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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



You Do Good Work 

 When Your Feet Feel Good 



Wear "Ball-Band" Rubber Footwear and your feet 



will be always dry and comfortable. "Ball-Band" 



gives extra long wear 



BALLdBAND 



"Ball-Band" boots are 

 vacuum cured. During the 

 vulcanizing, this process 

 causes a tremendous 

 pressure on the fabric and 

 rubber, and makes the 

 boot one solid piece. 



Sold by 60,000 stores. 

 Worn by over 8J^ million 

 men. Write for our Free 

 Booklet 



"More Days Wear" 



The "Ball-Band" Trade Mark is a 



Red Ball. Look for it and SEE it 



before you buy. 



Mishawaka Woolen 

 Mfg. Co. 



346 Water Street 

 MISHAWAKA, IND. 



"TVie House That 



Pays Millions for 



Quality" 



Putting Fuel 

 Oil to Work 



Fuel Oil has long been recognized as a cheap 

 source of power, provided it could be utilized. 



<J You use an internal combustion engine in your pleas- 

 ures, why not in your business? Why not use one to save 

 and make money as well as a means of spending money ? 

 Just as you trust your auto to take you "there and back," 

 trust the 



Bessemer Oil Engine 



Awarded Gold Medal Panama-Pacific Exposition) 



to operate your factory, mill or mine every hour in the day. every 

 day. It will decrease your power costs and increase your profits. It 

 gives you a clean, cool, safe power plant, reduces overhead and up- 

 keep expense, and will prove the best investment you ever made. 

 9 The Bessemer burns the cheapcrude and fuel oils. Ask for catalogue. 

 Our complete line: Fuel Oil Engines from 15 to 200 H. P. Gas 

 Engines, 5 to 350 H. P. Kerosene Engines, 2 to 10 H. P. 



The Bessemer Gas Engine Co. 

 12 York Street Grove City, Pa. 



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EN THOUSAND POWER PLANTS 





AN OLD PROVERB 



A Bird in the hand is 



worth two in the bush 



REVISED 



A Spreader in the field is 

 worth two in the repair shop 



Moral : Use a Litchfield 



The Litchfield vs. Competition 



The Bulldog Cylinder 

 The "Open Door" Conveyor 

 Circle Front Steel Frame 

 The "No Choke" Chamber 

 5-Year Written Guarantee 



The Ordinary Beater-Wheel 

 The Common Flat Bottom Apron 

 The Inferior Type of Construction 

 The Ordinary "No Relief" Box 

 Some Loose Verbal Agreement 



The Pennant Race is On Who Will Win It? 



In the last seven years, 30 Litchfield Spreaders have been sold out of Hillsboro, Ore., a large number for 

 that territory. Up to date the owners of these machines have been out nothing for repairs, as absolutely 

 none have been necessary. We will be glad to send you testimonial letters proving positively the supe- 

 riority of our machine. Won't you give us a chance to reason with you, to submit our catalog, to quote 

 you terms and prices? We want your inquiries and you will be placed under no obligations whatsoever. 



The Litchfield Mfg. Co., Waterloo, Iowa 



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