The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-12-01
Hnlolla Our Patrons
The Awakening of Old Man
Ayers.

gresSiveness' and bein' modern and
up to date and lot of other such
tarnel foolishness. These young
fellers that's CROWN up with lot OF
new-fangled ideas about farmin' and
chicken raisin' and drainin' lands
and stickin' pebbles on the roof and
runnin' telephone wires around your
place are pack of durn fools. P"
aThe "old man 8" son knew better
than to argue with his father. Ex-
-perience had taught him that no
amount OF reasoning would appeal to
his father, who was typical "old-
school" farmer, sot in his ways and
stone deaf to all the pleadings OF the
wide awake, progressive and educated
son to improve the farm and get In
line with sensible, modern farming
methods.
"Why, just this mornin'," went on
the old man peevishly, Il was drivin'
by Scott's place on the way to the
store and l couldn't believe my own
eyes when I saw JED Scott and his
three sons up on their barn roof lay
ing down rolls of some fool stuff they
called rootn' There they was put
tim down the stuff and nailin' 1T to
the shingle roof with things they call
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think the can get tight roof with
that kind O. wall-paperin' truck?
Why, the first rain that comes along
Will 90 through that stuff like water
through a sieve! That's what comes
of bein' modern as they all say. No
sir, the old shingle roofs good enough
for me. It's kept my haydry for
forty years -
''But that's just the trouble. 1t
hasn't kept your hay dry without
lot of repairing and fixing which the
modern roofing avoids" spoke up
young Ayres, unable to resist any
longer. ''That roofing the Scott's are
using is the best water prooting ever
invented and it is proving its worth
on hundreds of barns all through this
section. No up-to-date farmer with
his weather eye open will use shingle
or tin on his roofs any more"
The old man tottered off to bed,
still shaking his head and muttering
his anger. During the night it blew
up hard and a regular northeastern
descended on that section, bringing
with it deluge Of driving, steady
rain. Old man Ayres was greeted at
sunrise with the cheerful announce
ment that the barn roof had sprung a
lot of leaks, which were dripping
water into his choicest NOW OF hay.
All hands turned in and the entire
morning was spent shunting hay out
of the NOW onto the dry barn floor.
Neighbor Scott dropped in with his
boys and they lent helping hand.
"What'd you say the name of that
roofin was the SCOTS used," the old
man suddenly jerked out
'GenascO Roofing
"And we can put it on ourselves
over the shingles without having any
roofers?'
"Sure. It's the easiest thing in
the world to put on. They furnish
what they call Kant-leak Kleets for
the seams SOS you don't have to use
cement"
That evening when his son wasn't
looking ''Old Man. Ayres stole a
look at one of the farm papers. There
he eagerly read about the GenascO
Roofing how it is made of natural
asphalt taken right out of Trinidad
Lake and filed with valuable natural
oils which give it resisting life and
how Kant leak kleets insure the per-
feet application OF the perfect ready
roofing.
Then he tiptoed to his sitting room
table and wrote postal card to the
Barber Asphalt Paving Company in
PHILADELPHIA Pa. asking them for their
"Good Roof Guide Book" and samples
of Genasco Roofing.
The Horseman Knows Horses.