The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01
Just Common PloWs.

BILE to discover anything particularly
romantic about a bunch of steel
shaped into a pillow, which almost
every country man and boy has
"cussed" from one end of the field to
the other | can remember as boy
on the farm that pillow has been the
cause of my most beautiful dreams OF
the ease and delights of city life, but
I never could see anything very ro-
mantle in the pillow itself.
But, there is a deal of romance in
it; there is a great deal of education
in it and there is a substantial bunch
of history in it. And it has remained
for Mr.. Frank D. Blake, the adver-
Using manager for Deere & Co., of
Moline, ILL.,, to dig it all out, gather it
together in one of the most beautifully
written and illustrated pieces OF lit
erature ever published.
| haven't the slightest idea what
Frank looks like, but I know he is
clear to the good when it comes to
telling about his Deere e Co. plows
and other farming implements. His
association with this company seems
to be one of the happiest unions i'm
aginable. Of course it is certain that
Deere & Co. "knew" they had the best
farming implements in the world, so
it followed very naturally that they
should seek out the best brains in the
country to tell about their products.
They discovered Mr. Blake and he has
been discovering them ever since.
The writer is making a collection On
the Deere & Co. literature for his Ii
brary and can highly recommend it to
everyone else, especially those inter
ested in farm implements.
The latest of their literature is sub
mitted to the advertising manager OF
The Ranch Chats me, if you please
with the wish that may draw white
meat" for Thanksgiving. 1t has
cover done in three color process print
ing that makes the country man who
has moved to the city wish he were
back on the farm. The illustrations
picture the growth of Deere & Co.
from practically blacksmith shop to
one of the country's greatest manu-
featuring concerns, and then go on to
show the history of blowing as it is
carried on throughout the world.
Pictures from England, Japan, Cey-
lon and various parts of the United
States.
It's worth while getting anyway and
is sent free on request. incidentally.
it can be mentioned that the Seattle
Vehicle e Implement Company, 1920
First avenue, Seattle, are representa-
tives and agents for all the Deere &
Co. implements.
I'd like to have every reader of The
Ranch personal acquaintance OF
mine, so that there would always be
a cordial feeling of confidence between
us: then when | said through the adj
vertising columns that some concern
was o. K, the reader would feel that
it was o. X. The Ainslie-Boyd Co. OF
this city are advertising some very
skookum bargains in our columns
every issue in the shape of building
materials. Every farmer has use from
time to time for window sash, doors,
window frames, ETC., and he might
just as we'll take advantage of the low
prices of responsible mail-order
house as to pay the high prices of
the small dealer.
The Ainslie-Boyd Co. are responsible
and their catalogue, which is sent
free for the asking, should be in the
hands of every Ranch reader. Soon
er or later, each reader is going to
need something in their line, and the
catalogue would come in very handy.
Better get one.
THE ADVERTISING MAN.