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Progress and Plenty 



FARMERS, tradesmen, manufacturers, labor- 

 ers all are producers for the common 

 good. Without the farmers the rest of us 

 would starve. Without tradesmen to distribute 

 it, grain would spoil in barn and bin. With- 

 out the machines made by manufacturers and 

 laborers, the great modern crops of grain and hay 

 would never be planted, or, if planted, would rot 

 in the fields for the lack of adequate means of 

 harvesting. On the other hand, by working to- 

 gether, we produce the bulk of the world's grain. 

 The day of farming without machines is gone 

 forever. The manure spreader, gang plow, disk, 

 and harrow prepare the way for harvesting and 

 haying machines. A thousand acres are culti- 

 vated today with greater ease and dispatch than 

 a hundred were forty years ago. Credit for this 

 greater efficiency and for the fact that thousand- 

 acre tracts are planted to grain and harvested 

 safely, belongs to the farmers who use harvest- 

 ing and haying machines and tools made and 

 sold under the following names: 



No matter what the condition of your grain 

 at harvest time standing, down, or tangled, 

 short or tall, an I H C machine will cut it with 

 the least loss or waste, and bind it into bundles 

 of uniform size convenient for handling. The 

 machines are so simple that they may be trusted 

 safely to unskilled help. The quality of the steel 

 and iron in them is proved. They will stand 

 up under the roughest regular usage of the har- 

 vest field. 



When the harvesting is once begun you cannot 

 afford delays. Should accident happen to an 

 I H C binder and a repair be needed, you are no 

 farther from the necessary part than your dealer's 

 place of business. When you get that part, it 

 will fit without filing, scraping or pounding 

 so accurate and so true to gauge is each part 

 made. This feature does away entirely with ex- 

 pensive, aggravating delays, and makes your har- 

 vest sure completely finished in good season. 

 That alone is good enough reason for buying an 

 I H C machine. 



Champion 

 Deering 



McCormick 

 Milwaukee 



Osborne 

 Piano 



As the cradle succeeded the reaping hook, the 

 reaper the cradle, and the self binder the reaper, 

 more and more men were freed from the drudgery 

 of the harvest field to take their rightful places 

 in other gainful occupations. Now that binders 

 are in universal use, one-third of the people 

 of the United States raise wheat sufficient to feed 

 the whole country and have millions of bushels 

 left for export. 



Progress and plenty for all depends upon the 

 right choice of harvesting machines by the farmers 

 of this country. Your share of the harvest profit 

 means much to you, but it means more to others. 

 To be sure that your crops are harvested without 

 waste and at the right time, buy machines suited 

 to the conditions in your fields, tested by actual 

 work in similar fields, machines which have 

 behind them a history of more than fifty years 

 of success, and which have been developed to 

 practical perfection I H C machines. 



A good machine should have good twine to bind 

 with. Our brands Champion, McCormick, 

 Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, Piano, and Inter- 

 national made in four grades Sisal, Standard, 

 Manila, and Pure Manila are made to work 

 smoothly and without waste or trouble on I H C 

 machines. 



The I H C local dealer will set up a binder for 

 you to inspect and will help you to decide on the 

 best machine for your crops and fields. See him 

 and get the benefit of his knowledge and experi- 

 ence. He will answer your questions and 

 probably refer you to neighbors who have 

 used I H C machines and twine. Remem- 

 ber when choosing, that I H C machines 

 have given satisfaction for many years, 

 and that needed repairs are easily and 

 quickly obtained from the I H C local 

 dealer. Get catalogues from your dealer, 

 or write nearest branch house. 



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