The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 2, 1919, Page 9

THE SEATTLE STAR--WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1919. Sil : - ° PNGE 9 9 ~~ ERINTENDENT REE ° Will Teach You FREE How to Make Money Raising Poultry Head of the ALDERWOOD MANOR $150,000 Demonstration Farm, Himself a Remarkable Success, Leads All the Little ~ Landers to Independence and Happiness By H. B. REED, Superintendent Alderwood Manor Demonstration Farm Weal does life mean to you; what are you getting out of it? What are you living and working for? These questions are not asked thoughtlessly, nor is this a sermon. But I want to set you thinking. The man who thinks now is the man who can shape his own future. What I say here is just as personal as if you, my neighbor, my friend, had sought me out for a little visit and advice. Do you want to work for someone else all your days, for little more than a bare existence, and leave your children a legacy of more hard work? If you have never considered leaving the hard, soul-wearing grind of daily employment, begin to think seriously of what a little land and liberty would do for you, for your wife and for the kiddiés that glory in the sunshine and the open air, the flowers and the garden. x ¢ To put off considering this question is to hold you back that much longer from SUCCESS. What does Alderwood Manor mean? A visit there will open your eyes. It is a place where hun- dreds of Seattle people are planning to have their beautiful, self-supporting homes with many already there. It is a place where there are no tenants or landlords, but where every man owns his own land. And land is something real, something substan- tial. It is the foundation of health and wealth—a fundamental necessity. Tlere is no healthier place in the world than ‘Ald: wood Manor, 400 feet above sea level, swept by tue sea breezes that bring a ruddy glow to the cheek and a vigor of body that makes life worth living. Hear the call of Alderwood Manor; it is the eall of the land that has been ringing through the ages; louder and more insistent now than ever, be- cause of the whole world’s cry for food! I KNOW that poultry pays. Starting from practically nothing, in four years I built up an income of $3,000 a year and estab- lished my own plant, worth $10,000. As head of the Alderwood Demonstration Farm, with the most complete facilities ever provided, I can show you how to do that well—or better. Let me explain to you how the $2-a-year-profit hen can be produced in any numbers you wish; see the electric incubators that have hatched 50,000 baby White Leghorn chicks this spring—chicks from the finest stock in the world, all the mother birds having records of 200 to 300 eggs a year. Poultry raising is the one form of agriculture that has been completely standardized—and that has been accomplished by the State of SPEND THE FOURTH AT ALDERWOOD, Or Come Out Saturday or Sunday Alderwood Manor is always open to visitors. Electric cars leave the new Seattle-Everett Interurban depot, Sixth and Pine (near Frederick & Nelson’s), every hour on the half hour. Or drive out via Westlake and the North Trunk Boulevard. It only takes 45 minutes. Washington Agricultural Department, whose plan we follow. _ a actin ita eg te ath But there are many forms of agriculture to follow with profit—growing the filbert nut, the new fig tree that is especially adapted to this climate, in- tensive gardening, and many others. The experts of the Alderwood Manor Demonstration Farm show you how to take every step on the road to SUCCESS. You have plenty of work right now, at good wages—but how about the future? Remember Alderwood Manor is right within the city’s gateway, reached by fine electric cars on the Everett Interurban, or over the magnificent North Trunk Boulevard, only 45 minutes from the heart of the city. All the comforts and conveniences that city folks enjoy are here now—electric lights, telephones, good roads, school, ete. cwmrg. ota, wert aS Come to the Puget Mill Company’s city office, in the Walker Building, Second Avenue at University Street, where arrangements have been made to bring you out, either by interurban or automobile, without-expense to you. Let me show you and your friends this wonderful demonstration farm. I am particularly anxious that women should see, for they really make the best poultry raisers; they have made the hen America’s national bird. Come with an open mind prepared to investi- gate and determine for yourself. You will be sur- prised how easy it is to become the proud owner and possessor of a country home that will make you as independent as it has made me and hundreds of others whom you will be able to meet. Come! Land Department (Phone Elliott 182) f WALKER BUILDING Second Avenue at University SEATTLE