The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-18
Farm Wagon
Ir~u.~onoo Not fire
1 kAouA OAAN~ Service

The manufacturers of The Balm wagon
have built up form Of insurance which,
in effect, is better than fire insurance.
It 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 a 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-then 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 bes. 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 manufact-
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
$ touganess.
d 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 minutest par
ticular.
: Construction
n Not only are the best skilled me-
< chanics employed but in every possible
II way old-time methods of manufacture
y 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 insures the
ID uniformity and accuracy that in former
m days WAS impossible, besides it hat
e. reduced the cost of manufacture 10 Z
or minimum.
n. Baic Wheels
10 The wheel is the m-st vital part Of you
wagon. The dodge me- aod Of construction ha
been adopted in the setting of the spokes int
the hubs. giving wider base of resistance an
.3 enabling the wagon to carry a heaFpr + ad tina
= is possible under the old and pre- aiiing style
*= Balm wheels are immersed in b ,,ing linseed OF
= . The oil works its way into every pore and graf
*=#= OF the wood and forms preservatiye against
b. future changes in climatic conditions.
81 Balm AxIes
W Balm axles are made of the best selected all
@ s: dried hickory, constructed ard braced SO II
# fulc,um is transferred in all cases to the point
81 he greatest s. rain.
=# Balm Skcins
#*::: Balm skeins are made from srecial pattern
%# designed to admit as large ar amount OF the ak
*# as possible into them. Tha s.eel skein Is pr
I vided with long sleeve that rea"hes under al
fits closely to the axle, while the cast skein is r
forced by truss rod.
THE Balm Wagon is not the lowe
priced wagon but it is an acknow
edged fact that it is the best and is Il
standard by which all other wagons
H& compared and for service and utili
aM will, in the end, prove your best wag
sz buy.
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