THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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AN ATTRACTIVE GIFT. 



POCKET KNIFE TOOL KIT FREE. 



We are showing herewith an all around tool which 

 would be serviceable in any household. By examination 

 of the illustration it will be seen that this tool discloses 

 twelve different combinations as follows: 



Hatchet, hammer, wire cutter, wire splicer, pinch- 

 ers, alligator wrench, leather punch, corkscrew, nail 

 claw, hunter's knife, can opener and screwdriver; all 

 of which are convenient and practical tools ever ready 

 at hand for immediate use in any emergency, in which 

 event they are especially valuable. 



This aggregation of twelve different tools as shown 

 in illustration, if bought separately in any retail hard- 



ware store would cost in the neighborhood of $7.00. We 

 will be glad to furnish these tools to any of our readers 

 for $3.50 charges prepaid, or we will send one of these 

 tools, charges prepaid, to our readers sending us a 

 club of ten new subscribers to the IRRIGATION AGE at 

 $1.00. It will be seen that by securing ten subscriptions 

 to the IRRIGATION AGE and remitting same to us that 

 you may secure a combination of twelve tools which 

 could not be purchased for less than six or seven dollars. 

 We will guarantee this tool to be of best workman- 

 ship and will replace any that show defects. 



ASHLAND COUNTY THE MANUFACTURING 

 CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The United States now stands at the head of the 

 nations of the world in manufacturing. The center 

 of population as well as the center of manufacturing 

 activity have been gradually creeping westward ever 

 since the Colonies declared their independence and 

 separated from the mother country. 



Ashland County now enjoys the unique distinction 

 of being the center of manufacturing activity in the 

 United States. Mr. F. E. Myers' attention was called 

 to this last week in Chicago by the secretary of the 

 National Association of Exporters who informed Mr. 

 Myers that the United States Census, Department of 

 Manufactures, volume I, page 171, locates the center of 

 manufacturing activity three miles southeast of Loudon- 

 ville, Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio. 



In 1850 the center was near Mifflintown, Pa. In 

 1860 near Indiana, Pa. ; in 1870 near Kittanning, Pa. ; 

 in 1880 near Butler, Pa., and in 1890 near Canton, 

 Ohio. The census of 1900 places the center of manu- 

 facturing activity in Ashland County as above re- 

 ferred to. 



We are showing herewith the "Napanoch" pocket 

 knife tool kit, the latest thing in a serviceable novelty 

 which we have been able to secure, and it will be noted 

 may be firmly attached to the pocket knife as indicated 

 by arrow in one second by a simple backward wrist 

 movement and is quickly removed by a forward wrist 

 movement. This tool kit is more useful than any other 

 pocket knife combination ever made. It is made by 

 skilled workmen and of the best material and is sold 

 with an unlimited warrantee. 



The cut shows: 



No. 1 A fine leather pocketbook, 4^ inches 

 long by 3% inches wide, % inch thick, containing all 



of the tools illustrated, making a convenient case 

 easily carried in the pocket. 



No. 2 Pocket knife, length 3% inches. 



No. 3 Reamer, length 3% inches. 



No. 4 Pile, 4 inches. 



No. 5 Saw, 4 inches. 



No. 6 Chisel, 3% inches. 



No. 7 Screw driver, 3% inches. 



This is a very serviceable tool for a boy or young 

 man and is a handy tool about the house and can be 

 handled by any one. The selling price of this tool 

 is $2.25 each, but in order to give the young members 

 of the family of the readers of the IRRIGATION AGE 

 an opportunity to secure this without cost to them 

 we offer it for six new subscribers to THE AGE. This 

 tool will be sent to any one free of charge, postage 

 prepaid, who will send us in six subscriptions at $1.00 

 each. 



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THE IRRIGATION AGE, 1 year $1.00 



THE PRIMER OF IRRIGATION, a finely illustrated 



300-page book 2.00 



II both are ordered send .... 2.50 



Address, IRRIGATION AGE, 



112 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



