THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



I Am tha Paini Man 



2 Full Gallons Free to Try— 6 Months Time to Pay ^ 



I CuarantBO Freight Ghargesm 



St. Louis, Mo. 



AM the paint man. 

 I have a neiv way 

 of nianufacturine 

 andselling paints. It's 

 unique — it's better. It 

 revolutionized the paint 

 business of this country 

 last year. 



Before my plan was 

 invented paint was sold 

 in two ways — either 

 ready-mixed or the in- 

 gredients were bought and mixed by the painter. 

 Ready-mixed paint settles on the shelves, form- 

 ing a sediment at the bottom of the can. The 

 chemical action in ready-mixed paint, when 

 standing in oil, eats the life out of the oil. The 

 oii is the very life of all paints. 



Paint made by the painter cannot be proper- 

 ly made on account of lack of the heavy mixing 

 machine. 

 My paint is 7/7:///.v any other paint in the world. 

 It is ready to use, but not ready-mixed. 

 My paint is made to order after each order is 

 received, packed in hermetically sealed cans 

 with the very day it is made stamped on each 

 can by my factory inspector. 



I ship my thick pigment, which lis double 

 strength, freshly ground, in separate cans, and 

 in another can. I ship the pure, old process 

 Linseed Oil — the kind you used to buy years ago. 

 Any child can stir thera together. 



I sell my paint direct from my factory to 

 user you payno dealer ormiddleman profits. 



My $100.00 Cash Guarantee 



I guarantee, under $100 Cash Forfeit, 

 that the paint I am offering you does 

 not contain water, benzine, whiting, or 

 barytes— and that n\y Oilo is pure, old* 

 fashioned linseed oil and contains ab> 

 solutely no foreign substance whatever. 



I gitaruHtee the tfL'ighi on six gallons or over. 



My paint is so good that I make this wonder- 

 fully fair test offer: 



When you receive your shipment of paint, 

 you can use two full ^allotis— thai will cover 

 600 square feet of wall — two coats. 



If, after you have used that much of my 

 paint, you are not perfectly satisfied with it in 



NOTE— My S Year Guarantee Backed by $50,000 Bond. 



every detail, 3(7« can rtturn the remainder of 

 your order and the two eallons will not cost 

 you one penny. 



No other paint manufacturer ever made such 

 a liberal offer. 



It is because I manufacture the finest paint, 

 put up in the best way, that I can make th.s 

 offer. 



I go even further. I sell all of my paint on 

 six months time, if desired. 



This gives you an opportunity to paint your 

 buildings when they need it. and pay for the 

 paint at your convenience. 



Back of my paint stands my Eight- 

 Year officially signed, iron-clad 

 Guarantee. 



For further particulars regarding my plan 

 of selling, and complete color card of all 

 colors, send a postal to O. L. Chase, St. Louis, 

 Mo. I will send my paint book— the most com- 

 plete book of its kind ever published— abso- 

 lutely free. Also my instruction book entitled 

 "This Little Book Tells How to Paint" and 

 copy of my 8-year guarantee. 



Om Lm CHASEf The Pain! Man. 



Oept. BO St. Loulm, Mo. 



have been garnering for the past four 

 years and believing that we are better 

 qualified in selecting varieties adapted to 

 our condition than when we began our 

 venture. We know there will not be so 

 much "guess-work" about it, and we are 

 confident that our every perplexity will 

 be anticipated and made clear in the com- 

 ing issues of The Strawberry, while our 

 file of 1906 issues make a reference book 

 that will meet every need. 



Somebody has offered two dollars for 

 the past year's magazines. Why, a five- 

 dollar bill would not induce us to part 

 wi'h ours, and those bills look as big to 

 us as to anyone. But those copies of The 

 Strawberry are simply of inestimable value 

 to the strawberry grower. 



Fairfield, la. 



TN sending in his renewal and a subscrip- 

 •^ tion for a friend, C. (i. Richards of 

 Glen Falls, W. Va., takes occasion to 

 compose his sentiments in rhyme. He says: 



The strawberry bloom, so white and pure, 

 Ne'er failed my childish eyes to lure; 

 But the nectar of the ripened fruit 

 My fancy's taste does better suit. 



And adds: "Yet The Strawberry in twelve 

 months has taught me more than a lifetime 

 of looking and eating.'' 



NO MATTER where I have lived, 

 nor how cramped the quarters, if I 

 had any ground at all for garden purposes, 

 a part of it was sure to be consecrated to 

 the growing of this "food of the gods" 

 (strawberries), being careful to plant early 

 and late varieties, so as to insure a long 

 fruitage, writes "E. K." in Indiana Far- 

 mer. I remember one experience in par- 

 ticular. On a large town lot I had three 

 plots, aggregating probably 80 or 90 feet 

 square, planted to berries, and in one 



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 buy for delivery later. 



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