. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Joe Hill Builds Another Hill Climber Last Summer when the aun waa pelting ck>wn with all ita might on Indiana, Joe Hill obaerved that for aotne reason hia r^aea were doing alightly better in hia greenhouae 60 feet wids than in hia, 8&-foot wide greenhouae. His conclusiona then'were that hia houae BQ feet wide, of neceasity, had ao muck iron and ateel in it that it held the heat more. i He juat naturally mentioned hia concluaiona and iirat thing you knew, word waa paaaed along that "after thia joe Hill waa going to build all hia houaea n
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Joe Hill Builds Another Hill Climber Last Summer when the aun waa pelting ck>wn with all ita might on Indiana, Joe Hill obaerved that for aotne reason hia r^aea were doing alightly better in hia greenhouae 60 feet wids than in hia, 8&-foot wide greenhouae. His conclusiona then'were that hia houae BQ feet wide, of neceasity, had ao muck iron and ateel in it that it held the heat more. i He juat naturally mentioned hia concluaiona and iirat thing you knew, word waa paaaed along that "after thia joe Hill waa going to build all hia houaea not wider than .40. ; But thoae who- Icneiv him beat, kind of ahrugg^d their ahpuldera and aaid: "Wait and ; In our several years of most pleaaant business relations with Hill, we have particularly been impressed with the careful way h^ goes about things. He haa the highly valuable faculty of not going to extremea one way or the oth*r. Thia trait waa evidenced in hia deciaion as to the width for hia new houae. It ia neither 40 nor 60 feet wjde, but 51 feet 2 inches. c i This ia the size he has figured out ia the beat width for hi« purposes, all things considered. We take the liberty of giving these facta, be- lieving it may be of a«iiatance in helping aome growera to overcome any indeciaiona .they may have on the widtha to build. Any aaaistance we can give in helping auch jof you growers to arrive at the width best sUiOed to your crops and growing methods, we anall be only too glad to do. Don't heaitate to put your problems up to Iar4&Biiniham^. Builders <Mf Greenhouses and Conservatories Eastern Factory Irvington, N. Y. IRVINGTON New York BOSTON-U Little Bldg. Western Factory Des Plaines, 111. Canadian Factory St. Catharines, Ont. PHILADFXPHIA Land Title Bldg. ^ DENVER 1247 S. Emerson St. CHICAGO Continental Bank Bldg. TORONTO Harbor Commission Bldg. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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