The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
KEROSENE FOR TRACTORS
A CHEAP FUEL NOW

The farmers who first realize that
the farm tractor has a place on every
farm and that it is no longer to be
considered only as machine for
blowing and planting the great grain
fields of the northwest, are the farm
ers who first reap the added profits
and lessened risks Of modern farming.
The modern farmer, even On the
small farm, now uses his tractor all
the year round. In the spring he
plows, discs, seeds, spreads manure,
rolls, harrows, and does all his other
spring work with tractor power. In
the summer he cultivates, mOws, reaps
threshes, makes hay and does road
work with hi& tractor In the fall he
harvests and shreds his silage, and
hauls his grain to market, In the win
ter he cuts wood, grinds feed or any
other work that he formerly did with
horses.
Some farmers have considered the
tractor, only to be frightened by the
cost of gasoline. 1t is doubtful whether
gasoline is more expensive fuel than
the tWo-dOllar a bushel corn the farm
ers are feeding their horses instead of
turning it into pork, eggs or milk, but
it is certain that kerosene is cheaper
than corn
And the practical kerosene tractor
is here, The Avery, for example, is
made in all siZes-a size for every
farm. Schmidt e Albrecht, the Water
town agents for the Avery, sold five of
these tractors last year, as compared
with three of all other makes, and ev-
cry one is giving the best of satisfac-
ton
The firm is very enthusiastic about
the Avery. 1t has so many features
that appeal to the farm mechanic. Per-
haps first of all after the kerosene
burning feature is the removable
cylinder lining-it loads like a shot
gun. When the cylinder wears it is not
necessary to rebore and buy new pis-
tons. Simply slip out the Iining-any
FARMER can do it-and slip in a new
one. The expense is small, the trouble
less.
The sliding frame arrangement for
changing over from draw-bar to belt
pull is patented, exclusive feature
that does away with many gears and
other parts subject to great wear and
tear
The super-heater, heated by the
burned gases from the cylinder ex-
haust, 1nsures a dry, clean-burning
gas mixture. This ingenious apparatus,
located between the carbueretor and
the cylinder, is another patented
Avery feature.
The elimination of both the fan
and the force pump from the Avery
cooling and water circulation apparat-
us saves further parts and eliminates
many troubles for the farmer-mechan
&c. The air circulation is attended to
by the exhaust in much the same man.
ner that steam tractor uses exhaust
for forced draft. The gravity circula-
Llon system in use in automobiles
takes care of the water circulation.
other features might be named but
Tor lack of space. It would be unfair.
however, to omit reference to the fact
that theAvery company looks after
the health of the farmers soil and
the condition of the farmers lanes
and roads by making the bearing sur
face OF the wheels more ample than
any other tractor manufacturer. The
Avery won't stick in the sand or soft
ground, won't cut up the pIowed land,
or. do other things blamed to narrow
wheeled tractors-the wheels are too
wide to admit of such faults.