and steels “Everywhere in America " —Old fashioned wooden gates like these cause heavy losses of crops and stock as well as continual inconvenience. Good Enough to Use ANYWHERE - Cheap Enough to Use EVERYWHERE i Ckn&Sas Gates add greatly to the appearance and value of any farm Page One I en years ago Mr. Alvin V. Rowe built the first Can’t-Sag Gate with his own hands. Today he owns and operates the Largest Gate Factory in the World—all because he built a better gate —the “Can’t-Sag.” Page Two the First Gate How I Happened to Build Can’t-Sag H SAY “happened” because it was sort of an accident that first set me to thinking and studying how to make a better farm gate for less money than the clumsy homemade wooden ones we were using on the old home farm in Illinois. One day I was talking with one of my neighbors about gates, and this is what he said that set me to thinking seriously: ‘‘Yes sir, A l, I have tried all kinds of patent iron, gas pipe, and wire gates, but now I have gone back to using the common old reliable wooden gate. They have their disadvantages, but not so many as these flimsy steel, wire and gas pipe gates that spring out of shape, sag and can’t be repaired when they give out.” After this I tried different kinds of gates myself, and found that my neighbor was right. But to make absolutely sure of it, I person¬ ally visited every farmer in one of the best townships in Central Illinois, also another township in Eastern Iowa, to find out what kind of gates they were using. To my surprise I found that 90% of all the gates in use were common board gates and only 10% were various kinds of iron, wire and gas pipe gates. This proved to me that farmers preferred wooden gates and if I was to make a better gate it would have to be a better board gate, or at least it must re¬ tain all the good points of the common wood gates. So I built my first Can’t-Sag Gate—a happy combination of wood and steel. I used steel for strength and wood for lightness and flexibility. Then I combined the two in such a way that when my first Can’t-Sag Gate was finished there wasn’t a wood joint about it anywhere. That meant it wouldn’t water-soak and rot. I used bolts instead of nails so it could never get loose at the joints. There were no nails to rust off nor pull out. But the big feature of this gate was the improvement that gave it its name of “Can’t- Sag.” I double bolted every joint in such a way that when the gate was hung it would carry the combined weight of five or six men without sagging even a quarter of an inch. When I finished this gate and figured out the cost I was astonished to find that it could be built at practically the same price as the clumsy short-lived all-wood gates I had been using. Of course my first gate cost me more, but I could see that if I started building these gates in quantities I could solve the gate problem on Ameri¬ can farms by giving the most satisfactory gate ever designed at almost homemade gate prices. My first Can’t-Sag Gate was the talk of the neighborhood and I took orders as fast as I could fill them. Then I saw I would have to start a real factory to keep up with my growing business. For 10 years I have been building and improv¬ ing Can’t-Sag Gates. The way they sell proves I was right in deciding that what farmers want is “a better board gate.” They take like “hot cakes” with farmers everywhere. I have doubled my factory several times in the last few years to keep up with the demand, until today I am the largest manufacturer of farm gates in America. I have shipped as high as 2800 gates into a single county in one week. That shows what farmers think of them. You see Can’t-Sag Gates are the neatest, trimmest looking gates made. They swing easily both ways. They can’t possibly sag or drag on the ground. Your stock won t bend them or break them, or injure themselves in crowding against them, and they will actually outlast five ordinary homemade board gates. Not only that, but they cost you less than any other gate made, and even less than homemade wooden gates. So why shouldn’t you use them, especially when I guarantee them for five years. Other manufacturers stand back of their gates for only two or three years. I make my guarantee as strong as I know how. Read it on Page 32 of this book. If you can make it any stronger, write one and I’ll sign it. I don’t ask you to risk one penny in trying my gates. Just pick out the sizes you want to try—put them up and use them 30 days on your farm. Then if you are not satisfied that Can’t-Sag Gates beat any other gates you ever saw or used, regardless of price, don’t keep them. There will simply be no sale and every penny you paid for them will be returned to you /j f promptly. You take no risk at all, and Sy // /V///frrzPtSfs Pres I take very little because I have never r. V t rres. yet had any customer return a Can’.t- ROWE MANUFACTURING CO., Galesburg, Illinois Gate for anv reason. ( I bronounce my name as if spelled Roe.) thgfjS&s Gates — “ EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA ” — rant,Sag Gates P as e Three \ NOW—“Everywhere in America” One of My First Customers Gentlemen:—I have been using your Gate for 10 years and can only speak favorably of your Gate. 1 have about a dozen “CAN’T-SAGS” on my farm now and not one of them has ever sagged—they can’t sag! Yours very truly, A. KONSLER, Henderson, Ky. Rightly Named “CANT-SAG” Gentlemen:—Two years ago I put up my first four “CAN’T-SAG” Gates and 1 want to say that I am pleased with them and have found them all that any man could wish in a Farm Gate. They make an up-to-date Gate, reasonable in price and rightly named—“CAN’T-SAG." I am always pleased to recommend “CAN’T-SAG”Gates to all parties in need of a good Gate. Yours very truly, JAMES B. GREENE, Bradford, Rhode Island Banker Endorses the “CAN’T-SAG” Dear Sirs:—For the past two years I have been using “CAN’T-SAG” Gates on my ranch, having a dozen Gates in use at the present time. These Gates have given entire satisfaction and have given us less trouble than any gates we have ever used. Yours very truly, BAKER LOAN & TRUST CO., Wm. Pollman, Pres. Baker, Oregon B EN years ago my first Can’t-Sag Gate was the talk of my home neighborhood. Today they are the talk of America. Wherever you hear farmers speaking about good gates you will surely hear them mention the “Can’t-Sag.” They have not only read about them in their leading farm papers, such as the Breeder’s Gazette, Hoard’s Dairyman, Country Gentleman, Successful Farming, Rural New Yorker, Prairie Farmer and more than 40 others, but most every farmer in America has seen my Gates in use. There isn’t a state now, and I don’t believe there is a county in the whole United States where you won’t find Can’t-Sag Gates. I have already made one for every fifth farm in this country, and at the rate they are selling now, it won’t be long until every farmer will be a “Can’t-Sag” user. The next time you take a trip on the train or the next time you take a long auto ride through the country, just keep your eyes open for Can’t-Sag Gates. I’ll wager you can’t go very far without meeting your old friend “Can’t-Sag.” They hang everywhere, and by the way, take notice of how they hang, too. Whether they have been up one, two, five or even ten years, you will always find them hanging just as straight and true as the day they were put up. You won’t see any broken, patched-up boards, nor any loose, wobbly joints. They look business-like and on the job. They are good gates and they stay that way. After all it isn’t strange that Can’t-Sag Gates should be so popular with farmers. When you stop to think of the bother and trouble, and crop losses caused by poor gates, you can understand why they jumped at a chance to have genuine Can’t-Sag Gates made for them in my big factory at almost home-made gate prices. The only men in America to whom I haven’t sold Can’t-Sag Gates are the fellows who haven’t taken time to see how well they are built, how completely they solve the farm gate problem and especially how low in price they are. If I asked twice my present low prices for Can’t-Sag Gates, they would still be the cheapest gates you could buy. But when I started this business I said “I am going to make it so easy for every farmer to use Can’t-Sag Gates that he won’t feel he can afford to bother building another home¬ made gate.” Just because the Can’t-Sag Gate is so much better than any other is no reason why I should ask more than a reasonable price for it. I have stuck to this plan for 10 years, and it has paid me to do it. If it hadn’t I wouldn’t be the world’s largest gate maker today, and you wouldn’t see Can’t-Sag Gates Everywhere in America. GmtfggGates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE ” —(ggggg Gates Page Four Good Enough to Use ANYWHERE Cheap Enough to Use E VER YWHERE Thinks “CAN’T-SAG” Gates Are Best Dear Sirs:—I am writing to let you know how,much we think of your “CAN’T-SAG” Gates. We have sev¬ eral in use on our farm and think they are the strongest, best built, easiest opening and lightest to .handle gate we have ever used or seen. Hogs cannot raise them up either; they sure make a nice, neat, strong gate. Yours for “CAN’T-SAG” Gates, SIDNEY R. HOWREY, Rockwell City, Iowa, R. F. D. Will Put Up No Other Gate Gentlemen:—Last spring I gave you an order for a half dozen “CAN’T-SAG” Gates. They have proven en¬ tirely satisfactory and are all you claim for them. I find that they stand rough usage and “stay put” better than any other gate. I shall continue to put up “CAN’T- SAG” Gates until I have my farm entirely equipped with them. Yours very truly, JOHN HURDLE, Washburn, Mo. The Only Perfect Gate Gentlemen:—I am well pleased with my “CAN’T-SAG” Gates and feel that they are the only perfect gate that I have ever seen. They are rightly named “CAN’T- SAG” because they can't! Yours truly, FRANK E. TARR, Hillside Farm, Ashland, Maine. NCE in a while you hear folks say, “ We ought to have a nice looking new gate out there in the driveway or along that east road where so many people pass every day. They will make the place look so much more prosperous and better kept.” Of course they will. I don’t know of any¬ thing that adds so much to the appearance of a farm as good, neat, true hanging gates all along the road. I can’t understand why people will often fix up their fences and then spoil the looks of a good farm with old-fashioned, patched-up gates. Good gates are seen oftener and observed more than the fences, and you know, too, that when stock break through they usually do so at the gates. That is because stock naturally gather there and push and crowd against them. So a good gate is even more important than good fences The big advantage of Can’t-Sag Gates is that they are just as good looking as they are good. Money can’t buy a handsomer gate for the front yard driveway than one of these combination wood and steel gates, painted as we finish them at the factory in a deep, rich orange with all steel parts finished in black enamel. They look strong, light, neat and always harmonize with the finest surroundings. For example, look at the handsome country home of Mr. Lawrence P. Funk, on page 15 of this catalog. Here is one of the most beautiful country places anywhere, and yet no gate could give a finer appearance than the “Can’t-Sag.” Here as on thousands of other farms these gates have proven to be “Good enough for use anywhere and cheap enough to use everywhere. ’’ The price is so low that you can afford not only to use Can’t-Sag Gates where you want the best looking gate but you can put them up all over your farm. Just look over your farm and see how many poor gates you have that ought to be replaced with “Can’t-Sags.” Think of the big improvement it will make in the looks of your farm. Think of the big saving in time and trouble it will be to have these light swinging, true hanging gates everywhere they are needed. Think of the protection to crops and stock. A single loss prevented by Can’t-Sag Gates will often pay their cost the first season. You will be proud of the improved appearance of your farm. Hired help and others will find it easier to keep the gates closed, and you will agree before the first season is over that your investment in Can’t-Sag Gates was the best you ever made. No other improvement you can make on your farm will cost you so little. No other gates you can buy are “Good enough to use ANYWHERE and cheap enough to use EVERYWHERE. “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” - CuftiSgfGates r" Gates Page Five ft ■P Partial List of Prominent Farms Where Can’t-Sag Gates Are Used The United States Government. Rep. M. F. Ryan ...... Virginia Governor Lowden, Sinissippi Farm Oregon, Ill. Rep. J. O’Kelly ...... tt Pabst Stock Farm. Oconomowoc, Wis. Rep. C. O’Reilly ...... tt Judge Walter Jones. Ohio Senator P. H. Johnson ..... tt R. C. Patterson Estate ..... Ohio Senator Geo. S. Cunningham .... Ohio Jaffa, Prager & Co. Roswell, N. Mex. Judge F. M. Acton .... tt Spear Cattle Company ..... Wyoming Judge J. G. Reeves ...... tt J. E. Brown Land and Cattle Co. tt Joseph Leiter, “The Wheat King” The A— Cattle Co. . tt Cerro Gordo Farms . . . Cedar Rapids, Iowa Robert M. King, King Paint Co. . Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Colby Co. Des Moines, Iowa Portland Union Stockyards Co. (Model Ranch) Weiser, Idaho Zeigler Coal Company . . . . Chicago, Ill. Leland Stanford University Ranch California Post Estate, Postum Cereal Co. Battle Creek, Mich. B. C. Ranch . ..... « Funk Bros. Seed Co. ...... Funk’s Grove, Illinois Diamond L Ranch .. tt W. Atlee Burpee Seed Co. .... Philadelphia, Pa. Crafton-Mentone Heights Orange Association Spencer Ranch Company tt R. E. Olds, Automobile Manufacturer . Lansing, Mich. Colusa Butter Company Dairy . tt Funk Hog Farm ...... Bloomington, Ill. Math Baltus, Breeder of Pure-Bred Chester Whites Stewart, Minn. University of Illinois ...... Urbana, Ill. Blue Valley Creamery Company Chicago. Ill. Tusayan National Forest ..... Williams, Arizona Minnesota Agricultural School St. Paul, Minn. Standing Rock Indian Reservation ... South Dakota Ex. Senator J. F. Tolton .... Utah Purdue University ...... La Fayette, Ind. Ex. Rep. Wilford Day ..... tt Fort Lewis Branch of the State Agricultural College Durango, Colo. John H. Seely, Pure-Bred Cattle and Sheep tt Vandalia Coal Co. .... Linton, Ind. Ex. Senator J. N. Henrie (Capitalist) tt D. P. Siminson & Co. .... Linden, Ind. H. F. Firestone, Pres. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio R. H. Nixon Co., Bankers Newport, Ind. Gov. Westmorland Davis Virginia Judge B. S. Aikman ..... Newport, Ind. Col. E. B. White . . v Masonic Home ..... Franklin, Ind. Senator T. A. Brown .... tt Farm Canning Co. .... Franklin, Ind. Senator C. L. Chamberlin tt P. F. Bronson, State Veterinarian Georgia — George Bafus, Pres. Farmers Grange ft Lorillard Farms, Dr. R. P. Carter, Supt. . New Jersev • - -> 4 % Quit Sat Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - "O g&gs Gates Page Six Philipp* far)*™* LISBON On His Majesty 's S ceTid. u^b Wales V- JlMertca^ Xf**' V - 4 'i pase** 11 '* W2 lvvai 7'<1/ Tunis "'iff C/m - 11 1 u 'Ha. INOO Y JOSE METZOEB sarccioma' Jiff ft rg MUfUtc * p Uh . *•*»».. | Ireland W **fOR D */ **■> ’ • f Austria Are Known and Used ^ All Over the Worlds Pane Seven Cutting the Angle Steels for the Can’t-Sag Gates The Center View shows Skilled Workmen assembling the Gates. Many Heavy Presses are used to Punch the Holes in Can’t-Sag Gate Steel Five Freight Cars are Loaded at Once on Switch Tracks in¬ side the Fac¬ tory. Millions of feet of Painted Boards, Cut to Size, Travel on Conveyors to the Gate Assembling Department. fage Eight Hour Your Orders for y . ^(p?Vnt{-j&sid ”Gaies / ^N^are Handled Corner ” of the busy Order Dept. One of the Accounting ^ Rooms of the Treasurer’s Dept. ROWE M'*’;^A r -TURING CO Looking across one end of the General Office where many Stenographers write the. dictated letters of Mr. Rowe and otlmr^^al Executives. ^^91 r. Rowe believes in health¬ ful recreation for His em- ^ ployes. This shows games of “Volley Ball” at the The General Offices are -Jocated in this Building. r in These ^ Modern Offices Page Nine A Happy Combination of Wood and Steel in a Modern Farm Gate - \ ■ . rsa || | wmmfei -— -r ■ - fapL-i ■ Never Tightened a Bolt Gentlemen—The “CAN’T-SAG” Gates we are using on our ranch are the best we have ever seen or used. We have had them in daily use for several years and have never had to tighten a bolt or fix anything. They are certainly a well manufactured Gate. Accept our congratulations on the efficiency of your Gate. Very truly yours. T. E. MITCHELL & SON Albert, N. Mex. Will Not Put Up Another Homemade Gate Gentlemen—I can strongly recommend your Gate to anyone who has use for a light, yet well braced Gate. I, myself would neither use nor recommend any other gate but the ‘‘CAN’T-SAG,” and though I have made many home-made gates in the past, I will never put up any other Gate but yours in the future, for I can’t compete in price with your Gate. Yours very truly, HENRY S. RIPPEL Baltimore, Md. Delighted With the “CAN’T-SAG” |( Gentlemen-My husband had just bought some 'CAN’T-SAG” Gates when his orders to go to France came. I had them hung, and after a year of pure gate satisfaction could not be separated from them. They look neat, wear well and I get frequent compliments on the appearance and durability of our CAN’T-SAG” Gates. I only hope that some¬ day we will have them in use all over our farm. I am, indeed, delighted with the “CAN’T-SAG” Gate. Yours very truly, MRS. J. M. RIPLEY Live Oak Lodge, South Jacksonville, Fla. B ANT-SAG GATES are made different from any other gate. They are neither all wood, nor all iron—but a happy combination of the two. They retain the good features of all-wood gates and the advantages of steel gates, but have none of the drawbacks and annoy¬ ances of either. They are practical, substantial, durable—just a sensible everyday Farm Gate for everyday farm use—and inexpensive in price. They last longer than any other gate you can build or buy. They weigh only half as much as ordinary all-wood gates and are far stronger than any steel, wire or gas-pipe gate made. They can’t sag even a quarter of an inch. Your stock can see them plainly and can’t possibly injure themselves by running into them or crowding against them. If a board breaks, it don’t let the gate sag or fall down. You simply slip out the broken board and replace it with a new one, and in five minutes you have another perfect Can’t-Sag Gate—good as new and repaired at the cost of one board and a few minutes spare time. When a board breaks on your old-fashioned all-wood gate, you have to tear the whole thing apart. When a new fangled gas-pipe, steel, or wire gate breaks it is almost impossible to fix it. The Can’t-Sag is the only really permanent farm gate you can buy. Best of all the cost is even less than the bothersome, cumbersome home-made wooden gates you are now using and they only cost about one-third as much as a gas-pipe, wire or steel gate. Can’t-Sag Gates are neat looking and attractive. You will be surprised with the way they will improve the appearance and actual value of your farm. A few dollars invested in Can’t-Sag Gates will often increase the selling value of a farm $500. Good gates are more prominent than any other improvement you can make about your place. By their neat, trim, well-kept appearance, Can’t-Sag Gates indi¬ cate thrift and good management. They are attractive, convenient, strong and durable, and the first cost is a mere trifle compared with the saving and benefit they bring you. ‘Qgtfgg Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - ‘CsgtSag Gates Page Ten Why l Can Guarantee My Gates Never to Sag, Warp or Twist Out of Shape Cheaper and Better Than Slide Gates ROWEMFG. CO., Galesburg, Ill. Gentlemen:—In regard to my “CAN’T-SAG” Gates, will say I like them because they are light, strong and durable. The Slide Gate has always been the farmers’ standby. It was heavy and cumbersome, but we used it because it was cheap, but the “CAN’T-SAG” is really cheaper and so much better that they don’t even compare. Very respectfully yours, ALBERT LINN, R. No. 70, Canton, Ill. Best Gate He Ever Used Dear Sirs:—It will interest you to know tha 1 we have used your “CAN’T-SAG" Gates on our farm for the past five years. We consider it the best Gate we ever used. Its lightness, durability and inexpensiveness are its best features. I just wanted to write you this line to let you know how well pleased we are with your Gate. Sincerely yours, john m. McMillan. Linwood, New York | OUR farm gates get five times as much use and abuse as any other part of your fence. This is due to the habit all stock have of gathering at the entrance to the pasture lot and pushing and crowding against the gate. Now right here is where the so-called “bull-strong,” “indestructible” gas-pipe, wire and steel gates fall down. No one can build a strong gate by simply using a wire filling on an iron frame, and when stock crowd against it they are bound to bend or twist it out of shape. Of course such gates will “last a long time” if placed where they are not used much, but when tried out in your feed lots where a gate gets hard usage, you will soon find that a Can’t-Sag Gate will outlast two so-called “bull-strong,” “indestructible” iron, wire or gas-pipe gates. Showing Double Angle Steels Bolted on Two or three men can swing on the end of a Can’t-Sag Gate and it won’t sag even a fraction of an inch. Your heaviest stock can crowd against it without breaking or twisting it out of shape. As soon as the pressure against the side is removed, it will spring back into position without any attention on your part. The only possible accident that can happen to it is the breaking of a single board and that seldom happens, owing to the great strength given by the rigid steel braces. However, should a board break, the gate won’t fall down or even sag, and you can repair the break like new by simply slip¬ ping iff a new board. Cross¬ view Angle Steel Here is the feature in Can’t-Sag Gates that makes them different and better than all others. Each of the boards is bolted between four pairs of angle steel uprights as shown in the illustration at the right. The illustration at the left shows a cross sectional view of the actual shape and size of each angle steel bar. There are eight of these bars used in each Can’t-Sag Farm Gate, and the boards are double-bolted between the four pairs of steels. This is what keeps Can’t-Sag Gates from sagging and warping. It is simply impos¬ sible for the boards to warp and twist as they are so firmly gripped by the two bolts at every joint. To allow Can’t-Sag Gates to sag even a quarter of an inch 50 bolts would have to break or 8 angle steel uprights would have to bend, and you know that is impossible. It is important that two strong bolts should go through each board and each pair of angles at every connecting place. These bolts are placed four inches apart where 6-inch boards are used and nearly 2 l A inches apart where 4 inch boards are used, thus making a brace of that length at every joint. As the regular 52 inch gate contains five 6-inch boards, we have 20 braces four inches long in each gate, and in the 7-board gate made of 4-inch boards, we have 28 braces nearly 2 A inches long. Every joint in a Can’t-Sag Gate is a stiff joint bolted firmly — not nailed, screwed or riveted together. "Q' gtfgi Gates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA ” —CagiSaJi Gates Page Eleven True to Name—It Can’t Sag No Loose Joints in the Can’t-Sag Gate NOTHER good feature of the Can’t-Sag Gate is the Double Truss Hinge Brace shown in the illustration. The upper brace running from the top hinge to the center board acts as a hanging brace while the lower brace extending from the bot¬ tom hinge to the center board acts as a standing brace. This forms a triangular Truss Brace similar to that used on river bridges and is recognized as the strongest type of brace that can be used. While it would be impossible for Can’t-Sag Gates to sag even if this extra double truss brace were omitted, yet the use of it divides the strain of the weight equally between the two hinges and keeps Can’t-Sag Gates absolutely rigid at all times. Were I to use only one bolt instead of two at each joint of the Can’t-Sag Gate, then the Double Truss would be a necessity and the strain of almost the entire weight of the gate would rest on this Triangle Truss. But with 2 bolts at each joint, each is firmly braced, and the Double Truss is simply an extra support that gives Can’t-Sag Gates twice the rigidity, and twice the durability of any other farm gate made. I want you to notice this, too—every joint in a Can’t-Sag is a stiff joint. There is nota hinge or loose joint in the whole gate. Now compare this with farm gates that are so con¬ structed that the end will raise up. Every joint in such a gate must be a loose joint. It can’t be anything else and the bolts connecting these joints will soon wear or cut out. If you want a gate that you can elevate to let small stock pass underneath or one that you can lift over snow¬ banks easily, have your Can’t- Sag Gate fitted with my Ele¬ vating Attachment, shown on Page 21, which solves this gate problem completely. Stays As It Is Built ROWE MANUFACTURING CO. Galesburg, Ill. Dear Sirs:—We use your Gate because it suits us better than any gate we have tried. It is easily built and stays as it is built. The wrench tighten¬ ing is so easy that one can keep it in order without trouble or wasting time. The Elevating Attach¬ ment is simple and practical and adapted to farm conditions. Yours truly, HEBER GILLIS & SON, Rio, Ill. Dealers in Big Type Thoroughbred Poland China Gilts. _. The Only Gates to Have on a Farm ROWE MANUFACTURING CO. Galesburg, Ill. Dear Sirs:—In regard to the "Can’t-Sag” Gates I like them fine. I see no signs of sagging. I have 12 in use around my farm, and have put them to some pretty hard tests, and they show no signs of sagging down. A good many have taken notice of them and they all say they are the only gates to have on a farm. C. H. COBB, Springfield, Ind. "Gl4tfgs Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE”- Gates Pace Twelve Every Joint is Water Tight and Rot Proof Has Used “CANT-SAG” Gates for Eight Years Gentlemen:—What are the prices now on “CANT-SAG” Gates and Gate Steels? I am going to need some more very soon. I have used your “CAN’T-SAG” Gates for eight years, and I can heartily recommend them. It makes a light, yet very strong Gate—one that is not hard on the gate post and that is easy to open and shut. It is neat in appearance and looks very attrac¬ tive in use on the farm. It is a very useful Gate all the way through. Yours Respectfully, C. EDWARD PERISHO, _ Dudley, Ill. More Durable That Any Other Gate Gentlemen:—I am about ready to put up some more “CAN'T- SAG” Gates, and you will hear from me later. I am using quite a number of your “CAN’T-SAG” Gates on my farm now and am using them along with all-wood, home-made gates, also wire and gas-pipe gates, and find that “CAN’T-SAGS” are more dur¬ able than the others. They also cost less and look better than any other make of gate I have. They have solved the Gate problem for me better than anything else I have tried. Yours for Success, S. L. SEARLES, Oak Lawn Farm. Dalton, Minn. Cheaper and Better Than Steel Gates Dear Sirs:—The “CAN’T-SAG” Gates I have bought from you are satisfactory in every way. They are durable and light, yet strong. They are cheaper than any steel gate you can buy, and very much better. The self-locking hinge is a very good feature, for hogs can not lift the Gate off the hinges. Yours truly, L. G. BEHARRELL, Matsqui, British Columbia, Canada WANT you to notice another good point about Can’t-Sag Gates that make them practically “rot proof.” You know that when your home-made all-wood gate gives out, it is usually because the boards have rotted at the joints or the nails or bolts have rusted off. A joint formed by nailing two or three boards together can never be made a tight joint. Water will collect between the boards, the joints soon become loose and the gate sags out of shape. The boards rot, the nails and bolts rust and you have to rebuild them or repair them continually. You will never have this trouble with the Can’t-Sag Gate. Note the size of the angle steel. It is no wider than the board is thick. Even if moisture should penetrate this tight joint, it would dry out just as quick as the exposed surface of the board, since each angle steel is only an inch wide. In other words, instead of a wood joint 6 inches wide you have a steel and wood joint only 1 inch wide and the angle steels being bolted on are fairly drawn into the board on each side making a smooth tight joint that is moisture proof. The boards on a Can’t-Sag Gate will rot no quicker at the joints than in any other part because no two boards touch. Each board is held independent of the others. Should the boards of a Can’t-Sag Gate decay in 10 or 15 years, you have only to replace the boards, using the same steels in making a new Can’t-Sag Gate as good as the first one and at a cost of only the five or six boards and less than an hour of your time. To protect Can’t-Sag Gates against decay, the boards are given two coats of paint, before being assembled, and all my Can’t-Sag Steels are made rust resisting by black enameling. In wet weather you will find the weight of a Can’t-Sag Gate very little more than in dry weather, because water does not collect in the joints. You know from experience that the rainy season adds from % to % more weight to your home-made, all-wood gates, and just at the time when the mud is deepest and the going hardest, you have to drag all this extra weight of water every time you open or close your gates. Can’t-Sag Gates weigh about half as much as all¬ wood gates in dry weather, and they do not increase in weight in wet weather if kept painted. That means something to you and to your boys especially. "(ggtfgg Gates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” - CajitSa t Gates Page Thirteen Special Gate Hooks as Good as the Gate |0U know it is attention to the little things that makes “perfection,” and that is why I have something interesting to tell you about even the Gate Hooks, which I furnish without extra charge with all Can’t-Sag Gates. These Can’t-Sag Gate Hooks are not ordinary lag screws. I have them made special for my customers, and I believe it pays me to go to this extra trouble and expense. Bolted to the Post—Can Never Pull Out These Hooks are made of %-inch round steel with smooth finished pintles that fit into the hinge block perfectly. Note the thread on them, too. These are not common rolled or cast thread hooks. Every one of them has deep threads cut by lathe. The hook for the upper hinge has a long, strong bolt that goes clear through the post with nut to hold it securely in place. The hook for the lower hinge has deep lathe cut threads and a sharp gimlet point. It turns into the post easily and on account of the deep threads made tapering on the inside and straight edge on the outside it holds much more firmly than ordinary lag screws would. K§ Probably these Gate Hooks are made stronger than is really necessary, but I would rather have them that way. The more the Can’t-Sag Hinge pulls the tighter the hooks will hold. Cam’t*Sag Gate Hooks Won’t Pull Out The Improved Can’t-Sag Hinge you will note is lowered six inches from the top of the gate and raised six inches from the bottom of the gate. This advantage on the top hinge is something that you should not overlook. The majority of farmers prefer that their gates be a trifle higher than their fences, and in this case, when the hinge is at the extreme upper corner of the gate, you will find that as a rule the post is not long enough to securely hold the gate hook in place. By lowering the upper hinge at least six inches makes it possible to overcome this objection. This Upper Gate Hook is 11 inches long In regard to the lower hinge the objection to having it at this extreme lower corner is that it is almost impossible to bore a hole in the post for the gate hook without digging a place away for the sweep of the brace to work. It also places the hinge so close to the ground that it is continually bothered with trash and moisture. By raising this lower hinge at least six inches overcomes these objections and makes the gate so much easier to hang. KSagfeV Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” — Gates > Cant Sag dates f i ANDERSON GRAIN & COAL CO y**C\ TIPPCCAHOE STOCK TA*K. Ik* HATTA 8 s«pcmoR"*»£* ,t r oros. Page Fifteen Most of America’s fine farms now use Can’t-Sag Gates. The one shown in the lower center is the handsome farm home of Mr. Lawrence P. Funk. On this farm 5,000 Hogs a year are raised, “{ju^fafaz Gates Made of Five 6-inch Boards Loc This Tra 44 Car(£ Lettered ( The above illustration shows a complete Can’t-Sag Gate 52 inches high, made of five 6-inch boards spaced as follows from bottom to top: 2% inches, 4% inches, 7% inches, 8% inches apart. We will furnish you either the Complete Gate, just as illustrated, or you can order just the Gate Steels which consist of 8 Angle Steels, triangle truss brace, hinges, gate hooks and bolts—in fact everything but your boards. By buying just the Gate Steels, you can build your own Can’t-Sag Gates out of boards you may already have on hand. Can’t Possibly Sag or Drag Eight High Carbon Steels are double bolted on to the boards clinching them like a vise. Two bolts go through each pair of angles at each connecting place. In addition a Triangular X Truss Brace is used, making it impossible for a Can’t-Sag Gate to sag even one-quarter of an inch unless 40 bolts give or 8 angle steels bend, which is, of course, impossible. The Triangular X- Truss Brace is a feature found only on Can’t-Sag Gates. The two steel braces on each side of the gate, after joining together and forming the Trian¬ gular Truss Braces, extend far enough to be bolted to the second pair of angles on the Gate. This makes three connections for the ends of the braces instead of one—one connec¬ tion where the braces cross and the other two where the braces are bolted to the angles. Thus, it is impossible for the braces to sheer or cut off the bolts, as is the case where the braces do not cross but are bolted directly to the second pair of angles. It also takes much of the strain off the gate hinges and gives the entire gate greater strength. This Tri¬ angular X-Truss feature makes the gate easy to put together because it is so easy to square. It keeps the gate square and plumb, so that it will not twist or warp. Can’t Warp or Twist Out of Shape Any ordinary gate which is braced on only one side is apt to warp and twist out of shape. With the Can’t-Sag Gate this is impossible, for the gate is braced, just the same on both sides. This double bracing, together with the four pairs of angle steel uprights, holds the boards securely in place and prevents all danger of warping or twisting. The Can’t-Sag Gate hangs straight and plumb all the time. Your heaviest and most spirited animals can crowd against Can’t-Sag Gates and they will immediately spring back into perfect shape as soon as the pressure is relieved. They are flexible owing to the combination wood and steel construction, but practically indestructible. Cost Less Than All Wood Gates Any user of a Can’t-Sag Gate will tell you that they are the cheapest as well as the best gate you can build or buy. Read this letter: “1 am using a number of your Rowe Can’t-Sag Gates and am going to have some more of them. They are the finest Gate to open and close I ever saw, Any child that can walk can open and shut them. They cost less than all-wood gates and are far more durable.” G. P. MOGLE, Scioto Mills, III. i&flfcfate Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE ” —Gates Page Sixteen MANUFAC ^WEftmu Galesl Can’t-Sag Gates are >at. patents granted by tl l ment to Mr. Alvin VI cover the most valua j of gate and we caut j unless the gate ofl stamped with our i* “Can’t-Sag” as show al of our manufacture a:l many valuable feati s Can’t-Sag Gates the n at world. If a combinaho is offered you by at ( trade-mark. If you il Company and we will t< fi can get the genuine Ca •! ‘ i’t-Sli the trade-mark “Can’1 *E0 BY . 0 : anfactured under 18 ited States Govern- fe. These patents atures of this type 1 gate buyers that them is plainly ired trade-mark— ve, it is not a gate i | Des not contain the swhich have made 3t 'opular gate in the n ’ood and steel gate Ifaler, look for this ilio find it write our : y< how and where you -5 ? Gates. Remember » id take no substitute. Gates Made of Seven 4-inch Boards i All Gates The above illustration shows a complete Can’t-Sag Gate 52 inches high, made up of seven 4-inch boards spaced as follows from bottom to top: 2% inches, 3 inches, 3% inches, 4% inches, 5% inches and 6% inches apart. We will furnish you either the Complete Gate just as illustrated, or if you prefer you can order just the Gate Steels which consist of 8 angle steels, the triangle truss brace, hinges, gate hooks and bolts—in fact, everything but the boards. By ordering just the Gate Steels you can build your own Can’t-Sag Gates in just a few minutes, using boards which you may have on hand. Water-Tight—Fire-Proof—Rot-Proof Moisture cannot collect in any part of a Can’t-Sag Gate. There are no wood joints and the joint formed where the angle steel crosses the board is only one inch wide, or no wider than the board is thick. This allows the joint to dry out as readily as the surface of the boards, and there is, therefore, no opportunity for decay to start. If the angles on Can’t-Sag Gates were wider they would only add useless weight and the joints would provide pockets for the gathering of moisture and decay would result. There are no wood joints in a Can’t-Sag Gate and for that reason they do not take fire readily. Even if fire burns the grass below the gate and sets fire to the bottom board, the whole gate does not burn. The damage is usually con¬ fined to the bottom board which can easily be replaced in a few minutes’ time. Be Repaired Quickly ;sibly happen to a Can’t-Sag Gate, an Can The worst that can possibly happen to a Can’t-Sag Gate, and that is very unlikely to occur, is the breaking of a single board. Even this does not cause the gate to sag or weaken and all that is necessary is to slip out the broken board, put another in its place and you have a new gate. There are no cross braces or cleats to bother with. On the other hand, when one of the “inde¬ structible” wire, iron or gas-pipe gates are damaged, they become useless. The Finest Looking Gates You Can Own No other gate will give your farm such a neat, trim appearance, or add so many dollars in actual value to your property. They don’t have that weak, flimsy look, common to many other gates and they are just as strong and dependable as they look. Your stock can see them easily so are not in danger of being injured by running into them. Gates - “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” Qj ttj S iS Gates Page Seventeen Page Eighteen Fine Stock and Good Gates are usually found together. The big breeders and stock feeders of America are enthusiastic boosters for Can't-Sag Gates. ii Cant-Sag” Self-Locking Re-Enforced Hinge Closing the Gate Locks the Hinge The Self-Locking Hinge is a new and valuable improvement. When you close a Can’t-Sag Gate it is impossible to lift or raise the gate off its hinges. It’s locked for “keeps” when shut, although it can easily be removed when swung open either way, say 4 or 5 feet. Notice the Lug on the Gate Hook on the next page. It is so made that it automatically locks in a socket of the Hinge Block. We use Triangular Truss Braces on every Can’t-Sag Gate. There are two large triangular truss braces—one on each side of the gate. At both the upper and lower hinges on each side is a smaller triangular brace, making Six triangular truss braces in all. This system of triangular bracing has been long recognized as the strongest and firmest bracing ever used on a gate. It is an exclusive Can’t-Sag feature and fully protected by our patents. The Six Triangular Truss Braces, Hogs Can . t Root the Cant . Sag Qff It . s H i ng e S together with twenty or more short braces formed by double bolting every board to the angle steels, makes a gate I can guarantee will not sag even a fraction of an inch. HE Hinges are the most important and should be the strongest part of any gate. They get the most wear and the greatest strain. The Hinge I use on my Can’t-Sag Gates is all steel— unbreakable—and without a doubt the strongest used on any farm gate made today. That is why my gates never give out at the hinge joint. They are built for strength and hard usage and are made many times stronger than necessary. With these hinges Can’t-Sag Gates swing either way easily and a little child can open and close them without difficulty. They always swing free of the ground, never sag or drag, and years of use do not aflect them in the least. I furnish the hinges for every Can’t-Sag Gate or set of Gate Steels I sell because I want to be absolutely sure of this part of every Can’t-Sag Gate that leaves my factory. No matter how strong—how well made in every other respect a gate may be, if it has a weak, flimsy hinge, it is worthless. I use the strongest and most durable hinge made on Can’t-Sag Gates. People often refer to it as the “Hinge That Holds,” because it is as rigid and strong as the gate itself. - “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” - r*n$ax Gates Page Nineteen QjrtSajtGates Strongest Hinge Used on Any Farm Gate JOTICE how this Can’t-Sag Hinge is made. A piece of heavy strap steel over IX inches wide is formed in the shape of a letter “U” so it can be bolted on each side of the gate, and this is also connected to the two upright angle steels and to the Double Truss Hinge Braces. This forms a hinge of sufficient strength to withstand the severest strain, and explains why Can’t-Sag Gates never give out at the hinge joint, where so many other farm gates are weak. Inside this “U” Hinge is placed the removable Hinge Block shown here. This hinge block is frequently called the “wearing plate,” as the pintle of the Gate Hook extends through the center of it when the gate is hung. This Hinge Block is made of malleable iron and each side is provided with a re¬ inforced |wearing surface to keep the gate hook or pintle from ever wearing or coming into contact with the “U” hinge. This cut shows why Can’t- Sag Gates never give out at the hinge joint. NOTICE—We use a Double Truss-Brace — one on each side of the gate, as shown in this illustration. The flange on the Gate Hook tits into the loop of the hinge block when the gate is closed. After the hinge block is placed inside of the “U” hinge, it is firmly locked in position, so there is no chance for it to come loose. Constant wearing of a gate will in time wear out any ordinary hinge, but with the Can’t-Sag Reinforced removable hinge block placed in the same, all the wear comes on the wearing block, and should this block ever become worn it can quickly and easily be replaced with a new block. The illustration above shows how neatly the Gate Hook fits the Can’t- Sag Hinge. The Special Self-Locking Hinge which we use is made of high carbon steel, which is positive proof against breakage. You will note that we place the upper hinge on the lower edge of the top board. Our reason for doing this is that on the top hinge it some¬ times happens that the post is a trifle shorter than the gate itself. By lowering the hinge 5 or 6 inches in this way it makes it possible for you to hang a higher gate than the fence posts between which it is hung. Placing the hinge in this position also does away with the danger of the gate hook splitting out the top of the post. The lower hinge is placed even with the top of the bottom board so that it will be possible to bore a hole high enough up on the post to permit the use of any ordinary brace and bit. If it were neces¬ sary to bore this hole in the post an inch or two above the ground a rachet brace would be required to do the work. Another point to consider is that when the lower hinge and gate hook are close to the ground they collect trash and moisture, interfering with the free swinging of the gate and causing rust to form. Every Can’t-Sag Gate Hinge is fully guaranteed for five years. We guar¬ antee to replace FREE of charge any parts giving out within that time. This Can’t Happen to the Can’t-Sag Gate CuU&* Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - Gates Page Twenty Can’t-Sag Interchangeable Elevating Attachment SI (Can Be Changed Quickly from One Gate to Another) |HE Elevating Attachment which I furnish when desired with Can’t-Sag Gates at a small addi¬ tional cost is illustrated below. It saves lots of time and trouble. It is the only Elevating or Lifting Attachment I know of that don’t weaken the gate. Here are some of its good points. It raises the gate the full length so there are no narrow or tight places for hogs to squeeze through. You can adjust it to any height from 5 to 30 inches. This permits you to let small stock pass under freely and lift the entire gate high enough to swing clear of deep snow drifts. You have probably seen the style of gate that lifts only at one end, but any farmer knows that hogs invariably try to get through where the space is smallest. That is not only apt to injure the animal, but it’s hard on the gate, especially one that has all loose or hinge joints which you know it must have if it lifts at one end. Any gate to be entirely satisfactory either for opening in deep snow or for separating stock should be elevated the same height its entire length. A “Real” Elevating Attachment—One that Lifts the Whole Gate There is another convenient feature of this Cant- Sag Elevating Attachment I want you to consider. It is interchangeable and can be quickly removed from one CanTSag Gate and attached to another. You can have a half-dozen CanTSag Gates on your farm and only one Elevating Attach¬ ment if you wish. Then you can use it wherever you happen to need it most. Attaching this “Elevator” to any Can’t-Sag Gate is the work of only a few minutes—no matter how long the gate has been in use. It is not even necessary to remove the Gate Hooks from the post, as this attachment is made so that it clamps right to the Gate Hooks and also to the hinges. When lifted, the Gate can be locked at any height you wish. You cannot afford to buy any gate that lifts only at one end, because such a gate must have flimsy hinge joints and will sag almost as readily as it will "lift.” Every joint in the Can’t-Sag Gate is rigid and strong whether elevated or not—and that’s the only kind of elevating attachment worth having. EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA”- — Gut&feji Page TwentyO no Can t- Sag Barb Wire Top Gates-Two Kinds A stretch of barb wire on the top of a Can’t-Sag Gate will prevent stock from reaching over and keep trespassers from climbing over. We furnish our customers with two safe methods of attaching barb wire to the Gate so that even if the wire should break, the loose strands cannot get down on to the ground and endanger your animals. The wire is not only supported at four points on each Can’t-Sag Gate but it is gripped securely at each of these points. The extension method of attaching the wire requires that this particular style of Gate be ordered. The Ironclad attachments however are furnished separately and can be fitted to any size or style of Can’t-Sag Gate either old or new at very slight cost. We believe this to be the most satisfactory method of attaching barb wire to the Can’t-Sag Gate. The wire is supported by the extended angle steels themselves which form the frame work of the Gate. At each pair of angles a bolt passes between the twisted strands of the wire and holds the two angles together. In fact in the Can’t-Sag Extension Gate the barb wire actually forms a part of the Gate itself, being bolted in just as if it were a top board. Handy Wire Tightener At the hinge end of the Gate a wire tightener is provided which makes it easy for you to keep the barb wire al¬ ways tight. Just turning up the nut, shown in the illustration at the left draws the wire hook over which one end of the barb wire is looped ) and takes up the slack as the wire stretches. Where Can’t-Sag Gates are furnished with Wire Extensions, the boards are placed closer together, so that the top board is 4 inches from the top of the angle steels. This adds nothing to the height of the Gate, and but very little to the expense. We strongly recommend that our customers include at least some of these Wire Exten¬ sion Gates when they order Can’t-Sags. Being a part of the Gate itself, these ex¬ tensions can only be furnished at the time the Gates are ordered. Ironclad Barb Wire Attachments We very often find customers who have purchased Can’t-Sag Gates from us without Wire Extensions and who would now like a safe, convenient way of attaching barb wire to the tops of their Gates. There are other Gate users who prefer a detachable outfit so that they can move the attachments and barb wire from one Can’t-Sag Gate to another. To meet the requirements of all such customers Mr. Rowe has perfected the Ironclad Barb Wire Attachment. This outfit consists of 4 strong flat pressed steel attachments shaped as shown in the illustration at the right. These attachments straddle the top board and are placed between the angle steels and the board and then are bolted by the top bolts to each board. As these Ironclad attachments are not a part of the Gate they add 4 inches to the entire height. They can be easily and quickly put on, or removed. Each set' of these attachments is also provided with a wire tightener of the same style used on our BarbWire Extensions. The cost of a complete set of Ironclads is very slight. Order a few sets for use on old as well as new Can’t-Sag Gates. GuftJatGates - “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - Qg&zdGates Page Twenty-Two Your Name or the Name of Your Farm Lettered Free on Each Gate The “No Trespassing” Sign is a warning to all alike—hunters, fishermen, strangers, in fact, all who might be inclined to encroach upon your property, to keep off your premises. The “Keep Gate Closed” Sign is a more generous one for drives more or less open to the public—places where you have no objection to admitting the public, but where in return you wish to remind them cour¬ teously of their obligation to treat you fairly. This sign will also prove a silent reminder to the boys, girls and hired help anywhere about your farm to close the gates through which they pass. If you will select the Can’t-Sag Gates you want me to send you on 30 days’ free trial, and tell me how you would like to have them lettered, I will have them finished up at my factory and send them to you neatly lettered, with either one of these three signs, or with your name or the name of your farm, as selected by you. Asking for this lettering places you under no obligation to me, and I do not want you to feel that if I go to this trouble for you that you will need to keep the gates I send you. I sell Can’t-Sag Gates on trial strictly on their merits, and this lettering is an added feature which I am glad to furnish. In case you order Can’t-Sag Gate Steels instead of complete Gates, we can supply either of the above stencils at slight cost so you can letter your own Gates when completed. In ordering, please mention both number of sign and lettering wanted, for example: No. 1 — “Keep Gate Closed.” No. 2— “No Hunting Allowed.” No. 3— “No Trespassing.” ■^•JIAVEN’T you thought many times as you have driven through the I ■ I country how convenient and interesting it would be if you knew ! the names of the owners of the different places you passed? The practice llMli of naming the farm or at any rate of displaying the owner’s name where passers-by may see it is growing in popularity. The Can’t- Sag Gate because of its combination wood and steel construction offers an ideal opportunity of displaying the name of the farm or farmer. If he is a dealer in pure bred live stock or specializes in Fruit, Bees, Poultry, etc., a few words lettered on the Can’t-Sag Gate will prove the best possible advertisement. Where Can’t-Sag Gates do not front on the highway we recommend the use of such warning signs as “Keep Gate Closed,” “No Hunting Allowed,” or “No Trespassing.” A warning sign on a farm gate has often been the means of saving a good many hundreds of dollars’ worth of damage to crops and farm animals. Thoughtless, careless people are reminded by these signs that failure to obey the warning will make them liable for any consequences that may result. We will gladly letter, free of charge, every Can’t-Sag Gate ordered from us. You can have your choice of these three signs or you can have part of your order lettered with one sign and part with the others. The lettering is of very attractive design in exactly the design shown here. It really adds to the neat appear¬ ance of the gate and warns without giving offense. The “No Hunting Allowed” is perhaps the most popular of all as the average farmer has little cause for complaint of trespassing except against hunters. - KEEP NO IIUNTIN&WKH NO trespassing ‘Otg&fc *Gates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERIC A” — ‘Cuttfr* Gates Page Twenty-Three .Oi l —I —- • - * kT , A ** £ III 11 z _ i _ — — - 1 Ei E ■ \—; ox ll How Cart t-Sag Gates Will Increase the Value of Your Farm |ANT-SAG Gates are used today on most of the fine farms in America. Look at the list of prominent owners on page 6. You will find there the show places of America—farms where no expense is spared to keep them in in the most im¬ proved condition. These men use Can’t-Sag Gates not because they are lower in price than others, but because they are also the most durable, and the neatest look¬ ing gates they can buy. The deep rich orange coat we give the boards contrasts with the black enamel finish of the steel parts making a complete gate that is most pleasing to the eye. Can’t-Sag Gates are handsome, strong, flexible, and never lose their good looks because they can’t possibly sag, warp or twist out of shape. Well kept, trim looking gates are as noticeable to the passerby as well-painted buildings. There is no single improvement you can make about your place that will cost so little and bring you such thorough satisfaction. Can’t-Sag Gates in¬ dicate prosperity but not extravagance. They show good management on the part of the owner. If the cost of Can’t-Sag Gates were anywhere near as much as others charge for so called “indestructible” gates, then you might have reason to hesitate about the first cost. But when you know you can replace every old fashioned, heavy, broken down gate on your farm for less money than you can build new board gates, you can’t afford to do without them a day longer. Especially when I offer to send you at my risk as many gates as you want to try. All I ask is that you use them for 30 days. Then I know their solid construction, handsome appearance, easy swinging advantage and other good features will make you an enthusiastic friend and user of Can’t-Sag Gates. No Other Gate Equals the “CAN’T-SAG” ROWE MFG. CO. Galesburg, Ill, Gentlemen:—I take pleasure in saying that for dur¬ ability, simplicity and strength, there is no gate that I know of that equals your "CAN’T-SAG” Gate. It ad¬ vertises itself. Any farmer that buys one will want more. I call my gates "CAN’T-SAG Stay-Rite” Gates. Very truly yours, L. R. VANDEVENTER, R. No. 8, Glasford, Ill. The Strongest and Best Farm Gate ROWE MFG. CO. Galesburg, Ill. Gentlemen:—I have used your gate Steels and CAN’T-SAG” Gates for the past year or two with a great deal of satisfaction. They make the strongest and best farm gate I have ever used. Very truly yours, A. P. GROUT, Winchester, Ill. Trustee of the University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. "Ggfjjgi' Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - "QgtfgiGates Page Tuienty-Four Get the Habit of Putting Up “Can’t-Sags” When You Need New Gates Replacing Wooden Gates With “CAN’T-SAGS” Gentlemen: — After having used four of your “CAN’T-SAG’’ Gates for about two years, I want to write you and tell you what I think of them. They are true to name, are very strong and make a neat appearance. They are giving me splendid satisfaction. When the remainder of my wooden gates play out, I will replace them with “CAN’T-SAGS.” which is the best recommendation that anyone could give an article. I am mighty well pleased with your Gates. Yours very truly, WILLARD C. STRYKER, Ridgevale Farm, Bellemead, N. J. Has Only Words of Praise Gentlemen:—I just wanted you to know that, after a thorough use of “CAN’T-SAG” Gates, I am very much pleased with them and can speak only words of praise for them. 1 am using four of your Gates about my barnyard and find them to be very handy, satisfac¬ tory and durable. They are well-made Gates and haven’t sagged yet. Very respectfully, J. C. BIGELOW, Woodland Farm, Burnside, Conn. Best Gates Ever Used Gentlemen:—I must say that the “CAN’T-SAG” Gate is the best I have ever used on my ranch. I have ten of them in use now, and would not want to be without them. People who come here compliment me on my Gates. I letter my cattle brand ZIZ; also my name on each Gate, which is quite an advertisement for my ranch. Yours very truly, CHARLES ZUMMACH, Alladin, Wyoming. jHOUSANDS of American farmers have gotten the “Can’t-Sag” habit. When they need new gates any¬ where about their farms, they order “Can’t-Sags.” They know from experience that no other gate is so practical for farm use—no other gate is so strong and flexible —no other gate will last as long and look so well—in short, no other gate either homemade or factory built offers so much gate value at the price they pay. There was a time when almost every farmer built his own gates. That was before the “Can’t-Sag” could be obtained at such remarkably low prices. Now-a-days no farmer can afford to be bothered with building homemade all-wood gates. Such gates are clumsy, heavy, hard to open and close, they sag and they drag. As a result they are often left open. Homemade gates need fre¬ quent repairs, and these are hard to make. Can’t-Sag Gates seldom need repairs, but if a board should break, you don’t even need to take the gate from its hinges, you simply slip out the broken board and replace it with a new one, then you have a gate made good as new quickly and easily. The Can’t-Sag Gate is the only gate made that is good enough to use any¬ where and cheap enough to use everywhere. It is handsome enough in appearance to fit the finest surroundings, and yet it is so sturdy, strong and durable that it has no equal for general farm use. Get the habit of putting up “Can’t-Sags” when you need new gates. You can’t afford to put up another clumsy homemade gate when you can have these splendid guaranteed Gates made for you in the world’s largest gate factory at the low prices we quote. "(kgtgai Gates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” — YZgtfgg Gates Page Twenty-Five Order the Gates You Need Today Shipped On 30 Days’ Free Trial j |0U can’t afford to put up with ram shackle, temper-trying, time-losing gates a day longer. You can’t afford to make another all-wood gate at home. You can’t afford to spend two or three times my price for a flimsy, light weight, all-steel, wire or gas-pipe gate that is almost sure to sag and one that can’t be repaired. You can’t afford to refuse the remark¬ able offer I make you now to try as many Can’t-Sag Gates as you wish at my risk. I want to prove to you right on your own farm that Can’t-Sag Gates or Gate Steels are the best paying small investment you can make right now. All I ask is the privilege of sending you direct or delivering from my dealer, two, three, four, or even a dozen gates for you to try 30 days—at my risk. I don’t ask you to decide until after you have actually used them. I want you to see for yourself first how much better Can’t-Sag Gates are than any other you ever saw or used. I want you to see how much more convenient they are, how much time they will save you, how much better satisfied you will feel every time you open and shut them. I want you to see for yourself how well they are made, how long they will last, how much they will improve the appearance of your farm, and how many dollars they will add to the value of your property. Wouldn’t Use Any Other Gate Gentlemen: —I am using your “CAN’T-SAG” Gates all over my farm now and would not think of using any other kind of gate. I have my gates painted a uniform green color and they have attracted so much attention that my neighbors have furnished me with a name for my farm, by always referring to my place as the farm with the good green gates or “Green Gate Farm.” Yours very truly, W. C. WOOD, Prop. Green Gate Farm, Itta Bena, Miss., R. F. D. No. 2. You can find out all these things and compare Can’t-Sag Gates with any other before I ask you to decide. At the end of 30 days, if you are pleased, the sale is made at my low money¬ saving price (which is less than the cost of homemade gates and only about one-third the price of steel, wire, or gas pipe gates). If you are not satisfied, just say so, and your money will be returned together with all freight charges you paid. USE THE TRIAL ORDER BLANK On the next two pages you will find all sizes of Can’t-Sag Gates and Gate Steels described. You can easily select just the Can’t-Sag Gates and Gate Steels you want to try in different places on your farm. I would recommend that you have at least one of them fitted with the Inter¬ changeable Elevating Attachment. Remember, you take no risk. Simply use them 30 days and if you are not pleased your money will be refunded together with any freight charges you may have paid. CuitiSas Gafes — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE ” —Gates Page Twenty-Six Complete Can’t-Sag Gates-Ready to Hang All our painted gates are given two coats of paint before they are assembled. All gates are regularly made of Long Leaf Pine, but can also be furnished in Cypress or Oregon Fir. Boards are surfaced both sides. Gate Steels are painted black while the boards are regularly furnished painted a rich, light orange. Five 6-inch Boards with Plain Top This Gate is 52’ inches high, made of 5 six-inch boards spaced as follows from the bottom up: 2?4 ins.; 4% ins.; 714 ins.; 814 ins. apart, made in 10, 12, 14 or 16-foot lengths, either plain or painted. Five 6-inch Boards with BarbWire Extension This Gate is 52 inches high including the Wire. Made of 5 six-inch boards, spaced as follows from the bottom up: 214 ins.; 4 ins.; 5% ins.; 6 % ins. apart. With barb wire stretched 4 inches above the top board. Made in 10, 12, 14 or 16-foot lengths, either plain or painted. Seven 4-inch Boards with Plain Top This Gate is 52 inches high and made of 7 four-inch boards, spaced as follows: 2% ins.; 3 ins.; 3/4 ins.; 414 ins.; 514 ins. and 6% ins. apart. Made in 10, 12, 14 or 16-foot lengths, painted or unpainted. Six 4-inch Boards with BarbWire Extension This Gate is 52 inches high including the Wire. Made of 6 four-inch boards, spaced as follows: 214 ins.; 314 ins.; 4?4 ins.; 6 ins. and 714 ins. apart with barb wire stretched 4 ins. above the top board. Made in 10, 12, 14 or 16-foot lengths, either plain or painted. Seven 4-inch Boards with BarbWire Attachment This Gate is 56 inches high including the Wire. Made of 7 four-inch boards, spaced as follows: 2% ins., 3 ms.; 3,4 ins.; 414 ins.; 514 ins. and 6% inches apart, with barb wire stretched 4 ins. above the top board. Made in 10, 12, 14 or 16-foot lengths, either plain or painted. NOTE—This Gate is also regularly furnished made of 5 six-inch boards. Short Length Can’t-Sag Gates This Gate is52 inches high by 10-foot length. Gates are often wanted in lengths of 7 to li feet. We are prepared to furnish these, but on account of the short length 3 pairs of angle steel uprights are used instead of 4 pairs. All short length gates can be fur¬ nished, made either of six-inch or four-inch boards and with or without barb wire extension or barb wire attachment. Rowe Stock Rack Rowe Stock Racks are made of 4-inch boards, height 36 inches, and in standard lengths and widths, either plain or painted. In ordering be sure to state inside width and length of your wagon box. Can’t-Sag Elevating Attachment (Interchangeable^ —fits any Can’t-Sag Gate. Can be moved from one gate to another without changing hooks or hinges. Lifts entire gate 5 to 30 inches to allow small stock to pass under or to clear snow. XajjtfgtGates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA ” - CagiSaf Gates Page Ttv e n ty-Sever i Order Just the Steels If You Prefer and Build Your Own Carit-Sag Gates Then you can build the best gate you ever owned in less than 45 minutes, and the cost will not be more than one-half the prices others are charging for gates not half as good—and not guaranteed more than half as long. Many of my customers prefer to buy Can’t-Sag Steels and make their own gates, because it is so much easier to fit the opening than to try to get a standard length of gate “stretched out” or “compact” enough to fit between the gate posts. I have sold Can’t-Sag Gates on trial to farmers all over the United States, and I don’t know of a single one of them that would part with them if they couldn’t get more of them. But that is only the opinion of others. I want you to see for yourself. I want you to try either the Complete Gates or just the Gate Steels — any number you need, one or a dozen, at my risk. I don’t know how to make a fairer offer, and if you like my way of doing business just put down the number of Gates and Steels you want to try on the order blank and send it right back. I’ll do the rest. Send today. ALVIN V. ROWE, President Rowe Mfg. Co., Galesburg, Ill. Can’t-Sag Gate Steels—Without Boards For either 4 or 6-inch boards—everything included except the boards. Four pairs Angle Steel Uprights, Double Truss Braces, Gate Hooks, Hinges, Bolts, Washers and Lightning Socket Wrench, directions, etc. Each set complete for making Swing Gates 12 to 18 feet long. (See note below). AM just as ready and willing to sell you Can’t-Sag Gate Steels as Complete Gates. You probably have about the place just the boards you need to make the gates you want; and if that is the case you won’t need to order anything but the Can’t-Sag Steels, which includes angle steel uprights, truss braces, bolts, hinges, gate hooks and socket wrench, etc. (See illustration below.) Height 52 inches —Made for 5 boards 6 inches wide (weight 38 lbs.) or for 5 boards 6 inches wide, with barb-wire extension (52 inches high over all). Height 52 inches— Made for 7 boards 4 inches wide (weight 38 lbs.) or for 6 boards 4 inches wide, with barb-wire extension (52 inches high over all). 1 I I I I I i I I I III! III! mi NOTE: For making Gates 7 to 11 feet long, we furnish 3 pairs Angle Steel Uprights. If 5 pairs of Angles are wanted on 16 to 18 foot Gates, we can furnish same at slight additional cost. Iron Clad Lawn Gate Steels —Including all Steels, Bolts, Hinges, Gate Hooks, Latch, Wrench, etc. Everything except the pickets. For gates 3 feet, 3Lor4 feet wide. (Weight 12 lbs.) Iron Clad Barb-Wire Attachments, made of Pressed Steel—supports wire 4 inches above top board. One set consists of 4 attachments, 1 tightener bolt, 2 cotter pins. (Weight I 1 /.) lbs. per set). This illustration shows a complete set of Can’t-Sag Gate Steels as shipped to our customers. All our Gate Steels are rust- resisting,” being painted with black enamel paint. Four of each set of eight angles are punched with square holes to fit the shoulders of the bolt which keeps it from turning, and the remaining four with round holes. All bolts, hinges, gate hooks, lightning socket wrench and direction sheet are furnished for each gate. *Qgtfgg Gates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” - Cajtff&Gates Page Twenty-Eight Rowe’s Ironclad Lawn Gates — Ready to Hang HESE attractive gates add wonderfully to the appearance of the yard, garden or other premises where a small, strong, light swinging gate is needed. They have beauty as well as strength and endurance. They can’t sag or drag. There are no nails to pull out, no wood joints to gather moisture and rot. The neatly shaped wood pickets are firmly bolted between two pairs of horizontal Angle Steels which firmly hold them in place. An extra brace of steel also extends diagonally across the body of the Gate connecting the two sets of angle steels and making it impossible for the Ironclad Gate to ,J . become bent or twisted out of shape. The pickets are carefully painted before the Gate is assembled. The Gate Steels are always painted black. Each Gate is fitted with a self-locking Gravity latch which permits the Gate to swing either way and to latch from either side. The pickets are made with blunt points for safety to children who might carelessly climb the fence or gate. We can furnish Ironclad Lawn Gates, either painted or unpainted. Customers who wish to have their Lawn Gates match fences or buildings will be supplied unpainted Gates at lower prices. Ironclad Lawn Gates are made in only one height—4 ft., but customers fre¬ quently saw off the bottoms of the pickets when lower Gates are wanted. We make these Gates in three widths, 3 ft., 3 l /2 ft. and 4 ft. Furnished complete, ready to hang. Ironclad Lawn Gate Ironclad Lawn Gate Ironclad Lawn Gate 4 ft. high and 3 ft. wide. 4 ft high and 3ft. wide. 4 ft. high and 4 ft. wide. Has 7 pickets each 3 inches Has 8 pickets each 3 inches Has 9 pickets each 3 inches wide. Furnished plain or wide. Furnished plain or wide. Furnished plain or painted. painted. painted. Cagggt Gates — “EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA” — Gmtfgg Gates Page Tw e nty ■ N in e Rowes New Idea Stock Rack A Low-Priced One-Man Rack Built on the Same Plan as the Can y t-Sag Gate using sets of angle steels in place of boards to form the frame work of the rack. There are no wood joints to rot—no nails to pull out or rust. Every board is double bolted between high carbon angle steel uprights as shown in the illustration. Stock cannot bend them out of shape nor break the uprights. If a board ever breaks, the rack can be repaired easily and quickly without taking the rack apart. All you need to do is to slip out the broken board and replace it with a new one. You then have a rack good as new without patching up with nails or cleats. Thousands of farmers who are now using Rowe New Idea Stock Racks tell us that they are undoubtedly The Cheapest, Strongest, Lightest and Most Durable Racks These Racks have every good feature you could ask for in a Stock Rack. The frame of steel makes them more than five times as strong as any all-wood rack and at the same time greatly reduces the weight. The illustration at the left shows how easily one man can handle a complete side section of this rack. It weighs less than a bushel of wheat. This is an advantage every farmer will appreciate. You know how awkward and hard to handle the old style wooden rack is. With the Rowe Stock Rack, you don’t have to call for help, nor tire yourself out tugging at the job. No Help Needed to Put Rack Together Another feature of this Rack which makes it a truly “one-man rack” is that you don’t have to hold it in position. When the rack is to be used, one of the side sections is lifted into position as shown in the illus¬ tration at the left and it requires no fastening or holding as the three sets of angle steels straddle the box side. The other side is then lifted into position in the same way and the end gates put on. The whole operation is quickly done, and you have a rack that is far more sanitary, durable and cheaper than any all wood rack you can build or buy. Oust^iiGates — “MORE THAN A MILLION IN USE” — Guitfa* Gates. Page Thirty The Rowe Reck weighs much less than any ail-wood rack and is easily lifted into position by one man. A complete side section weighs no more than a bushel of wheat. m HESE light, handy one-man racks are becoming almost as popular as the Can’t-Sag Gate. They are built on the same plan—that is, bolts are used instead of nails, and great strength as well as nnnciial 1icrbtnpT»L I 1(0 OOO SUSeuiS — U.OivlOtO MOTHS « S4S.OOO Galesburg.III. jan. 10, 1919. To Whom It May Concern: I am pleased to Btate that I an personally acquainted with the 9owe Manufacturing Company of this olty, and oonslder them reliable and atten¬ tive to their business. They are one of the most substantial manufacturing oonoems of our olty, have a large pay roll, and we taka pleasure In reoommendlng them. Very respectfully, FIRST RAT I01IAL B,UIK, Cash lei The Oalehbiico Xitioxal KUxk tiauc(iBi:R«,lu.. Jan. 11th. 1919. To Whom It May Concern: Qaleeburg, Illinois, le the home of A. V. Rowe and the'can't Sag Sate. Mr. Rowe began the manu¬ facture of this gate and farm accessories about ten years ago and by fair dealing and a determination to manufacture and sell the best there was in the market, has built up a very large business. Ur. Rowe believes In making things right and doing right with the trade. This has been respon¬ sible for his great suocese. He Is today one of the leading citizens of our olty and among the foremost In good works and the upbuilding of our town along with the prosperity and success of his own business. It gives us much pleasure to recommend Mr. Rowe and his business to the public and to the trade. & People'sTrusl anA Savings Bank CAPITAL »*SO OOOOO Poor ITS S77S.OOOOO Gale«b\ir$.ilL January 10th, 1919. To Whom It Lay Concern:- We tak« pleasure In stating th*t ww have known the Rowe Manufacturing Company, makers of the •CAH'T-SaO" Ontes, In a business way for a pumber of years. They are wide awake, progressive people. Vs understand they are doing the largest Gate business in America, making Oates that oannot bo excelled.. They are honorable la their dealings, »d we oonelder them thoroughly responsible financially. We take pleasure in ocramendlng them to the publlo. Very truly yours, PEOPLE’S TRUST & SAVXHOB BALK farmers an&jSlprhaiiire’ISmik. CAerau. fioo.ooooo suneiOs A rooms $10000000 Gaj-esir hc.Ill. Jen. 10, 1919. To Whoa It May Concern *.- TTe hAV« known Alvin V. Hows, President of the Rows Manufacturing Cawpany of this oily. In a t»slnsss vsy, for sons year,. And hare h»d aort or less buslnsss vita nle Oowpany during the! tlas. To have no heel tansy In saying that they are Tollable and trustworthy, and that any stete- nent or guar an tee a»de ly them repirdin r, their Oates oen be relied upon. Tours very truly. Good Enough to Use ANYWHERE Cheap Enough to Use EVERYWHERE Manufactured by USA