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his car, got my ’phone going, and had the 
engines there in time to save most of his 
property — I’m half a mile from his place, 
and he’d never have done it in time with¬ 
out his car. I go to the station in the car, 
and it calls for me at night. I used to 
think I’d leave it at the station all day — 
saw a lot of cars there waiting for their 
owners when I bought the place. But I've 
found out they belong to chaps who have 
two cars. The hired man brings me down 
and calls for me—during the day the car’s 
in use all the time. Gasoline? I use it by 
the barrel, but man, I save so much money 
living in the country I could burn ether 
and still come out ahead! I haven’t had a 
doctor but that once for any of the family 
since I moved out there. I used to have 
one all the time for one of the kids. Larry 
had a fever because he ate too many green 
apples! He’s as brown as a nut and as 
hard as nails and knows more about chick¬ 
ens than chickens know about themselves. 
As for the girl, she’s a picture — usually 
looks as if she had spent the day rolling 
in the dirt, but she hasn’t a nerve in her 
body, never turns over in the night—and 
it’s all the country that has done it. And 
the country, as I live in it, wouldn't be 
livable without the car. As for the place 
itself — why sometimes I tell John that it’s 
the car runs the place, not the two of us. 
We use it — here, I get off here—tell you 
later!” 
Mr. Spence swung off the train. He 
was full of a new plan which concerned 
the automobile. It was a secret and must 
remain so for the present. But as he 
walked towards his office, his head was 
full of all that he hadn’t had time to tell 
Bennett, and his busy mind was revolving 
a new way in which the automobile could 
increase the joy of living in the country. 
“Get me the Country House Electric 
Company,” he said to his stenographer, 
as he entered his office. “Switch to my 
private office.” 
“It won’t do trucking or haul potatoes,” 
he muttered to himself as he took off his 
coat, “but I wonder if it won’t just turn 
our pleasant home into a paradise? It 
would be worth—it would cost — let’s see 
_>> 
And Mr. Spence, never thinking of the 
incongruity of his doing such a thing, 
began to set down figures in which the 
cost of automobiles and the mileage per 
unit of power figured largely, as well as 
the comparative cost of various sizes and 
kinds of tires. As Mr. Spence said of him¬ 
self, he was a real convert. 
(To be continued ) 
Every garden space that is cleared from 
some earlier crop up to the middle of Sep¬ 
tember should be sown at once with rye or 
winter vetch. If sown together use about 
at the rate of a peck of vetch and a half 
a peck of rye to a quarter of an acre. The 
vetch will be ready to spade under or to 
cut for use in the spring earlier than any 
other crop which can be grown, as it 
thrives in the coldest weather. 
VIOLETS GROWING IN LOLVES'l WINTER 
Fragrant Violets 
in Snowy Winter 
—how you can grow 
them just as easily in 
February as in May 
Think of growing fresh 
violets, pansies, etc., and all 
the flowers you love so well, 
right at home, in mid-winter, 
when the ground is white- 
blanketed with snow! And 
vegetables, too—lettuce, onions, etc., to eat, and all kinds of plants to set out early 
in the open! 
You can grow all these things easily and inexpensively with one or more Sun¬ 
light Double Glass Sash—the sash that brings Spring to your garden in the dead 
of winter. 
ready to set up, is n x 12 feet in size, and is glazed 
with Sunlight Double Glass Sash. These can be 
easily and quickly removed and used on hot-beds 
and cold-frames in season. _ This feature, coupled 
with the fact that no expensive heating is necessary, 
makes the “Sunlight” greenhouse by far the most 
economical one you can buy. 
Try Sunlight Double Glass Sash—see for yourself 
the pleasure and profit they will bring you. 
Write for these two books 
today 
One is a book by Prof. Massey, an authority on 
hot-bed and cold-frame gardening, and -the other is 
our free catalog. They are full of valuable facts on 
the growing of flowers and vegetables in winter. 
I he catalog is free. If you want Prof. Massey’s 
book, enclose 4 c. in stamps. Use the coupon. 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash 
The reason why “Sunlights” make summer gar¬ 
dening possible in February is this: Two layers of 
glass form the top of the sash. These layers enclose 
an air-space 54 m. thick which acts as a non-con¬ 
ductor, and retains in the bed heat stored there by 
the sun, shutting out all the cold. Mats or shutters 
are never necessary. This does away with the cover¬ 
ing and uncovering that ordinary single-glass sash 
require. 
A New Sun-Heated Green 
House 
By applying our double-glass we have perfected a 
greenhouse that requires little or no artificial heat¬ 
ing, even in zero weather. It is made in sections 
The Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 
The Hot-Bed, Cold-Frame and Greenhouse People 
944 E. Broadway Louisville, Ky. 
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Trees — Their Preservation 
P RESERVATION — Munson- 
Whitaker’s way — simply 
means skilled care in a sys¬ 
tematic way. By “skilled care’ 
we mean that the work is done by 
trained tree men—not chance, 
day-by-day men picked up for the 
occasion. 
By “a systematic way,' we 
mean that our methods are based 
on a carefully worked out plan. 
As a result, the work is carried on step by step, 
in a common-sense, logical way. 
It overcomes the possibility of neglecting certain 
phases of the work. It insures care. 
As a guarantee to you, we make, 
at our own expense, periodical 
inspections of our work. 
Anything that shows up as not 
right, we cheerfully make right at 
no cost to you. 
If you think your trees need 
such care, we will gladly come and 
inspect them; advising you what 
_ work needs to be done. Such in¬ 
spections however, in no way 
obligate you to have us do any work. 
Let us hear from you. Our reply will be ac¬ 
companied by a booklet — “Trees — The Gare They 
Should Have.” 
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Munson-Whitaker Co. 
Forest Engineers 
BOSTON PITTSBURG 
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