

Bond County Organizes 



New Field Man on Job 



HJgii Compression Tractors 



Farm Bureau Companies Lead in 



Gains 



Better Kerosene Lamps 



'James Eyman, who has been manager 



of Henderson Service Company for the 

 past two years, was recently selected by 

 the Board of Directors of the Adams 

 Service Company to manage their com- 

 pany. 



Bond County Service Company is the 



youngest "baby" in the service company 

 family. Bond brings the total to 63 com- 

 panies affiliated with Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company. Ivan F. Burr of Cham- 

 paign has been employed as manager. 



Hnmer Adams, president of Pike Coun- 

 ty Service Com;any. r->ports that the 

 company will operate under its own 

 management soon. At the "Loyalty 

 Night" meeting held by the Farm Bu- 

 reau, April 15, a large thermometer in- 

 dicated that additional subscriptions for 

 stock in the Service Company had ex- 

 ceeded $10,000. 



Paul Haller recently joined the Field 



Staff of Illinois Farm Supply Company. 

 Mr. Haller will devote most of his time 

 to merchandising problems in connection 

 with the sale of Brunswick tires. He has 

 had broad experience in merchandising, 

 selling, and advertising tires. During re- 

 cent weeks he has made a complete tour 

 of the State, conducting a series of meet- 

 ings attended by managers, trucksales- 

 men, and service station attendants. 



During recent months demand for 

 cold-type gasoline spark plugs, and 

 hot-type kerosene plugs has been so 

 great that Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany has made an arrangement with the 

 Edison Splitdorf Corporation to act as 

 exclusive distributors for this extraordi- 

 nary line of spark plugs. (Edison Plugs 

 have been supplied the Peoria County 

 Service Company for more than a year.) 

 Customers who have used them have ex- 

 pressed the ultimate of satisfaction. Now 

 your trucksa'esmen can furnish you with 

 the correct spark plug for every need. 



The largest percentage of gain by oil 

 marketers in Illinois was made by Com- 

 panies affiliated with Illinois Farm Sup- 



A GALLON OF GAS A MINUTE 

 is sold by this McLean County service station at Bloomlngton 



ply Company, during 1935 says, "The 

 Oil Can," official publication of Illinois 

 Petroleum Marketers Association. Total 

 increased gasoline consumption in the 

 State during 1935, was 2.78% more than 

 the gallonage consumed during 1934, 

 Twenty-two major, and major independ- 

 ents, had a gain in gasoline distribution 

 of 2.73%. Other independent marketers 

 made a gain of 2.87%. County Service 

 Companies had a gain of 37.05%. 



Chas. N. Cowan, Minneapolis-Moline 

 dealer, at Elburn, has changed over sev- 

 eral tractor motors this Spring from low 

 to high compression, and has sold a dozen 

 or more new tractors equipped with high 

 compression motors. He says, "The ex- 

 periences of the Dauberman brothers 

 and others in Kane County has put a 

 lot of farmers and dealers wise." 



In the March 28 "Prairie Farmer," 

 Dauberman Brothers of Kane County told 

 their experience in stepping up the power 

 in their tractors with high compression 

 motors burning gasoline. Incidentally, 

 only "Magic Aladdin" gasoMne and "Penn 

 Bond" SAE 20 Motor Oils are used in op- 

 erating these high compression outfits. 

 "The motors are more flexible, run cooler, 

 and cost much less to operate," said Earl 

 Dauberman. Earl figures he can plow 

 about one-third more in the same time, 

 with the same quantity of fuel, than he 

 could before the motor was changed to 

 high compression, by installing high al- 

 titude pistons, sleeves, cold gasoline 

 manifold and cold type of spark plugs 

 for burning gasoline. 



Through Illino's Farm Supply Com- 

 pany, the Daubermans received the ad- 

 vice of George Krieger, Agricultural En- 

 gineer of Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, for 

 pepping up their tractors. Eddie Freundt, 

 mechanic for Hinkley Implement Com- 



pany, who did the work, is a busy man 

 these days. He has averaged one high 

 compression installation every week this 

 Spring and there are now between 35 to 

 50 "converted" tractors operating in hia 

 territory. 



Prof. Ray I. Shawl, Agricultural En- 

 gineer, University of Illinois, speaks with 

 authority when he states, "Because many 

 Illinois farmers are using gasoline in 

 their tractors, the possibility of develop- 

 ing more engine power with less fuel 

 consumption, by the use of high com- 

 pression engines burning 70 octane gas- 

 oline (Magic Aladdin), has created a 

 great deal of interest among tractor 

 owners. It is a generally accepted fact 

 that the higher the compression of th« 

 engine, the better the fuel economy." The 

 motor in a 10-year-old tractor, which 

 had operated 7.393 hours on the Univer- 

 sity farms, was changed last Spring int« 

 a high compression engine to burn 79 

 octane gasol-ne. The tractor developed al- 

 most a 50% increase in power in fieW 

 operations, burning 1.67 gallons of g:as- 

 oline per hour compared to 1.44 gallons 

 of kerosene per hour before the motor 

 was changed to high compression. 



Progress in the design of kerosene 

 lamps was revealed recently at the Na- 

 tional Lamp Show in Chicago where im- 

 provements were held to be of great aid 

 in reducing defective vision among farm 

 children. The flickering light of earlier 

 days has been replaced by lamps equipped 

 with mantle burners said to provide 

 steadier and brighter illumination. The 

 new improved Radiant (Blue Flame) 

 kerosene sold by county service com- 

 panies affiliated with Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company is ref-ned especially for the 

 new style lamps, automatic refrigerators, 

 and all kinds of kerosene burning equip- 

 ment. 



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