CONTENTS ' 15 



Harvesting Machinery. 

 Mowing machines — Self -rake reaper — Self-binder — Corn harvesters — Threshing 

 machines — Corn shellers — Silage cutters — Manure spreader — Milking machines 

 — Spraying machines — Tractors — Farm vehicles — Hand implements — Tools — 

 Handy conveniences — Machinery for the house — Buying farm machinery — Care 

 of machinery — Condition of machinery — Utilizing machinery — Cost of farm 

 machinery — Duty of farm machinery 



Chapter 59. ENGINES, MOTORS AND TRACTORS FOR THE FARM 743 



The Real Power for the Farm. 

 Gas engine principles — Vertical and horizontal engines — Ignition — Cooling system 

 — Lubrication — Gas engine parts — Governors — Gas engine troubles. 



Transmission of Power. 

 Shafting — Speed of shafting — The size of pulleys — Kind of pulleys — Straight and 

 crown faces — Covering steel pulleys — Pulley fasteners. 



Belts and Belting. 



Advantages of belts — Disadvantages — Essentials of a belt — Leather belts — Rubber 

 belts — Belt slipping. 



Water Motors. 

 Overshot wheels — Undershot wheels — Breast wheels — Impulse water motors — 

 Turbine wheels — The hydraulic ram. 



The Farm Tractor. 

 The size of tractors — Tractor efficiency — Type of tractor. 



Chapter 60. FARM SANITATION 758 



Lighting. 

 Kerosene lamps — Gasoline lamps — Acetylene gas — Electrical lighting. 

 Heating — Ventilation — Water supply — Sewage disposal. 



Chapter 61. FARM DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION 765 



Land Drainage. 



Co-operation — Tile drains — Running the levels — Establishing the grades — Small 

 ditching machines — Size of tile. 



Irrigation. 

 Water rights — Co-operation — Sources of water — Dams and reservoirs — Methods 

 of transmission — Losses in transmission— Head gates — Preparing land for irriga- 

 tion — Farm ditches — Distributaries — Distributing the water — The check system — 

 Duty of water — When to irrigate — Irrigation waters — Alkali troubles. 



BOOK VII. FARM MANAGEMENT 



Chapter 62. FARMING COMPARED WITH OTHER OCCUPATIONS 781 



The farmer as a naturalist — The farmer as a mechanic — The farmer as a laborer — 

 The farmer as a business man — Personal traits of the farmer — Farm experience — 

 The farm hand — Farm ownership — The occupation of the farmer — -Independence 

 of farming occupation — It furnishes employment for children — Healthfulness of 

 the country — The farm as a home enterprise — The farm as a home — What the 

 farm supplies — Cost of living on farms — Uncertainties in farming — Preparation 

 for farming — Back to the farm — Back to the village movement — The farm manager 

 — The farmer's labor income — Profits in farming. 



