CONTENTS. 



For Index, see page 223. 



PART 1. ENGINES. 



Page. 



Chapter I Fitting Up and Starting a New Engine 9 



II The Feed Water 13 



" III Firing with Various Fuels 29 



IV Lubrication and Adjustment of Bearings. ... 35 



V Handling the Engine 47 



VI The Engine Proper 53 



VII The Valve Gear 69 



VIII The Boiler 81 



IX The Traction Gearing 95 



X Water Tanks 103 



XI Horse Powers 107 



PART II. SEPARATORS. 



Page. 



^Chapter I Fitting Up and Starting a New Separator. ... 121 

 II Setting the Separator 125 



III The Cylinder, Concaves and Beater 129 



IV The Straw-rack and Conveyor 141 



V The Cleaning Apparatus 143 



VI Threshing with a Regularly Equipped Sepa- 

 rator .151 



VII Threshing with a Specially Equipped Sepa- 

 rator 161 



VIII Feeding the Separator 171 



IX The Straw Stackers 177 



X The Grain Handlers 187 



XI Lubrication and Care of the Separator 195 



XII The Belting of a Separator 201 



XIII The Pulleys of a Separator. . 211 



XIV Babbitting Boxes 215 



" XV The Waste in Threshing 219 



