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and using a small separator, a farmer can choose his own time 

 to thresh, and by that means keep a ^^ood hand who would 

 otherwise be lost. This method of doin<^ the work will also 

 take a burden from his wife's shoulders, ])ecause she will not 

 need to cook for such a larj^^e number of extra men as is usual 

 at threshing- time. Whenever a farmer gets a gasoline engine 

 he should arrrange to do without an equivalent value of horse 

 flesh or man labor. 



Operating the cream separator 



The Gasoline Tractor — The matter of substituting a trac- 

 tion engine for horses now depends upon three things to make 

 it a success. 



First : The size, arrangement, and topography of the farm. 

 Second : The conditions of roads and bridges leading to town. 

 Third : A man's ability to handle his work so that he can 

 substitute oil and steel for man and horse. 



The farmer who has a farm which is fairly level and laid 

 out in long fields can plow the fields and seed them with a trac- 

 tion engine cheaper than with horses. 



With large wagons, good roads and bridges, a man can deliver 

 his produce in town with a traction engine as cheap and prob- 

 ably cheaper than with horses. 



