Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-06
MOTIVE POWER ON THE FARM.
a Plea For the Gasoline Engine Which Is
Inexpensive and Easily Run.

Inexpensive 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 it 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 n tread machine, next a
horsepower, then a 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 a spark of fire
is to be made. 1t has no boiler, and a
pail of water is sufficient TO run it all
day. It is most convenient, for at any
time You enter the barn you can have
your machinery running at full speed
inside Of two minutes. 1t is more eco
nomical than any other power, as 30 OF
- cents worth of gasoline will run it
all day. No expert is needed to manage
tin fact. no one need 90 about it at
any time. except wien it needs oiling.
and this only three on four times a day
The machinery about it is very sim
pie, and hence it is bound to he yer,
durable and serviceable machine. Fol
use on the farm nothing has ever bee
cd
ing its place, and do not think any
thing ever will take its place short of
perpetual motion
l can find about it no fault as mo-
tive power on the farm, and those who
are III need Of a power should see this
engine before purchasing 1t is best to
have it mounted on trucks, as a rule so
that it can be easily moved around when
needed upon difficult parts Of the farm
or from one farm to another. It's a ma
chine that several ncighb0rs may own
jointly as few days at most is about
all the time any one farmer would need
to use it, and two horses will easily
draw it from one place to another 1t is
not as expensive rs steam engine Of
sane power and can Zoe run with one
sixth the expense required to furnish a
man, wood and water Necessary to run
the steam engine
With a gasoline engine and less than
5000 invested in Il dynamo and fixtures
the farmcr can light his house, barn and
lawn at very small cost, say. probably
3 cents an 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 he put upon the farm are al
most innumerable. Where the farmer is
any sort Of Il mechanic, il could easily
be arranged to do the saving Of the
wood, washing, chuming, 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 appraised
If its ust fulne>> and convenience
know there are Thousand, Of farmers all
over this land who have puzzled their
brains over this question If motive pow
er on the farm. but it has at last been
solved by the invention Of the gasoline
/ engine.