The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-12-15
Beautiful and Useful Books.


logs and six or eight have come tx
our desk, To give an outline or {
resume of the useful and interesting
information contained in these book
lets would require several pages. IL
give an idea of the beautiful way IL
which they are gotten up would re
qulre several pages more.
For the Deering harvester it would
seem that the artist had come tx
Washington for his design as it is ir
imitation of fir bark. On the center
o he cover is the word "Deering'
carved on small board, showing the
grain Of the wood; this is tackled TO 6
tree. Back of the board is daintily
tucked some very natural yellow
| flowers. The inside is a complete
description in detail of every part OF
the Deering binders, headers, reap.
ers, mowers, hay rakes, hay stackers,
corn pickers, corn binders, shredders,
huskers and binding Irvine.
The illustrations are in half tone
except where the detail of construc-
tion requires hand drawing.
| Everything is so complete that a
prospective buyer might obtain what
Information be desired from the
pictures and description as from look
ing at the machines with an expert
on hand to tell him about it. Every
device which the skill of modern
inventors can contrlve has been added
to the improvement of these great
farm machines. The other harvester
catalogS contain information for
about an equal number of implements
and in equally full detail.
The plan of cover is one of the
prettiest things ever received at this
desk. 1t is IN imitation of an Indian
blanket decorated with Indian tools,
beaded leather, moccasinS, peace
pipe, bells, feathers, etc., used in
Indian decoration and establishment.
The CIOverleaf manure spreader
catalOg is up to the standard in design
as well as in technical description and
illustration. Part of the catalog goes
10 show the increase of crops from
manure spread with spreader over
that spread by hand. 1t shows four
sizes Of this design of spreader. The
l. H. G. people make several other
designs, but IN this particular catalog
attention is gwen to only the Glover
leaf. The cover design is thin
layer of clover laid all over the paper
and looks so natural that if COW
should see it she would perhaps eat
the catdlog, thinking it a bunch of
freshly cut clover.
The |. H. G. almanac and encyclo-
pedia is book worthy to be on any
shelf. The information 1t contains is
certainly deserving the name encyclo-
pedia so far as agriculture is con-
cerned The subjects treated ale too
numerous to mention, but there is
hardly a question relating to agri-
culture in a general way, to which a
very competent answer may not be
found in this book. The pages are
embelllshed with harvesting scenes
from all over the world. There is
harvesting done with oxen with mules
and with camels. Every day in the
year, somewhere somebody is harvest
ing grain. The book is a mine of
interesting information of advance
thought pertaining to agriculture.
Several circulars accompanied the
catalogs. One shows the displacement
of mules or horses with the gasoline
traitor engine. For blowing the com
parative use is shown to be in favor
of the machine power when large
acreage is to be turned. Another
gives particular attention to their
auto road wagon. This machine is
finding remarkable favor for its simple
vet reliable mechanism. 1t is prac-
tically adapted to farm needs and in
number of tests has stood some
remar kable trials. Another circular