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GETTHEGREATEST HARVEST 



RIPE grain waits for no man. 

 The loss of golden hours in the field means the loss of golden 

 grain and the loss of golden profits. 



So the profits that you make from your grain depend upon 

 your harvesting machines. 



Trouble and tinkering, breakdowns and delays through unreliable 

 machines would mean the loss of time and money would mean need- 

 less expense and worry. 



You cannot afford to risk your profits on doubtful harvesting ma- 

 chines. 



And there is no reason why you should. 



Because you know the machines you' can always depend upon. 

 Since the click of the first reaper more than two hundred concerns 

 have offered harvesting machines to the .farmers. 



Out of these two hundred and odd, over one hundred and ninety, 

 up to the present time, have disappeared because their machines were 

 not right. 



This means that thousands of farmers tried such machines, lost 

 money through them and condemned them. 



Through these years of "testing" the farmers found the best and 

 placed their greatest confidence in six machines. 



You know the machines that have earned first place through this 

 test of time. 



And you know that the 



Champion, McCormick, Osborne, 



Deering, Milwaukee, Piano. 



Harvesting Machines 



hold their undisputedly supreme position today 



Because they are right 



Because they have always done the best work 



Because they have always satisfied their users 



Because they have proved by many years of use that they can 

 always be depended upon. 



That is the reason (there can be no other) they have earned the 

 approval of the farmers. 



This means that they have withstood all the tests of all conditions 

 of harvest fields everywhere. 



It means that they are built on the right principles. 



It means that, of the numberless types of harvesting machines put 

 out in the years past, these embody the ideas that have been most suc- 

 cessful in actual work. * 



It means that they are the net result of all the good that has been 

 developed in a half century's experience and experiment and that there 

 is no feature about them that is untried or experimental. 



Today these machines are more popular than ever. 



This means that they have steadily led in improvements from year 

 to year, thus holding the place they have established as the standard. 



In order that these machines shall continue to be the best, the In- 

 ternational Harvester Company pays more than $350,000 a year to 

 more than two hundred men in its Department of Improvements. 



By working together the manufacturers are able to erect and main- 

 tain Experimental Shops and Laboratories to work out every principle 

 and detail of harvesting machines, which would be far too costly for 

 any one single manufacturer working alone. 



Thus this company is able to discover and devise better methods of 

 operation, better principles of construction so as to make these machines 

 more efficient, more easily operated better for you and better for your 

 pocketbook. 



This company and the interests it represents have spent many mil- 

 lions for improvements, and no single manufacturer working independ- 

 ently could afford to pay even a fraction of the sum this company pays 

 for the greatest inventive genius and the highest mechanical skill neces- 

 sarp to produce the most improved harvesting machines. 



The demand for them is so great that it enables the International 

 Harvester Company to own its own coal and iron mines, thus securing 

 the best fuel and ore; its own iron and steel mills, thus producing the 

 best iron and steel, and its own forests and saw mills, thus securing 

 the best lumber. 



For the same reason this company is able to select the best of all 

 raw materials and maintain factories equipped with machinery of the 

 highest type, manned by workmen of the greatest skill. 



Thus this company is able to produce a quality of construction, 

 which could not possibly be maintained to supply the comparatively 

 small demand which would come to an- individual manufacturer. 



In materials, workmanship, design and mechanical principle, in 

 every feature of construction, the International line has a potent rea- 

 son for its superiority and the satisfaction it gives you. 



Call on the International dealer and secure a catalog. 



If you do not know an International dealer, write us, and we will 

 be glad to give you the address of the one nearest you. 



Equal in importance to a perfect machine is perfect twine. The 

 most perfect twine may be had in Champion, McCormick, Osborne, Deer- 

 ing, Milwaukee, Piano and International sisal, standard, manila, and 

 pure manila brands. 



INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA 



Chicago 



(IN CORPORATED) 



U. S. A. 



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- u -y Balers, Feed Grinders, Knife Grinders, Cream 

 agons, New Bettendorf Wagons and Steel King 



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 Separators, Gasoline Engines, Pumping Jacks, Manure Spreaders, Weber Wagons, Coloumbus Wa 



Wagons and Binder Twine. 



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