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Sugar plantations also require small units of power 

 that would not apply to ordinary farming. Some of 

 the work mentioned is extra heavy, such as threshing 

 and cutting ensilage. Other jobs sound trivial, but 

 they are all possible labor-savers. Here is the list : 



"Oat crushers, alfalfa mills, horse groomers, horse 

 clippers, hay cutters, clover cutters, corn shellers, en- 

 silage cutters, corn crackers, branding irons, currying 

 machines, feed grinders, flailing machines, live stock 

 food warmers, sheep shears, threshers, grain graders, 

 root cutters, bone grinders, hay hoists, clover hullers, 

 rice threshers, pea and bean hullers, gas-electric har- 

 vesters, hay balers, portable motors for running thresh- 

 ers, fanning-mills, grain elevators, huskers and shred- 

 ders, grain drying machines, binder motors, wheat and 

 corn grinders, milking machines, sterilizing milk, re- 

 frigeration, churns, cream-separators, butter workers, 

 butter cutting-printing, milk cooling and circulating 

 pumps, milk clarifiers, cream ripeners, milk mixers, 

 butter tampers, milk shakers, curd grinders, pasteuri- 

 zers, bottle cleaners, bottle fillers, concrete mixers, 

 cider mills, cider presses, spraying machines, wood 

 splitters, auto trucks, incubators, hovers, telephones, 

 electric bells, ice cutters, fire alarms, electric vehicles, 

 electro cultures, water supply, pumping, water steril- 

 izers, fruit presses, blasting magnetos, lighting, inte- 

 rior telephones, vulcanizers, pocket flash lights, 'ice 

 breakers, grindstones, emery wheels, wood saws, drop 

 hammers, soldering irons, glue pots, cord wood saws, 

 egg testers, burglar alarms, bell ringing transformers, 

 devices for killing insects and pests, machine tools, 

 molasses heaters, vacuum cleaners, portable lamps to 

 attract insects, toasters, hot plates, grills, percolators, 

 flatirons, ranges, toilette articles, water heaters, fans, 



