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H. C. Prange of Sheboygan, Wis., writes: "Replying to your favor of Nov. 1 5th beg to say, yes, your plans 

 were more than complete. The builder could follow them easily. 



"I am frank to say that your Architectural Service Department 1 can recommend highly.'" 



Nadeau Brothers, Nadeau, Mich., say: "The plans you furnished us for the dairy barn were entirely satis- 

 factory, and worked out as well as we expected, and with the instructions given in your book in regard to putting 

 up the bents made the erection very easy, and our carpenter had no trouble in following out the plans. The barn 

 has proven very satisfactory and the ventilation appears to be perfect, as we have gone through one winter and 

 there was no sign of moisture or frost in the building." 



W. A. Schaefer, Minot. N. Dak., writes Nov. 18. 1915. as follows: 



"Received your letter today and seemg you want to know if the plans were complete must say they were in 

 every detail and the carpenter had no trouble in following them. Furthermore he said they were the most complete 

 plans he ever used. And I can say that 1 have one of the best barns and up-to-date that there is in this locality. 

 Furthermore all the contractors that figured on the barn said they had seldom seen so complete plans as they were." 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 

 The James Manufacturing Co., January 21, 1914. 



Fort Atkinson, Wis. 



Gentlemen; — The new fire proof dairy barn which I recently erected on my dairy tarm near Reading from 

 plans made by you, has been very much admired. 



I am very much pleased with your equipment and can mosf heartily recommend it as well as your services. 



Yours trulv. D. W. DIETRICH. 



James A. Craig of the Janesville Machine Company. Janesville. Wisconsin, writes: "I can state frankly 

 that the equipment that I purchased of your Company this year is entirely satisfactory and that the plans you 

 furnished me were very complete, and we had no trouble at all in erecting the barn and equipment in accordance 

 with the plans and specifications submitted by you." 



Dr. C. W. Eddy of the Telling-Belle Vernon Dairy Company, Cleveland, Ohio: 



"The increase in milk per cow was from an average of 19 pounds to an average of 25 pounds (six pounds in- 

 crease) per day, at the end of about 3^ ■_> months after the installation of James equipment, all other conditions 

 being equal. One hour a day in cleaning a string of 15 cows indicates the saving in time, and we have had no 

 damaged udders since the installation of your equipmiCnt, which in itself is a tremendous saving in the production 

 of certified milk." 



James Manufacturing Company, Auburndale, Wisconsin, November 14, 1917. 



Fort Atkinson, Wis. 

 Dear Sir; 



"How did you used to clean the barn?" A high heap of manure graced the barnyard. An icy plank led up to 

 the summit. With a full wheelbarrow I made the hired man "Walk the plank," which he did with fear and trembling 

 and sometimes copious "cuss" words. With concrete floors, gutters, mangers, and feed alleys made according to 

 James specifications, and your overhead track for manure carrier and a forty-foot swinging crane, there is no 

 "cussing" now around our dairy barn. While the hired man may not be a saint he is a happy citizen, willing to 

 stay a while longer on the farm. We have steel stalls and stanchions for 32 head of cattle. Daily I am constrained 

 to say, "I do not see how I ever stood it to get along year after year in the old. dirty, hard way." The fact is I kept 

 paying for barn equipment over and over and did not have it either. I was paying for it in wasted hay and bedding. 

 in useless efforts to keep the cows and milk clean on those old wooden floors, and most of all in the time I and 

 my help wasted. Put this down as a cold incontrovertible fact that you pay for the equipment whether you in- 

 stall it or not. Silage truck is a time and back saver also. 



As I have never kept time records on my chores, I can only give an estimate but I should say that time re- 

 quired for bam cleaning has been cut in half and while it took a stout man to wheel manure up that slippery plank, 

 a woman or half-grown boy can handle my manure carrier in comfort and good time. 



Yours truly, 



HOWARD MURRAY JONES. 



Smoky Hill Farm. 



