Hardware merchandising March-June 1917 . r Production cam- paign, as it has been termed, is beingused with a far wider application, andif some ten or twenty thousand individ-uals are influenced to spend a portion oftheir regular holidays upon the farm,engaging either in sowing or in reap-ing, it is safe to predict that double ortreble that number will be roused toaction by the call as applied to theirown properties. Indeed municipalorganizations, Rotary clubs, and otherbodies that are interesting themselvesin the vegetable production phase of this Patriotic campaign, report a wide spreadintere
Hardware merchandising March-June 1917 . r Production cam- paign, as it has been termed, is beingused with a far wider application, andif some ten or twenty thousand individ-uals are influenced to spend a portion oftheir regular holidays upon the farm,engaging either in sowing or in reap-ing, it is safe to predict that double ortreble that number will be roused toaction by the call as applied to theirown properties. Indeed municipalorganizations, Rotary clubs, and otherbodies that are interesting themselvesin the vegetable production phase of this Patriotic campaign, report a wide spreadinterest and an eagerness not only towork in private gardens but to acquireavailable vacant lands in the suburbs ofcities and do a large part in groups, toprevent the danger of a scarcity andfamine prices during the coming the year 1915 the slogan Patriotismand Production,—which re-echoedthroughout Canada in the campaigncarried on under the Dominion Commis-sioner of Agriculture, the late C. ,—undoubtedly increased largely. GARDEN TOOL RACK.—Above appears the new rack devised by Aikenheads for showing garden tools. It is preparedto suit the different classes, as will be seen. At the back on iron hangers is the reserve stack of spades, etc. The stand is simply constructed, and finished to harmonize with the fittings of the store, an important point. It is 6feet high, to the cross bar, 27 inches wide, with 10 inches open space behind the shelf for the longer tools to hang arrow marks the line of the front door entrance, showing how the stand catches the eye of everyone who comes the goods are ticketed. In front are water-weight rollers, and lawn mowers at one side. In the background is a glimpse of the orderly arrangement of other merchandise. 30 HARDWARE AND METAL April 14, 1917. the planting of grain in the West, andwas thus partly responsible for thephenomenal crop of that year. The year1917, unless handicapped seriously bythe scarcity of help,
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