Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-06-11
GASOLINE ENGINES
ON THE MODERN FARM.
Some Practical ana Helpful Details I'm
Operating This Aid to Farming.

BY Styles Howard, Assistant Profess
sor Machine Shop. Clemson College.
or the various power-producing
machines in use on the farm, prob
ably the most used and the most
adaptable to all sorts of conditions is
the single-cylinder gasoline engine OF
the four-Stroke cycle type. This ma
chine is made in two forms, vertical
and horizontal, and with either air or
water-cooled cylinder.
While machines of different makers
vary as to detail, they all have the
same essential parts; namely, cylin-
der with inlet and exhaust valves,
piston. connecting rod, crank shaft,
crank shaft bearings with supports
fly wheels, exhaust valve opener gov
ernor. ignition apparatus, carburetor.
cooling apparatus and oiling system.
These engines may be purchased in
sizes from one-half horse power up
ward.
Unlike the steam engine. with
whose pulling powers we are familiar.
the gasoline engine will not carry
much overload; hence it is advisable
to buy machine large enough to do
the maximum work required of il
without oNcrloading. If the engine is
to be used for pumping only, small
Speclll pumping machines that give
cNccllent service may be bought at Il
reasonable price. If the farmer owns
put one engine, it is probably advisa-
bic in all cases to procure a larger
machine than the small sizes, ma
chlnc that Will drive the wood saw,
the corn shelter, the feed grinder.
ana so on. These machines give Il
relatively high efficiency ut light
loads. and 1t is, therefore, not OBJ
Jcctlonal To run them light
me farmer, for Il small outlay OF
money, can provide Il room in which
ne can set his engine and such ma
ChlncS as he desires to run with if
ana his wood saw may occupy an omen
Shcd at the side of the room. A rod
OF cold-rollcd steel, mounted in hang
crS attached To the overhead wood
work. makes an excellent line shaft
hI low cost. This shaft should run
icnSthwise the fun length OF the room
10 provide Tor as many machines as
the room Will hold. The feed grinder.
corn ShciIcr, etc, may bc put together
IN Il part OF the room separated from
thc balance OF the room 10y n parti-
tloh, ana hey Aond this partition may be
installed the washing machine the
cream separator, the churn, the cleo
irlc plant. etc. These machines are
driven by the line shaft by means of
belts.
In u limited space it is not possible
10 discuss the many uses to which a
SdSoIlhe engine may be put on the
idIltl, but the writer wishes To i'm
press ON the farmer the fact that il
- well worth the farmers time to
dcquiint himself with the possibili-
TIES OF the gasoline engine with refer
'i'' 10 ms own particular case. Man
ulacturvrS and dealers are ready To
supply iull and free Information on
request.
great many people are under the
impression that the gasoline engine is
a very unreliable and dangerous thing.
ms erroneous impression is due to
'hc TACT mat the machine is not un-
dcrstood 10y these people. AS a mat
tvr OF fact. the gasoline engine il ono
oi the simplest OF prime movers. and
II kept IN good order and in proper
adjustment. it is a most depcndable
source OF power. When the farmer
forms the habit of rubbing down his
engine frequently and looking il over
lor loose nuts and slipped adjust
mchtS' at the same time looking care
iulIy To the quality of lubricating oil
ne uses he Will find that he possesses
Il SAFE, economical, and very satisfac-
tory pOMCr.