THE IRBIGATION AGE. 



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day and a night, based on prices paid in this country, are 

 as follows: 



2 engineers @ $4.00 per day $8.00 



2 firemen @ $2.00 per day 4.00 



1 to 3 laborers (one shift only @ $1.50 per day 4.50 



1 man with team horses (1 shift only) @ $3.50 per 



day 3.50 



Oil and repairs 1.00 



Coal, \ l /2 tons, or its equivalent oil, gasoline or 



wood 6.00 



$37.00 



The total weight of a Type A machine is approxi- 

 mately fifty tons. The company's smaller machine, known 

 as Type B, weighs about thirty-five tons. 



will produce satisfactory results to the buyer, providing 

 the instructions are followed. It is practically indestruct- 

 ible. 



SHEFFIELD COMPANY EXPANDS. 



The Sheffield Gas Power Company, of Kansas City, 

 reports the purchase at bankruptcy sale of the plant and 

 assets of the Weber Gas Engine Company. During the 

 receivership of the latter company the plant has been in 

 constant operation through the agency of the Sheffield 

 Gas Power Company. It is announced that the sales and 

 factory departments will be placed in new hands and that 

 the management will vigorously push the sales of Weber 

 gas engines and gas producers. 



THE BROTHEN LEVEL. 



A. A. Brothen, inventor and manufacturer of the 

 Brothen Level, an instrument calculated to prove of great 

 assistance to farmers and mechanics in their work, states 

 that the inquiry for information concerning the level has 

 been active during the past two months and that sales 

 are steadily growing in volume. 



The level can be placed at a convenient point and 

 remain set up for use at all times, and in less time than 

 it takes to find the spirit level, any point on the wall or 

 floor can be determined far more accurately than with the 

 spirit level. Mr. Brothen guarantees that his instrument 



Brothen Level. 



with a 



HART- PARR GAS TRACTOR 



-AND 



SAVE MEN SAVE HORSES SAVE MONEY SAVE WORRY 



The latest development in labor 

 machinery is the HART- PARR GAS 

 TRACTOR, which is revolutionizing 

 farming methods. They displace many 

 men and more horses, and are always 

 ready for service and eat nothing when 

 standing idle. Think what it means 

 to have cheap power and plenty of 

 it, always at your command. You 

 can use these Tractors for plowing, 

 discing, seeding, harvesting, threshing, 

 hauling, hay baling, feed grinding, 

 running irrigating pumps in fact, all 

 kinds of heavy farm work. 



Hundreds in Successful Operation 

 Built in sizes of 30, 45 and 80 H. P. 



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FROST PROOF 



FIRE PROOF 



USE GASOLINE, KEROSENE, DISTILLAT.E, or ALCOHOL 



Our 48-Page Illustrated Catalog Tells You All About Them. 



HART- PARR CO., 



Charles City, Iowa 



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