﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

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  Own 
  a 
  Private 
  Water 
  Supply 
  Plant 
  

  

  A 
  PRIVATE 
  water 
  supply 
  system 
  in 
  your 
  country 
  or 
  city 
  home 
  is 
  surely 
  very 
  desirable. 
  With 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  

   x 
  * 
  right 
  construction, 
  you 
  may 
  have 
  an 
  abundant 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  delivered 
  under 
  strong 
  pressure 
  during 
  all 
  seasons, 
  

   —day 
  and 
  night. 
  In 
  your 
  country 
  home, 
  you 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  equal 
  to 
  that 
  offered 
  by 
  any 
  city 
  water 
  system, 
  

   including 
  complete 
  plumbing 
  equipment 
  in 
  the 
  house, 
  

   stable 
  hydrants, 
  and 
  barn 
  and 
  garden 
  connections. 
  

   C 
  This 
  same 
  private 
  service 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  in 
  the 
  city, 
  — 
  

   where 
  the 
  city 
  water 
  pressure 
  is 
  inadequate, 
  where 
  the 
  

   water 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  undesirable 
  quality 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  

  

  taxes 
  are 
  exorbitant. 
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  A 
  satisfactory 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  assured 
  and 
  absolutely 
  

   guaranteed, 
  if 
  you 
  install 
  

  

  The 
  Kewanee 
  

   Water 
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  The 
  main 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  Kewanee 
  System 
  is 
  the 
  

   Kewanee 
  Pneumatic 
  Tank. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  air 
  tight, 
  

   steel 
  tank 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  cellar 
  and 
  buried 
  

   in 
  the 
  ground. 
  Water 
  from 
  the 
  well, 
  cistern 
  

   or 
  other 
  source 
  is 
  pumped 
  into 
  this 
  tank. 
  Pump- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  water 
  creates 
  air 
  pressure 
  which 
  deliv- 
  

   ers 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  points 
  of 
  delivery. 
  

  

  The 
  Kewanee 
  Pneumatic 
  Tank 
  replaces 
  

   the 
  elevated 
  tank, 
  which 
  is 
  unsightly 
  and 
  

   dangerous. 
  It 
  does 
  away 
  with 
  the 
  attic 
  tank, 
  

   which 
  freezes, 
  leaks 
  and 
  is 
  unsatisfactory. 
  

  

  Over 
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  No. 
  36 
  and 
  please 
  mention 
  

   ^American 
  Homes 
  and 
  Gardens 
  

  

  Residence, 
  E. 
  L. 
  Atkins, 
  Paducah, 
  Ky., 
  Supplied 
  by 
  Kewanee 
  Water 
  System 
  

  

  Kewanee 
  Water* 
  Supply" 
  Company" 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Office: 
  Rooms 
  1300-01. 
  No. 
  32 
  Broadway 
  

  

  Drawer 
  KK, 
  Kewanee, 
  111. 
  

  

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  JUST 
  A 
  PUBLISHED 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Agriculture 
  

  

  By 
  

  

  T. 
  BYARD 
  COLLINS 
  

  

  8vo. 
  Cloth. 
  376 
  Pages 
  

   100 
  Illustrations 
  

   Price, 
  $2.00, 
  Postpaid 
  

  

  desk. 
  The 
  

   subject 
  ever 
  issued 
  

  

  HIS 
  new 
  and 
  valuable 
  work 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  changes 
  which 
  

   have 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  American 
  agricultural 
  methods 
  which 
  

   are 
  transforming 
  farm 
  life, 
  formerly 
  so 
  hard, 
  into 
  the 
  most 
  

   independent, 
  peaceful 
  and 
  agreeable 
  existence. 
  Farm 
  life 
  

   to-day 
  offers 
  more 
  inducements 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  previous 
  period 
  

   in 
  the 
  world's 
  history, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  calling 
  millions 
  from 
  the 
  

   present 
  work 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  practical 
  treatises 
  on 
  the 
  

   It 
  contains 
  376 
  pages 
  and 
  100 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  In 
  brief, 
  the 
  Contents 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  I. 
  This 
  chapter 
  contains 
  a 
  general 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  farm 
  life. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  II. 
  Deals 
  with 
  the 
  vast 
  systems 
  of 
  irrigation 
  which 
  are 
  transforming 
  the 
  great 
  

  

  West, 
  and 
  also 
  hints 
  at 
  an 
  application 
  of 
  water 
  by 
  artificial 
  means 
  in 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

  

  where 
  irrigation 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  found 
  necessary. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  III. 
  Gives 
  the 
  principles 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  fertilization 
  and 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  inocu- 
  

   lating 
  the 
  soil 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  nitrogen-gathering 
  bacteria. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  IV. 
  Deals 
  with 
  the 
  popular 
  awakening 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  canals 
  and 
  good 
  roads, 
  

  

  and 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  economy 
  and 
  social 
  well-being. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  V. 
  Tells 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  interests 
  which 
  promise 
  a 
  profit. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VI. 
  Gives 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  human 
  creations 
  in 
  the 
  plant 
  world. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VII. 
  Deals 
  with 
  new 
  varieties 
  of 
  grain, 
  root 
  and 
  fruit, 
  and 
  the 
  principles 
  upon 
  which 
  

  

  these 
  modifications 
  are 
  effected 
  and 
  the 
  possibilities 
  which 
  they 
  indicate. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  VIII. 
  Describes 
  improper 
  methods 
  in 
  agricultural 
  practice. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  IX. 
  Devoted 
  to 
  new 
  machinery 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  drudgery 
  of 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  is 
  being 
  

  

  eliminated, 
  making 
  the 
  farm 
  a 
  factory 
  and 
  the 
  farmer 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  it. 
  

   CHAPTER 
  X, 
  Shows 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  specialists 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  farmer, 
  who 
  can 
  have 
  

  

  the 
  most 
  expert 
  advice 
  upon 
  every 
  phase 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  without 
  any 
  expense 
  whatever 
  to 
  himself. 
  

  

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