DECORATIVE GARDEN LANTERNS 



when one of these practical gasoline-gas generators 

 has been established for illuminating the home and 

 the grounds. Without this plant for general use, 

 the plainest types of gasoline lamps, filled and lighted 

 the same as coal-oil lamps, may serve as the source 

 of dependable lights for yards and stables. 



Many practical and enterprising farmers, who 

 are blessed with streams on the home grounds that 

 can be harne&sed for the development of power, are 

 experimenting with home-made electricity with very 

 satisfactory results. By establishing a turbine, a 

 governor and a 11 k.w. generator, and damming 

 up the stream for satisfactory water power, an inex- 

 pensive electrical plant may be thoroughly practical 

 wherever there is a stream of water of sufficient size 

 and fall to turn a water wheel. One of the most 

 interesting features in establishing this form of 

 home illumination is the fact that the turbine used 

 to furnish light will not be thus exhausted in its 

 power of usefulness, but also will provide power to 

 run various sorts of farm machinery, including the 

 feed mills, the wood saws, corn shellers, etc., etc. 



The use of home-made acetylene gas has found 

 great favor in country and suburban places, because, 

 when once established, it is claimed to be one of the 

 most economical illuminants for isolated districts. 

 It is also claimed by those who have given the subject 



