' 

 see, feel and taste, although he never has 

 found evidence that they can hear. Dr. 

 Conrad made this statement while dis- 

 cussing the theory of Dr. Haberlandt of 

 of the University of Gantz, that in the 



Use this^ American Manure Spreader 





TO PROVE ALL THE CLAIMS WE MAKE FOR IT 



WE sell direct to you. 

 We sell direct to you because 

 we are able to give you much 

 better value for your money 

 than we otherwise could, and a better 

 understanding of your machine than any 

 one else could. We always keep in 

 close touch with our customers. They 

 tell us what our Spreaders are doing. 

 Sometimes they surprise even us. 



We find out just what it means to 

 countless farmers to own a Manure 

 Spreader that will double the value of 

 every bit of manure put on their land. 



The American Manure Spreader will 

 do this because it breaks up and pulver- 

 izes all the manure so that it mixes 

 readily with the soil. It distributes 

 evenly. Every square foot of land gets 

 its share. This means a good crop all 

 over the field. You don't find any 

 ••skinned" places in a field manured 

 with the Ameri:an Spreader. 



But we don't ask you to take any 

 hearsay evidence. 



We want you to find out for yourself 

 what our Manure Spreader will do. 



So we make you this remarkable offer. 

 We will send you one of our Spreaders 

 on trial and prepay the frciglit. 



Use it a month on your own farm. 



If you find itexactly as we have rf pre- 

 sented, after the month's free trial, you 

 can settle for the machine on terms 

 convenient for you. 



Bul,\l the American Manure Spreader 

 is not what we claim, send it back at 

 our expense. You don't owe us any- 

 thing. The trial don't cost you a 

 penny. The month's use you have had 

 of the Spreader is FREE. 



Could we do more to prove to you 

 that the American Manure Spreader is 

 what we s;iy? Would we dare to make 

 such an offer i£ we didn't know what 

 our Spreader will do? Remember — 

 when you deal with us, you are doing 

 business with an independent concern. 



We do not belong to any Trust or 

 Combination. 



And by our plan of making and seW- 

 in^ direct, yon get a dollars' worth of 

 Manure Spreader for every dollar you 

 pay. 



You see we make more Manure 

 Spreaders than any other concern in 

 the world. 



We own and operate the largest fac- 

 tory ever built for this purpose. 



It is equipped with every modern 

 labor-saving device. All our machinery 

 is up-to-date — the very "latest im- 

 proved". 



This means the best possible machines 

 at the lowest possible cost. 



The American Manure Spreader is 

 today an example of the very highest 

 development in modern agricultural 

 implements. 



It is absolutely up-to-date. 



The principles upon which it is con- 

 structed are sensible and practical. 



There are no complicated parts to get 

 out of order. It is simple, and carefully 

 constructed. 



And you take as much time as you require 

 to pay for the Spreader after you have used 

 it A MONTH FREE. 



The Spreader may earn its own cost, 

 before you scod us a shilling:. 



Will you be as fair with us as we are will- 

 ingr to be with you ? 



Will : ou send for information of our eener- 

 ous proposition today ? 



Even though you do not wish to buy now, 

 send for partieulnrs. 



Some diy you may wish to buy, and then 

 knowledge of our ilew Selling Plan will come 

 in handy. You will know tiow tosat/f moruy. 



If you will tell us how mueh land you own. 

 and how many horses, cattle, sheep and 

 hogrs you keep, we will eivc you the Govern- 

 ment statistics as to the value of your manure 

 crop. 



Write to us today. Put down this paper 

 and write before the matter has a chance to 

 slip your meinory. 



Address at once— 



AMERICAN HARROW CO., 4533 Hastings St. Detroit, Mich. 



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