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clothes before going into a house; don't you think 

 the old man would have a hard time persuading the 

 'ii of the house to allow him to get some other crew 

 to thresh for him the next fall? 



It i.s imt any part of my business to dictate to a thresh- 

 ing crew, but - put the engineer onto any- 

 thing that will be to his advantage, and cleanliness is 

 ic things that will be to his advantage. If you 

 -.inning your own engine, you will find it pays in a 

 .ess sense. If you are running an engine for some 

 one else, this habit you will find will class you among 

 the best engineers. 



An engineer who keeps himself as clean as he can, 

 keeps his engine as clean as he can; and while a good 

 engineer does not always have a clean engine, a clean en- 

 gine always has a good engineer. Do you sec the \> 

 But to return to hard grease and suitable cups for same. 



In attaching these grease cups on boxes not previously 

 arranged for them, it would be well for you to know 

 how to do it properly. You will remove the journal, 

 take a gouge and cut a clean groove across the box, start- 

 ing in at one corner, about l / of an inch from the point 

 of box and cut diagonally across, coming out at the op- 

 posite corner on the other end of box. Then start at the 

 opposite corner and nm through as before, crossing the 

 first groove in the center of box. Groove both halves of 

 box the same, being careful not to cut out at either end, 



