CHAPTER X. 

 WATER-TANKS. 



HE threshing outfit, to be complete, must be 

 provided with first-class water-tanks. A 

 leaky tank is very apt to cause delay. One 

 that is liable to break down may entirely cut 

 off the water supply for a time. The axles 

 are wet much of the time and therefore, rot 

 very fast and are apt to break without warn- 

 ing. Waiting for water for any cause should not be tol- 

 erated by the man in charge of a threshing outfit, and one 

 whose duty it is to haul water should never allow the rig 

 to be idle for lack of it. In localities where the farms are 

 small and water may be had near at hand, one mounted 

 tank does very well, as the platform tank, (with which an 

 engine is usually equipped), will furnish the water while 

 the mounted tank is being refilled. In localities where the 

 water must sometimes be hauled a mile or more, two mounted 

 tanks are generally used, or if only one be used, three or four 

 barrels should be provided to use in addition to the plat- 

 form tank. 



Engine Tenders. Within the last few years engine ten- 

 ders have come largely into use and they are very conven- 

 ient, especially where most of the threshing is done around 



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