The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-26
ENGINE
ON THE FARM,

Clemson Extension Work.
Recent years have witnessed a very
marked increase in the use OF mechanical
power for the performance OF many classes
of farm work that our fathers accomplished
by hand.
or the va ious power-producing mchincs
in use on the farm probably the most used
and the most adaptable to all sorts OF con
ditions is the single. cylinder gasoline en-
CINE OF the four-sroke cycle type. This
machine is made In two forms, vertical and
horizontal, and with either air or water
cooled cylinder.
While machines OF different makes vary
rs to detail, they all have the same
essential parts; namely, cylinder with in
let and exhaust valves, piston, connecting
rod, crank shaft, crank-shaft bearings with
imports, fly wheels, exhaust valve opener
governor, ignition apparatus, carburetor
cooling apparatus, and oiling system.
These engines may be purchased in sizes
from one-haIf horse power upward.
Unlike the steam engine, with pulling
powers We arc familiar, the gasoline en-
CINE will not carry much overload; hence
it is advisable to buy n machine large
enough to do the maximum work required
Of it without overlooking. If the engine is
to be used for pumping only, small special
humping machines that give excellent SER
vice may be bought at a reasonable price,
II the farmer owns but one engine, it is
probably advisable In all cases to procure
a large machine than the small sizes, q
machine that will drive the wood saw,
the corn shelter, the feed grinder, and so
on. These machines give q relatively high
efficiency at light-loads, and it is Therefore,
not Objectionable TO run them light. The far
mer, for a small outlay OF money, can pro-
| vide a room in which he can set his engine
1t. and his wood saw may occupy an open
shed at the side of the room. 4 rod OF cold
rooled steel, mounted in hangers attached
to the overhead woodwork, makes an OK
cellent line shaft at low cost. This Shaft
should run lengthwise the full length Of the
room to provide for as many machines as
the room will hold. The feed grinder, corn
shelter, ect, may be put together in a part
of the room separated from the balance of
the room by a partition, and beyond this
partition ma! he installed the washing ma
chine, the cream separator, the churn, the
electric plant, etc. These machines are
driven by the line shaft by means Of belts.
In the limited space allotted to this article
it is not possible to enter into a detailed
discussion OF the many uses to which a
gasoline engine may be put on the farm,
but the writer wishes to impress on the
farmer the fact that it is well worth the
farmers time and effort to %acquaint him
self with the possibilities Of the gasoline
engine with reference to his own particular
case. Manufactures and dealers are ready
to supply full and free information on re-
gust. Agreat many people are under the
impression that the gasoline engine is Il
very unreliable and dangerous thing. This
erroneous impression is due to the fact
that the machine is not understood by
these people. AS IL matter Of fact the
machine is one Of the simplest Of prime
movers, and if kept in good order and in
proper adjustment, it is a most %depcndabl
ource OF power. When the farmer forms
the habit of rubbing down his engin fire.
uuently and looking it over for loose nuts
and slipped adjustments, at the SAINT time
looking carefully to Inequality Of lubricat
oil he uses, ne will find that he possesses
es a safe, economical, and very satisfactory
power.
May Is, 1912 Prof. STILES HOWARD