ANOTHER MAKING MONEY STORY 
Getting Cash Dividends out of Wood Lots and Spare Time 
H 
OW can a farmer make 
more money in the 
By A Real Farmer 
(Name on Request) 
winter? That’s a question 
I scratched my head about 
many a time, until one day 
last fall I got hold of a book. 
It was about “American ” 
portable saw mills and told 
how lots of farmers were making 
winter a harvest-time with these 
mills. It said that any farmer who 
had a wood lot could make money 
sawing his trees into lumber with a 
light, portable “American” mill, his 
farm engine and his farm help. 
Well, I got one. She worked fine. The boys 
got the hang of it quick and pretty soon we 
were making lumber for the neighbors. They 
brought their logs to the mill on sleds from as 
far as six miles; paid me $7.50 a thousand for 
sawing; and took away the lumber. The mill 
turned out 4,000 feet a day. The labor cost 
$6.50, with $2.50 extra for gasolene and oil. 
My profit on a day’s work was $21. On small 
jobs I used my own farm help, so labor was 
cheaper, but a steady job paid me to hire a sawyer 
at $3.00 a day and two helpers at $1.75 each. I 
always kept the slabs, too, worth $2.50 a cord as 
firewood. Between times, I made myself new 
planks for the barn floor, and sawed out of one tree 
enough lumber for two wagon-boxes for about $7, 
including carpentering, and better than I could buy 
for $10 apiece. 
I sawed and sold my own lumber as fast I could 
get it out of the woods. The local wheelwright paid 
me $120 for 2,000 feet of white oak for wagon 
purposes and over 
half was profit. I got 
a contract to supply 
planking and stringers 
for bridges from the 
Town Superinten¬ 
dent. Then came the 
big deal which not 
only paid for my saw 
mill, but my 12 H. P. 
farm engine and a 
shingle machine to 
boot, and left me $400 
clear profit. 
A few miles back from the Hud¬ 
son in the country made famous by 
Cooper and Irving, a wide-awake 
farmer is making winter a harvest¬ 
time. With his farm engine, an 
“American” saw mill, and farm 
help, he is sawing a profitable lum¬ 
ber crop out of his wood lot and 
those of his neighbors. 
If you wish to verify any state¬ 
ments in this story, or to know what 
he thinks about “American” saw 
mills, he will be very glad to answer 
your letter. His name and address 
may be obtained by writing the 
American Saw Mill Machinery 
Company, Hackettstown, N. J. 
An “ American ” Saw Mill at work, show 
ing logs, lumber and saw dust. 
A neighbor of mine was 
building a big barn last 
spring—about 100x40 feet 
with 20-foot posts and a 
basement big enough for 100 
cows. I furnished all the 
lumber for that barn except 
siding, doors and window 
frames. I got the order be¬ 
cause I could afford to sell good 
chestnut from off my place at the 
same price the lumber dealer asked 
for spruce or hemlock, and I could 
saw the exact sizes wanted. In two 
weeks’ time my little “American” 
mill sawed out 40,000 feet of chestnut for 
that barn, bringing me $40 a thousand—$1,600 
for the job. Besides that I made and sold 
all the shingles at $5.50 a thousand. Of course, 
I won’t get a big job like that every day, but it 
shows what a farmer can do to make money 
in the winter. Now I have my saw mill outfit 
paid for twice over, and good for many a winter 
to come. 
Every farmer needs an “American ” saw mill. It’s 
as necessary as a silo. On all kinds of odd jobs 
where lumber is needed you can save money. If a 
barn burns down, you can save enough money 
sawing lumber for a new one, to pay for a saw mill. 
Your neighbors will buy your lumber at retail 
prices. I even sell to carpenters and builders, and 
will sell more as soon as I get an “American” 
Jewel Planer for finishing up rough lumber. I 
tell you what, I’m enthusiastic about “American” 
Saw Mills and I have good reasons. The 
Company will give you honest advice and 
they can make 
quick delivery so 
you can get busy 
at once. Don’t wait. 
Start now. 
Send in your order 
and then start to cut 
and haul your logs be¬ 
fore the mill comes, 
so you can start to 
make money right 
away. Any farmer 
can make money with 
“American” mills. 
The illustration below shows an “American” Stand¬ 
ard Variable Friction Feed Saw Mill for farmers. It 
is a plain, simple, strong machine—light and easy 
to move around. Requires no experience to run. 
Guaranteed, of course. 
With an American “Up-To 
Date” Shingle Machine you 
can make 5,000 to 10,000 
shingles per day with 4 to 
8 H. P. 
Anyhow—Send This 
With an American "Jewel" 
Planer you can make and 
sell finished lumber. It is 
specially adapted to farm 
American Saw Mill Machinery Co. 
(.Address our nearest office) 
Hackettstown, N. J. New York Chicago 
Atlanta New Orleans Seattle 
Please send me your free book “Making 
Money Off the Wood Lot” and your 
Farmer’s Catalog. 26 
Name_ 
Address. 
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