1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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FREE —My Grand Combination Catalog On 
Farm Seeds, Fruit Plants 
and Orchard Trees Now Ready 
It’s FREE—my new Complete Catalog and fair prices on the varieties 
of seed, fruit plants and orchard trees that pay best profit. $300 an acre fron> 
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strawberries and other small fruit! 40 blackberries to the full box ! Corn that 
goes 100 bushels to the acre. 62 lbs. of corn, 8 lbs. of cob to the bushel! 
f ‘Banana” Apples, $12 per bushel! srippr 
These are just a few of the results recorded in my 1910 catalog. SCARFF 
seeds and plants are famed the world over. 25 years have well established 
my reputation and reliability. ...... _ . 
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person. Send now and get yours, postpaid, and my grand Combination 
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Burpee's Seeds 
Cost More than do usual commer- 
cial grades,—but (and this is a 
great big BUT!) they are worth 
much more than the difference in 
cost! W. ATLEE 
If you appreciate Quality in Seeds and 
are willing to pay a fair price for the Best 
Seeds that can be grown, we shall be 
pleased to mail Barpee’s New Annual for 
1910. An elegant book of 178 pages, with 
hundreds of illustrations and colored plates 
painted from nature, it is famous as The 
Silent Salesman of the World’s largest 
Mail-Order Seed Trade. Do you want it? 
If -so, write to-day! A postal card will do! 
BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA 
Don’t Get Me Confused ^ 
Lwith Retail Dealers or N 
^General Catalog Houses 
With my big volume 
I AM a manufacturer of vehicles 
of business I can sell the dealer at lower prices than he 
could buy from any other manufacturer—but I don’t 
do business through the dealer. 
You may hear a lot of this home-patronage talk—but 
what does it mean to you?— $26.50 out of your own 
pocket. 
That $26.50 I’ll save you. 
If you love the dealer—or he happens to be your 
brother-in-law—you may want him to have that extra 
H. C. Phelps 
Manufacturer 
Split A 
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files Ay 
I am a manu- 
r facturer. I make 
every vehicle I sell 
and sell every vehicle 
fW I make direct to user. 
W Let me pay postage on 
r my 1910 Split Hickory 
Book to Your Home. It’s 
Free. Shows 125 Styles. 
All at Factory Prices. 
H. C. Phelps 
that amount of money if they want to save it. 
And don’t get the idea that because the general “Cat” 
house sells by mail that it saves you money on vehicles. 
They don’t manufacture vehicles. They must add their 
profit to the maker’s price. Don’t pay anybody an 
extra profit— 
Buy Your Buggy Direct 
From the Manufacturer 
My factory is the largest in 
America making vehicles and 
rv-f~ .. . 4 harness exclusively. I make 
, .. every vehicle I sell and sell every 
vehicle I make direct to the 
■ : users. That’s why I’ll save you 
from 25% to 40% on any style of 
• hu Xgy> carriage or road wagon 
£*-' 4 - r "1f* y°u want. Make your road 
► * tl _ ^ _ tests and your comparisons 
gjfeT JT in quality and price. If the 
buggy I send isn’t right in every way; if I haven’t saved 
you at least 25%, send it back and I’ll return every cent of 
your money. Can you afford to deliberately pass up this—• 
25 % Guaranteed Saving. Let MePay Post- ^ 
age on My Big 1910 Book to Your Home 
Send Postal Today for my Big, Free Book, the finest 
vehicle portfolio and catalog ever issued. Get my 1910 
prices first and see my 125 styles of quality Split Hickories. 
It costs only a penny to know. You can always buy from 
the other fellow if you choose. 
I’ve been in this business eleven years. I’ve saved 
millions for vehicle buyers and can prove it. I have 
200,000 customers. I’ll refer you to some near you. 
Write for book by next mail. 
H. C. Phelps, President 
The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co., Station 290, Columbus, Ohio 
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ROLLERS 
11 Great Western” 
Quality 
SOONER or LATER 
“Great Western” 
Quality 
You are Going to Buy a Spreader and You will Want to Satisfy Yourself 
that you get the QUALITY you want and that 
you pay for. 
The main frame of a Manure Spreader is the 
foundation of the machine, just as the gear of a 
wagon is the wagon’s foundation. Don’t allow 
anyone to fool you with the old story that pine is 
as good as OAK; you know better. Did you ever 
see a wagon gear made of pine? No, sir, you 
never did;—or, at least, we never did. 
Please Look This Picture Over 
Carefully Because We Want 
You to Know That 
the main sills of the GREAT WESTERN are 
made of OAK and measure 2x6 inches. 
The cross sills are OAK, mortised into side sills, 
and each cross sill is held in place by two draw bolts, 
The two center sills are made of OAK, and ex¬ 
tends from the rear cross sill to the front cross sill. 
This construction alone, being made of OAK is 
more stiff and rigid and more substantial than 
any other machine in the world. 
Then, in addition to the great strength, we use 
two diagonal TRUSS STAY RODS, running 
from all four corners. These truss rods are made/ 
of wrought steel, and you can see it is simply 
impossible for the GREAT WESTERN 
Frame to twist out of line. 
The Great Western Endless Apron is support-^ 
ed (and the load rests) upon three sets of largey" 
rollers; one set on each of the side sills and one 
set in the center. Please notice that these rol- , 
lers are placed close together so there can be 
no sag to the apron with a heavy load on it. 
Where the rollers are small and placed far 
apart as they are on many machines there 
is bound to be a weaving or waving undu¬ 
lation of the apron that compresses the 
manure and makes it bind along the sides, 
which adds not a little to the draught. 
Great Strength Required 
Did you ever stop to think what great 
strength is needed in a spreader (if it is to standi 
up) ? Most manufacturers do not realize what| 
is required by the farmer. If they did, there' 
would be more spreaders built on the lines of' 
GREAT WESTERN construction. 
Just think of this: The Frame or Gear 
must carry twice as heavy a load as is ordi¬ 
narily put on a common wagon. 
Strength is required to move the load of manure 
within itself—and over rough and frozen ground. 
Strength is required to elevate the manure, cut 
it up and discharge it. 
The fact is, more strength is required in a 
manure spreader than in any other piece of ma¬ 
chinery ever placed on the farm. 
We build the Great Western as we do because, 
from our own experience, we know that solid, 
substantial construction is necessary; because we 
know that flimsy construction and twisted frames 
always mean breakage and short life for the machine; be¬ 
cause we have found that this great strength has stood the 
test on thousands of farms where cheaply constructed 
spreaders have gone to pieces in a year or two. 
Isn’t it common sense to say that unless the frame 
is made STRONG AND SUBSTANTIAL (extra 
strong), the great strain that is put upon it by the a, 
machinery that is attached to it will soon twist /JL 
it out of shape. 
This would mean that the machine 
would run hard; breakages would occur 4 Cxwt 
constantly in spite of ail you could 
do. You know that the minute any machine commences 
to twist out of shape it goes to pieces. 
The GREAT WESTERN Manure Spreader is made for 
the man who wants the BEST. 
If you will go to your dealer, he will show you the machine 
or get you one. He will set it up ready for you to hitch to. 
You can take it out and try it. You have no freight to pay 
and not one cent of expense. 
On the other hand, if you haven’t a first-class dealer in 
your nearest town who will show you a Great Western 
Spreader, we want to hear from you right away, and we will 
make you a liberal proposition. 
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in the BEST in the spreader line, wo 
will prove onr statements and prove you ean’tall'ord to buy anything 
but the BEST. The Great Western generally costs a little bit more to 
start with, but If you pay a few dollars extra and get QUALITY you 
are absolutely sure of getting $20 baek in durability and satisfaction 
for every extra dollar you put Into the machine. 
NOW, THEN, we warrant ourtnachlne to have:—50 per cent less 
breakage, 50 per cent more strength, 50 per cent more wear and 
durability than any other spreader made. 
EVERY STICK OF TIMBER ISV IS OAK 
, WHATEVER YOU DO, don’t let any salesman make you believe that a 
spreader with a pine frame (or other inferior wood) is as good as one made of 
OAK. You know OAK i3 better. You know it will last longer. You know 
it is stronger. You know it won’t rot out. 
WHEN YOU INVESTIGATE spreaders, take your knife with you—and yonr rule; jab 
Into the side and cross si its and stakes, and know for yourself whether the frame Is OAK or not. 
IF YOU HAVE MANURE to SPREAD, we believe you realize the need of a mamirespreader. 
If bo, please write us today to our nearest otlice for our large free Art Catalog .No. KS0. 
SMITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
158 E. Harrison Street CHICAGO, ILL. 
Minneapolis, Minn. Omaha, Neb. Kansas City, Mo. Columbus, Ohio Indianapolis, ladiana 
GREAT WESTERN 
GREAT WESTERN 
