THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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AT HARVEST TINE 



Every break-down at harvest time means time lost. 



Every minute lost may mean grain lost. 



Every bit of grain lost means profit lost. 



You cannot afford to take chances on break-downs 

 and delays with harvesting machines built of doubtful 

 materials. 



You don't have to. 



Because the International Harvester Company has 

 bought mines to get the best ore built its own mills to 

 produce the best iron and steel, bought timber lands and 

 built its own saw mills to give you material in your 

 harvesting machines that you can always depend upon. 



An individual manufacturing concern could not afford 

 to take such precautions to protect you against poor ma- 

 terials, but the manufacturers of the 



Champion, McCormlck, Osborne, 



Deorinjj, Milwaukee, Piano, 



Harvesting Machines 



save you many dollars by putting always-dependable ma- 

 terial into their machines. 



The modern harvester is essentially a structure of iron 

 and steel, and even as far back as the Mexican War time, 

 the founder of one of the company's plants, witfi only one 

 factory turning out his machines, was compelled to join 

 with two other manufacturers, in the erection of their own 

 iron foundry so that they could give the farmers machines 

 built of good iron. 



Today, in order to give you the best materials in your 

 harvesting machines, the International Harvester Com- 

 pany is compelled to own, in addition to its fourteen com- 

 plete manufacturing plants: 



22,459 acres of coking coal lands in Kentucky. 



100,000 acres of trees in Arkansas, Mississippi and Mis- 

 souri, with a twelve-mile canal system, logging railroads, 

 saw mills and other buildings. 



40,000,000 tons of ore in Wisconsin and in the Mesaba 

 Range, with six standard gauge locomotives and steam 

 shovels that strip the surface and heap a fifty-ton railroad 

 car in ten swings. 



A complete 93-acre steel plant with three blast fur- 

 naces, Bessemer steel mill, Blooming mill and Merchant bar 

 mills, having a capacity of 500,000 tons of steel and 360,000 

 tons of iron every year. 



The consumption of every natural product of the 

 country is so far in excess of the supply that the cost of 

 raw material is increasing annually, but by owning these 

 properties and purchasing all other supplies in large quan- 

 tities, this Company secures every advantage of highest 

 quality. 



Every bit of material wood, steel, iron, malleables, 

 paint, etc., is subjected to the most rigid tests in special 

 testing departments before being used, so the farmer buy- 

 ing an International machine may be sure that the material 

 is always the best. 



Only large capital and a strong organization make 

 these advantages possible, because an individual manu- 

 facturer would be compelled to take what he could get 

 and pay whatever price was demanded. 



In shipping, as well, the magnitude of this Company's 

 operations insures a great saving of cost. 



Steel, iron and lumber are shipped to the various 

 plants in train-loads, while copper, rivets, tacks, buckles, 

 canvas, etc., are received in carloads. 



In July, 1907, the lumber yards at one of the plants 

 contained 56,500,000 feet of lumber of the following woods : 

 Ash, birch, bass-wood, cypress, cotton-wood, fir, gum, 

 hemlock, hickory, locust, maple, oak, pine, pecan, poplar, 

 elm, spruce, sycamore and yellow pine. 



About seventy-five per cent of the lumber is air-dried, 

 which insures a very tough material. 



These are but a few of the many advantages which 

 mean the best quality in every International machine 

 you buy. 



The several plants have also been able to improve the 

 principles of construction, to improve workmanship, and 

 to employ every means that will increase the machines' 

 efficiency and durability. 



You get the benefit in the end. 



Call on the International dealer and get a catalog. 



If you don't know an International dealer write us, 

 and we will be glad to give you the address of the one 

 nearest to you. 



Equal in importance with a perfect machine is perfect 

 twine. The most perfect twine made may be had in 

 Champion, McCormick, Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, and 

 Piano, sisal, standard, manila and pure manila brands. 



WESTERN GENERAL AGENCIES Denver, Colo., Portland, Ore.. Salt Lake City, VtaK, Helena, Mont- 

 Spokane, Wash.. San Francisco, Cal. 



INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA 



(INCORPORATED) 



Chicago U. S. A. 



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