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THE TECKTONIUS 

 DRAW-BAND FASTENER 



is the simplest, strongest, safest band- 

 clamping device made. No rivets to rust, 

 shear off or pull out. Put on and adjusted, 

 by ordinary workmen. Insures no leaking 

 or bursting tanks or flumes. Made of mal- 

 leable iron every Fastener hammer-tested . 

 Cannot wear out, breaker pull off. Makes 

 Irrigation Flumes Water Tanks and 

 Conduits Strong and Durable as Steel 

 Send for free booklet, and learn all about 

 this simple, scientific and effective band- 

 fastener. Also we are manufacturers of 

 other water-works and irrigation-iron ap- 

 pliances. 



E. C. TECKTONIUS MFG. CO. 

 1220 13th Street Racine, Wis. 



Fairbanks-Morse Oil Engines 



develop full rated power on a multiplicity of fuels, 

 operate no experienced attendant re- 

 quired. In sizes from 2 to 200 H. P. 



Pumps of any desired capacity desired, to meet 

 every irrigation requirement. Centrifugal and 

 plunger type; direct con- 

 nected or for belt drive. 

 Thousands of acres are 

 cheaply irrigated w i t hi 

 Fairbanks-Morse equip- 

 ment. Write for Catalog 

 No. 5K650. 



Fairbanks, Morse 6 Co, 



900 S. Wabash Ave.. Chicago, 111 



Very easy to 



GALVANIZED METAL IRRIGATION FLUME 



Made entirely of rust-proof, galvanized iron. No bolts 



Section ot Flume 



(Newcomb 

 Patent) 



or rivets used in construction. This flume is 

 considered by experts to be the most service- 

 able equipment for the purpose on the market. 

 A careful examination of the construction as 

 shown herewith will convince those who are 

 acquainted with irrigation conditions of its 

 lasting quality and the ease with which it may 

 be put together. Complete information, with 

 prices, will be furnished on application to the 



KLAUER MFG. COMPANY, D to u w q . u " 



strain that causes it is hard on the wagon. 



The Farm Burden Bearer 



VOU and your farm wagon spend a great deal of time to- 

 ' gether. Of all farm tools it is your standby. Its wheels bear the 

 burden of big loads towering racks of hay and grain, sacks of produce, 

 loads of sand and gravel, anything that needs moving, over miles of roads 

 to market. It takes solid strength to stand up long under that. When 

 next you ride on a load, listen to the constant racking, creaking, groan- 

 ing sound of the wagon box, wheels and running gear as the load pitches 

 back and forth over the road ruts. Not an unpleasant sound, but the 

 I H C wagons 



Weber 



Columbus 



New Bettendorf 



Steel King 



give the buyer the most he can get for his money because they defy hard usage for the longest time, and are easiest on the horses. 



This makes I H C wagon reputation: Selection of the finest grades of lumber, oak, hickory and pine, and of the best 

 quality steel and iron; many months of toughening air-drying for every piece of wood; skilled assembling of parts, fitting of bolts 

 and rivets, and perfect shaping and ironing; application of the purest paint to act as wood preservative and to prevent shrinking 



and warping of the wood. When the wagon is ready for the farmer, it 



And there are many other reasons we _ j s pratically perfect in every detail and thoroughly up to the I H C 



have not room for here why I H C Wagons I AL standard. 

 are the best to buy. Weber and Columbus w jE&Kw*. 



wagonshavewoodgears; New Bettendorf and ^^^"h^,^^ 

 Steel King have steel gears. A visit and a \*%iuifl w. i 1 1 /i f * 



talk at your local dealer's, where the wagons \/jvp International Harvester Company or America 



may be seen and studied, will soon convince I JiJf (incorporated) 



you as to the wagon you want. Get cata- I fi CHICAGO USA 



branch house. ^ ' -"-". ; ''""""' ""( 



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