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"The Farm Book, A Guide To Better Farming With Better Buildings"

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"The Farm Book, A Guide to Better Farming with Better Buildings," published by West Coast Woods promotion, is off the presses and being distributed to the nation's retail lumber dealers, lvho will handle sales.

"The Farm Book is an economic study of farm buildings in relation to farm profit, and presents mu,ch factual , information that never has been published before,,, West Coast Woods announces.

"It is not a plan book and is not intended to take the place of such a publication. It represents years of research and actual testing by the Doane Agricultural Service, St. Louis, whi.ch compiled the book, plus ths knowledge and experiences of agricultural colleges, the Unitecl States Department of Agriculture and other fact-finding organizations. The Farm Book points out how properly planned, properly located farm buildings can work to create and preserve income, if they are built economically sound in relation to the size and productivity of the farm."

Size of ths book is 9 x 12 inches. It contains 96 pages, more than 100 photographs and diagrams, and an entire section of handy tables, in addition to numerous tables throughout the book. There is front cover space for dealer imprint. The retail pricq is $1 ; soecial quantity prices are offered to lumber dealers.

Information is given on mapy farm problems, including building requirements for dairy and beef cattle, hogs, draft horses, poultry and sheep. The supplemental tables are easy-to-understand guides to capacities and dimen_ sions of buildings for various purposes, sizes .and spacing of building units, value of farm products in terms of income to the farm owner and the most profitable investment in farm buildings.

Publication of this handbook of farming facts, announces West Coast Woods, was done for these two purposes: fn a message to retail lumber dealers, West Coast Woods said :

1. To create goodwill among the nation's farmers by providing a handy, reliable source of information on various farm problems.

2. To stimulate lumber sales for retail dealers through construction based on sound building advice. In this category, the Farm Book becomes a permanent sales promotion piece for retail lumber dealers.

"Your efforts in distributing this book to your farm trade will be part of a well-organized program.. On its part, \\rest Coast Woods is providing merchandising aids such as displays and banners and national advertising in such ' farm magazines as the Farm Journal, Country Gentleman, and Successful Farming.

"In addition to being helpful to your farm trade, the book has definite advantages for you. The ideas it contains on building and farm improvements are businessgetters for the building materials you sell.',

Retail lumber dealers may obtain .,The Farm Book, A Guide To Better Farming With Better Buildings,, from West Coast Woods Promotion, 1410 S. W. Morrison Street, Portland 5, Oregon.

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