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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 28, 1912. 



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MATHEWS GRAVITY SOIL GARRIERl 



The Weight of the Soil is What Malces the Carrier Move. 



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In operation at the establishment of Peirce Bros., Waltham, Mass. 



Saves Time, Labor and Money 



We call your attention to our Gravity Carriers for conveying soil into and 

 out of greenhouses. You are aware of the great amount of labor necessary for 

 changing the loam in your benches. It requires but a few feet of our Gravity 

 Carriers to reduce this expense. 



Carriers are made in eight and four foot sections, which can be instantly 

 joined; the rollers are of the best seamless steel tubing, ball bearing, and are 14 

 inches in length by 2 5i inches in diameter. Cut shows how they operate. 



A run of carrier is set up with one end projecting through a window and a cart contain- 

 ing the loam is placed at this end. The loam is shoveled into the boxes, which are pushed or 

 conveyed by gravity into the house and dumped into the benches. Empty boxes are pushed 

 back to cart over same run of carrier. When the beds within a convenient radius are filled, the 

 carrier is set up at another window and the work continued until all benches are filled. For .% 

 removing soil the process is, of course, similar. We shall be pleased to furnish further details 

 relative to construction and durability of the carriers; also, upon receipt of information relative 

 to size of your greenhouses, furnish an estimate of the cost of a system for your requirements. 



MATHEWS GRAVITY CARRIER GO. 



ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 



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