The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-17
MOTIVE POWER ON The FAam.
A Plea For the Gasoline Engine, which 1
Inexpcnsive and Easily Run.

A Plea For the Gasoline Engine, which Is
Insxpcnsive and Easily Run.
A very important and perplexing
question has been that Of motive power.
What was most economical, safest, most
convenient and serviceable to run our
feed grinder, bone mill, fodder cutter
and such other machinery as IL might
become necessary to use. A western man
who has spent considerable time and
money in his attempts to solve this
problem gives the benefit of his expe-
rience TO farmers at large through the
columns Of The Prairie Farmer. His
first power was q tread machine, next o
horsepower, then o wind engine He
says:
But, all things considered. the power
that leads all others on the farm is the
gasoline engine, 1t is safest, because it
cannot explode. and not spark of fire
is to be made. 1t has no boiler, and a
pail of water is sufficient 10 run it all
day. 1t is most convenient, for at any
time you enter the barn you can have
your machinery running at full speed
inside Of two minutes Ii is more eco
nomical than any other power, as so or
rs cents worth Of gasoline will run it
all day. No expert is needed TO manage
it-in fact, no one need go about it at
any time, except when it needs oiling.
and this only three or four times day.
The machinery about it is very sim
pie, and hence ii is bound to be o very
durable and serviceable machine. For
use on the farm nothing has ever been
invented that comes anyways near fill
ing its place, and I do net think any
thing ever will take its place short of
perpetual motion.
! can find about IL no fanlt as mo-
tive power ON the farm, and those who
are In need of q power should see this
engine before purchasing. II is best to
have it mounted on trucks, as q rule, SO
that it can be easily moved around when
needed upon difficult parts of the farm
or from one farm to another. 1t is ma
chine that several neighbors may own
jointly, as few days at most is about
all the time any ono farmer would need
to use it, and two horses will easily
draw it from one place to another. 1t is
not as expensive as steam engine of
same power and can be run with one
sixth the expense required to furnish
man, wood and water necessary to run
the steam engine.
With a gasoline engine and less than
5000 invested in dynamo and fixtures
the farmer can light his house, barn and
lawn at very small cost, say, probably
8 cents am hour for gasoline, which is
the only expense he will incur. The
cost of good gasoline engine will run
from $3.50 to $500, for from one TO six
horsepower machine. The uses to which
it might be put upon the farm are al
most innumerable. Where the farmer is
any sort Of a mechanic, it could easily
be arranged to do the saving of the
wood, washing, ohurning, pumping, be-
sides running all the machinery about
the barn. The model farm is hardly
complete without this engine, and not
many model farmers will try to get
along without one when once apprised
of its usefulness and convenience. /
know there are thousands of farmers all
over this land who have puzzled their
brains over this question Of motive pow
er on the farm. but it has at last been
solved by the invention of the gasoline
engine.