The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-25
Farm Wagon
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The manufacturers of The Balm wagon
have built up form of insurance which,
in effect, is better than fire insurance.
1t insures the lasting quality of material
and workmanship that goes into every
Balm wagon-it gives you the guarantee
that protects your investment = they
have to-because theirs is not cheap
wagon, it is wagon built upon the
honor OF the name-The Balm, behind
which is.one of the largest wagon plants
in America. This is one of the things
that makes The Balm make good.
The Reason
If you could walk around the acres of
lumber piles which form large part of
the raw material that has been air dry
ing for years go through the pro-
cess OF manufacture, you would under
stand why The Balm has earned the
name of "The Best Wagon on Earth"
You would know why theirs is the one
wagon to stand up in all climates, no
matter how arid. The Balm wagon is
made from the highest grade of mate
rials, by the best skilled mechanics.
This has been the policy of The Balm
Wagon Company for over sixty years.
Selection of Materials
The Balm method of selecting mate
rials is particularly unique. The timber
is bought years in advance of the time
when it is ready to enter the nanufact-
uring department. This carefully Sc
lected raw material is air-dried where
the frost of winters and the sunshine of
summers season the timber to just the
right degree of bone hardness and steel
toughness.
Balm method then insists that all this
raw material go through the most criti-
cal test and when it goes to the manu-
featuring department, it is rejected if
found defective in the minutcst par
ticular.
| Construction
Not only are the best skilled me-
chanics employed but in every possible
way old-time methods Of manufacture
have been eliminated and the most i'm
proved labor-saving machines are used
to perform the operations that were for
merly done by hand. This insurcs the
uniformity ard accuracy that in former
HauS i,,,n0cS:t In Ioci6oc hac
reduced the cost of manufacture TO
minimum.
Balm Wheels
The wheel is the most vital part of yorr
wagon. The dodge ne iod Of construction has
been adopted in the sc5ting of the spokes into
the hubs. giving wider tasc Of resistance and
enabling the wagon to carry hcavi l ad than
is p"ssible under the old and Pr. ailirg style.
Balm wheels are immc rsed in b 'ng iinsecd oil.
The oil works its way into every pore and grain
Of the wood and forms prescrvat i've against all
future changes in climatic conditions.
Balm Ax!es
Balm axles are made of the best selected air
dried hickory, constructed and hraced so the
fulcum is transferred IN all cases to the point Of
the greatest strain.
Balm SkeinS
Balm skeins are made from special patterns,
designed to admit as large an amount of the axle
as possible into them Tho steel skein is pro-
vided with long sleeve that reaches under and
fits closely to the axle, while the cast skein is
inforced by truss rod.
THE Balm Wagon is not the lowest
priced wagon but it is an acknowl-
edged fact that it is the best and is the
standard by which all other wagons are
compared and for service ard utility
will, in the end, prove your best wagon
buy.
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