Miami-Carey quality moves West with a full line of Range Hoods, too.

4100 Series Hoods-a beautifully designed high power unit with 3-speed, mixed-flow impeller-type fan, exceptionally large aluminum mesh filter, twin lights and simple push-button controls on illuminated face panel. Variety of colors available.

4600 Series Hoods-a highly efficient duct-free unit that traps cooking odors, smoke and grease in a triple filtering system ernploying aluminum mesh, fiberglass and activated charcoal filters. 3-speed fan and enclosed light. Variety of colors available.

4500 Series Hoods-an attractively priced ducted unit with aluminum mesh filter, enclosed light and 2-speed fan. Accent Coppertone and several special colors available.

For complete information on these easy-to-install Miami-Carey Hoods, write for Booklet No. 6770. Dept. wL-567, Miami-Carey Division, The Philip Carey Mfg. Company, 13711 Freeway Drive, Santa Fe Springs (Los Angeles), California 90670.

Complementary businesses Merge for mutual profits

It's true that prior to the 50's the average dealer really was a "lumber dealer", but the changes the industry has under. gone since that time have been staggering.

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Lumberman and nurseryman combine operations. each helps the other's business customers get double benef it. outdoor living business proves profitable.

Needless to say, the additions of hardware, electrical, plumbing, paint, hand and power tool,. home planning and garden supply departments have been highly successful for dealers catering to the retail trade and now it appears that nursery stocks may be the trend. Of course, space is the big factor here, but several dealers from Arizona to Washington with enough extra yard area have found the nursery and building materials business highly compatible.

Burton French Lumber Co. in Walnut Creek, Calif., is one such operation and while the building materials operation was actually added to an existing nursery the result has been the same. $ucce$$.

Ed French, co-owner of the operation, explains it this way. "I guess it first struck me that outdoor livine was real big business after I spent a few hours just watching the cash register at Grant ture shows how strong store lighting can make any display look better. Store benefits from traffic generated by nursery.

Burton's big wholesale-retail nursery one weekend three years ago.

"I was looking for a site for my yard and I suddenly realized how well the two businesses could complement each other. Besides, all those people spending that kind of money on outdoor living are obviously improvement-minded homeowners and, therefore, prime prospects for anyone interested in starting a retail lumber and building material operation," he reasoned.

Ed approached his friend Burton with the idea and together they launched Bur-

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