The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 24, 1919, Page 16

[ Fl i SRy T S T R AP B Geo. C.- Shelon Says: ‘When I was exhibiting my con- crete mixers at the Nebraska State Fair, many farmers re- marked that they would certainly like to own a_ concrete mixer so that they would have it right on ] their own farm ready for work at o a minute’s notice. They bought, : too, when they realized my. ex- ceptionally low prices, and the time and labor saving features of the Sheldon Mixer. Are you one of those who have to wait on an- other man and pay high contract prices every time you have a job of concreting to be done? Wh not buy a Sheldon now? It will be ready whenever you are, and gvi{_’l pay for itself on the first few obs. View shows a water supply tank in oourse of oconstruction on the farm of H, F, Bartles, Tobias, Neb. The Sheldon did=- ‘its bit”’ on this job. P There are a lot of Sheldon Made Concrete gilos, Here is one on the farm of Oscar Dahlquist, Oconto Falls, Wis, He built two with his Sheldon the first season and paid for the machine by the l&bor\ saved on the first job alone. . Geo. 0. ‘\ Sheldon, - Pres. SHELDON MF8. CO. Box 9106, Nehawka, Neb. Send me without obligation on . my part your catalog and 80-day % trial privilege offer. ‘The No...... b J machine looks to be the style suited - z for my purposes. (State the kind and amount of work you have, and we will give you information on the machine best suited for your work.) : : L &ail the / 'The Sheldon Power Mix- “er No. 6X shown below is mounted on strong wooden frame and bolted on heavy May be had witb or without 2 H.P. Gasoline » engine. A fine outfit. skids. NAME - ooaiseessosencasdonssesToessnsesssaionssors o R s W R D L R SO T SRR B S PSR R S G MG X e : fi,uention the Leader When Writing Advertisers ”]‘“m‘”m”"m"""lllllllllml||m|numu|nunununum|||ll|ll|IlIIlllIIlII|l|||"||l||||l||||||||||"||||||||l||llll|m. e . You don’t have to take my word for a single eclaim_ or statement made for the Sheldon Mixer. It has simply got to make good for you on your conereting work or you don’t keep it. I’ll take all the risk. Just send for one of my machines shown below or in my catalog _ and TRY IT ON YOUR NEXT CONCRETING JOB—My 30 day Trial Privilege offer puts it right up to you. ‘With this ‘‘iron-clad guarantee’’ back of the machine you can’t afford to pass by the great opportunity that exjsts today for improving your farm buildings and premises. You can build cheaper relatively today than ever before in the -hxstorg of this country. The products of your fagm will buy, in exchange, more building material than ever before. You are getting an in- crease of 50 to 300 per cent for what you raise com- pared with an increase of only about 10 to 26 per cent for lumber, cement, sand, etc. - Build Your Own Feeding Floors, Silos, Tanks,Foundations, Buildings, Etc. With a Sheldon Farm Concrete Mixer you can” put in those many necessary improvements that you have needed 89 long, and that add so much to the value of your land. The Sheldon Mixer was designed particularly for farm concrete work, and there is not another mixer made that compares with it, price and quality of work considered, on any con- crete job around the farm. With a Sheldon to help, you can do ycur own concrete work when the fields are muddy, and the ‘“‘help” are idle. No trouble to find willing workers when the Sheldon is on the job. Build of concrete now and get the savings that concrete improvements will make for you— such as sanitary hog wallows, feeding and barn floors, cél- . lars, sidewalks, fence posts, and culverts, etc., etc. Our cata- log tells you a lot you ought to know about concrete. Be sure to get your free copy today. : - SHELDON CONCRETE MIXERS - Should Be On Every Farm Thousands of farmers /all over the United States are using Sheldon Mixers today as part of the regular equipment on their farms, The farm of the future will be the farm with permanent concrete buildings, and the Sheldon Farm Concrete Mixer will be as necessary as a churn or a corn sheller is today. Don’t put off buying your Sheldon Mixer—it will pay for itself on the first few jobs—and the improvements it makes possible will start paying you money now. You lose both time and money £ you wait—put the "Sheldon on your farm now as standard farm equipment. Thereis a Sheldon Mixer to fit every All power machines will be supplied with man’s requirements. Several styles are hand crank, when desired, and can be shown on this page, select the machine operated by Land at proper speed. Edch that you believe would suit your needs style is supplied in either wooden or steel and write us about it today. The Sheldon mixer drum. ~“We equip power machines with a 2 horse-power water cooled, hori- It is made in only one size with a mixing zontal gasoline engine when desired, or capacity of 3 cubic feet or one-ninth cubic you can use your own engine very easily. yard to a batch. Our strong wooden This makes a very fine completely equipped frame machine, shown on the right, will outfit. All our mixers except the Nos. 1 is a batch type (not continuous) mixer. With a Sheldon to solve the greatest drawback in concrete construction work—the problem of getting labor, to work at the back-breaking job of hand mix- ing—you will be in great shape to go ahead with any - kind of building operations requiring concrete. By all means make this a big year in building on your ] You Can Make Big Money Concreting In Your Section ‘A lot of Sheldon Owners are doing that very thing today. You can make many times its cost in a season by renting it to your neighbors. Or, if you want to go out and do work on contract with the Sheldon, you can easily make from §8 to $10 a day. Our custom- ers are doing it right now. The jobs go to the man with a Sheldon Mixer every time. John Rose of Spartansburg, Pa., says “Have already got the job of mixing concrete for the bridges in this township.” Read what others of our customers say in our catalog. Sent free postpaid, on request. Read What These Sheldon Owners Say: “I and my hired man laid a feeding floor for my hogs, 24x24 in one day; also put floor in my cow barn. neighbors liked it so well able to keep it at home.’ Christensen, Hancock, Minn.,, Rt. 1. ““The three -machines I bought of you have given perfect satisfaction. Put in the walls for my barns, 10 and 12 inches thick, 32x78 feet and 36x80 feet and it runs from 2 to 5 feet high, in just 18 hours with six men. Con- crete work has no terror for me now.'’ —C. H. Newman, Sandusky, N. Y. ‘I am more than busy with my Sheldon Concrete Mixer. Have more work than I can do. I get $10 a day when I work out.’’—Jesse L. Witter, ‘Wellsville, N. Y. . ‘‘Last spring!we purchased of you a set of castings to—make a concrete mixer. It was constructed per the fit nicely into a regular farm wagon boXx. and 2 machines are designed to be run by \ plans furnished and it surely worked Or you can _get the machine mounted on power, and thé parts for equipping these heavy wooden skids making it easy to machines as power outfits, may be had at move about on the job. - The machine a small cost. Read the descriptions .of mounted on strong steel wheel trucks is each machine at the bottom of this page, becoming more popular every season, it'~. and write today for catalog and price list can be pulled behind your wagon or auto.. ' which gives full information. Write Today For My New Catalog and Trial Privilege Offer The Sheldon Mixer is always sold at a comparatively low price. A direct to you sale, which makes possible my excéptionally low prices. Then as a final clincher, right now, I am making a special 30 day trial privilege offer which puts it up to you. We take all the risk to demonstrate that the Shel~ don Mixer will do all we claim for ft—and more. This is the most liberal offer ever made on a con= crete mixer. If at the end of 30 Cays the mixer does not make good, crate it up and de- 1iver it to the railroad. No ‘‘strings'’ on this offer—get full details, right now. You can’t make a mistake when you put & Sheldon to work on any concreting job, large Don’t waste any labor' or backbreaking effort mixing concrete by hand. Get my or small, It will 12:0“ a big labor-saving, money-making investment. mnrre valuable -time, catalog and offer. Mall coupon or a postal cr letter, Address ¢ Sheldon Mfg. Co. Box 9106 The Sheldon Portuble Mixer No, 8X:shown iwc is mount- ed on well built steel wheel truok. Bolfed and braced to stand the hardest use. o ; moved about the oountrx. ug- lied with or without 2 H. P. Btover Gasoline Engine. "PAGE SIXTEEN GEO. C.SHELDON, Pres. - Nehawka, Nebraska I T The Sheldon Takes the = '8 Backache Out of Concrete-—-Pays ~ For ltselfon Your First Small Job. great.”” D. M. Brubaker, Freeport, I11. “‘I have put in two bridges and can keep ten men busy.”’—T. D. Work- man, Geneseo, Kansass - ‘‘We have used the mixer during past year for putting in cement foundations for a complete set of farm buildings including silo, and like it very mucn.* —Dana Wright, Jamestown, N. D. ‘‘Last year I bought a cement mixer from you with which I am well satis- fed. It did not take long for it to pay tor itself and I surely can recommend it to anyone needing a big mixer at a small price.’’—W.Parks, Martinton,Ill. The Sheldon Power Mixer No. 3, one of the most popular styles. Mounted and b?ltfd ioxéo stron :oodan fi:l;le. d!‘ita nicely in Wagon and can be easily moyed from one job to another. Lk B .'. o PN