The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-09-05
MOTIVE POWER ON THE FARM.
a Plea For the Gasoline Engine. Which Il
Inexpensiye and Easily ann.

a p en- For the Gasoline Engine. Which IL
inexpensive and Easily ann.
A very important AID perple King
question has been that of motive power.
What was most economical. safest, most
convenient and servieeable To run our
feed grinder, bone mill, fodder cutter
and such other machinery rs it might
become necessary to use. A western man
who has spent considerable time and
monty III his attempts to solve this
problem gives the benefit Of his exne-
rience to farmers at large through the
columns Of The Prairie Farmer His
first power was tread machine, next a
horsepower, then a wind engine H.
SAYS:
But. all things considered, the power
that leads all others On the farm is The
ga>o' ne engine 1t Is safest. because II
cannot explode, and not a spark Of fire
Is to be made. 1t has no boiler, and a
pail Of water IS sufficient 70 run it all
day Il Is most convenient, for at any
time 5on enter the barn You can have
your machinery running at full speed
nom. al than any other power, as 30 or
- cents worth Of gasoline viii run 1t
al dly. No expert l. needed u manage
tin fact, TO me need 90 about Il at
any time, except when it needs oiling.
and is only zee IT faur times day
The machuAFy about 1t l. very SIN
pie, and hence It is bound to he Il very
durable and seryiccdbIe machine For
use on tine farm nothing has ever been
invented that comes anyways near fill
ing it, place and | do not think any.
thing ever viii take its place short of
perpetual motion.
can find about it no fault as mo
tive pc Wer On the farm, and those WIZ
are III ueed Of Il power should see this
engine before purchasing. 1t Is best to
have il mounted on trucks as a rule, Sc
that it can be easily moved around when
needed upon difficult parts Of the fam
or from one farm to another. Ii l9a ma
chine [ rat several ueighburs may oWh
jointly. rs few days at most Is about
all the time any one farmer would need
t. use II, and two horses viii easily
draw it from che place 10 another. II i
not Us Xpcnsiye as steam engine q
same power and can be run with one
sixth tie expense required to furnish Il
man, wood and water necessary to run
the steam engine.
With Il gasoline engine and less than
$500 INFESTED i'll dynamo and fixtures
the farm ct can light his house, barn and
lawn at very small cost, say, probably
3 cents IN hour for gasoline, which Is
the only expense he will incur. The
cost of a good gasoline engine viii run
from 1910 to $500, for from one to six
horsepower machine. The uses 10 Whicl
it might be put upon the farm ara al
most innnmerablc Where the farmer is
any sort If a mechanic, 1t could easily
be arranged to do the saving Of the
wood, washing, churning pumping, be
sides run ming 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.