Popular Science Monthly 



221 



A gasoline engine displaces the windmill 



Operating a well pump with a little engine 



To the left, an elec- 

 tric light instal- 

 lation for the small 

 home. The im- 

 provements in en- 

 gines and electrical 

 generators have 

 placed electricity 

 within the farmer's 

 easy reach. Good, 

 safe illumination in 

 the farm and stable 

 more than pays for 

 itself in the saving 

 of time required for 

 various duties, to 

 say nothing of the 

 elimination of risk 

 from fire, always the 

 terror of the dweller 

 in the country 



