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of mill-stones, for thrashing and cleaning grain, elevating 

 and bagging it, puraj^ing water for cattle, cutting straw, 



turning a grindstone, 

 and driving liquid ma- 

 nure through pipes 

 for irrigating his fields, 

 employing the waste 

 steam in cooking 

 food for cattle and 

 swine. In this country, 

 where horse labor is 

 cheaper, steam-engines 

 have not come into so 

 general use;, but on 

 large farms, where a 

 Wood's Farm Engim. ten - horse - power or 



more is required, they have been employed to much 



requiring no care 



advantage, consuming 



Wood's Engine on Wlieds, with Pipe Folded Down. 



when idle. Excellent steam-engines for this purpose 

 are manufactured by A. N. Wood & Co., of Eaton, 



