$ 25 down Starts Electric Light 
and Power to You 
Read how to turn dark, dismal, dreary winter hours 
into light, cheerful, profitable ones 
P LENTY of light—in the house, in the barn, the 
yard, the dairy, the hen houses, the out-buildings; 
plenty of light for feeding, for milking, for “slop¬ 
ping” the pigs, for getting hay from the mow, corn 
from the crib, meal from the bins. 
Besides—plenty of power. Power for running water, 
for grinding feed, sawing wood, sharpening tools, 
milking, separating, churning, washing, ironing, 
vacuum cleaning. , 
DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER 
This winter, get busy and have the electric lighting 
plant that you’ve needed and wanted so long. Be as 
up-to-date about lighting as you are about planting, 
haying and harvesting, chicken-raising and dairying 
and all the other producing details of your 
farming business. 
$25 is all you need to start a Columbian 
Electric Light and Power plant on its way to 
you immediately. No long waiting—we will 
ship one at once. 
Less power than that 
rarely need. 
/on are not safe with. More you’ll 
20 MINUTES A WEEK KEEPS IT GOING 
Once a week replenish the kerosene—the fuel that runs your 
Columbian; just apply the can— 
Once in a while—experience quickly shows you- lubricate 
the working - parts by just filling the crank case—no oil holes 
or grease cups to bother with— 
Once a month fill up the batteries—just pour in a little water— 
Two or three times a week run the engine to recharge tire 
batteries—just press a button and forget it. 
Is that much to do to obtain strong, bright electric light 
everywhere you need it, and the electric power to run any of 
a dozen different man-power saving machines? 
It's even easier than keeping the Ford going, isn’t it? 
And you’ve never seen an engine start off prettier in your 
life. F.ven on a dead-cold morning, the instant you press the 
button, your Columbian swings right into her steady "putt-putt- 
pult.” 
SIMPLE AS A ONE-CYLINDER FORD 
Imagine a Ford engine with only one 
cylinder. Pretty easy to operate and take 
care of—eh? Well, that’s practically what a 
Columbian is. 
Think of your good olu Ford engine, run¬ 
ning steadily along, year in, year out, seldom 
out of order but quickly repaired when it is 
—the most serviceable machine ever built. 
Think of that, and you’ve a pretty accurate 
idea of the way your Columbian i c going *o 
perform. 
LIGHT AND POWER A-PLENTY ALWAYS 
Your good old Ford always came across 
with as much power as you needed—and 
right when you needed it, too. 
Don’t make the mistake of buying as little 
power as you can get along with in a farm 
power plant. Buy enough. S ou’ll often want 
to connect up with the milker just when most 
of the house lights are on. Or grind some 
feed just when your wife has the electric 
iron hitched up. 
The Columbian is made in the size that best 
guarantees plenty of light and power—1,500 watts. 
We consulted the preferences of 12,000 farmers, to 
determine the capacity best suited to their needs 
and found that 90 per cent, require a plant of 1,500 
watts. 
The Columbian supplies enough power to run a 
circuit of 40 brilliant 40-watt electric lamps. Enough 
to give more than 4 horse-power on the belt. Enough 
to be doing several important jobs at one time with¬ 
out using up your batteries. 
Notice how compact, 
symmetrical and gen¬ 
erally good-looking a 
Columbian Electric 
Light and Power Plant 
is. See how low it 
stands, with plenty of 
base to insure solidity. 
All parts built in—not 
just fastened on. 
NO BIG EXPENSE BILLS 
The Columbian runs by kerosene—cheaper than gas, and 
supplying a greater number of heat units. A few cents’ worth 
per week—less than you use to fill your kerosene lamps—is 
all this engfne needs. 
And repairs never worry you, either. Suppose, year after 
next your Columbian needs new piston rings. Do you have to 
write to the factory and sit down to wait? You do not. You 
just run over to your Ford parts man and gel Ford rings. 
Suppose it’s a new valve. Same thing. An easily gotten 
Ford valve, does the trick. 
Even if it’s a connecting rod bearing—a Ford bearing speed¬ 
ily replaces it. 
That’s quick enough, isn’t it? And it’s economical enough, 
too. There's no excess profit on Ford repair parts. What’s 
more. Ford is famous for best materials—better, it is said, than 
go into many of the cars selling for big figures. 
And here’s something else—the Columbian has been so sim- 
olitied in the number of its parts, that if you should happen to 
back the tractor into it and have to replace all its 
working parts, your hill probably w •■uldn’t be 
over $12. 
But accidents don't happen often to a Columbian. 
It’s a sturdy, well-made, handsomely made, fully 
guaranteed product from tlie factory of a concern 
that, for more than sixteen years, has been building 
high grade mechanical apparatus. 
HOW LONG WOULD A FORD LAST? 
If your good old Ford were driven only three 
times a week, for a two-hour drive, over a jour- iS 
road, how long would it last? Wbv ; ... grand- 
children would he willino- F .,.eir grandchildren. 
That will . you some idea of how long your 
Columbian will last, with just the usual care. Doe., 
that sound like the expensive investment some men 
think a lighting and power plant is going to be? 
The Columbian is certainly economical. 
The initial cost is not as high as the usual equip¬ 
ment rated at the same'capacity. And you get a little 
more light and much more power. After installation, 
it is cheaper to maintain than any other form of 
light and power. 
WHY PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER? 
When you stop to think that only $25 starts a 
Columbian Electric Light and Power Plant from the 
factory to you— immediately —-are you going to let 
your family go through another of those dull, dark, 
discouraging winters, when your home and your 
farm buildings could be bright and happy and busy 
the whole year through? 
Arc you going on using kerosene lamps and lan¬ 
terns—with all the work of cleaning, trimming and 
filling them—when you could he rid of the work, 
the expense and the dangerous fire risk by having a 
Columbian? 
Are you going on pumping and carrying your 
water by the laborious Bucketful, when you can so 
easily have running water in the house, the yard, 
the barns—running water to bathe in, to wash the 
clothes and the dishes in, to water the stock, etc.— 
by answering this advertisement? 
Is your wife to go on always toiling so hard, 
when the work of washing, ironing, sweeping, run¬ 
ning the sewing machine can all be shortened many 
iionrs, and made pleasanter? 
Don’t put it off any longer. Sit down now and 
fill in the coupon. It will lie one of the biggest 
tilings you’ve done in your life, for the farm and 
for the family. 
Columbian Electric 
LIGHT AND POWER 
C. Y. C. MODEL 
“Simple as a One-Cylinder Ford” 
.... make good money 
To Salesmen and Ambitious Farm 
Boys 
In reading this page aren’t you struck by 
the big need there is for a lighting and 
power plant that’s simple as a FordT Don’t 
you see the big selling possibilities? 
The Columbian’s financial opportunity is 
without limit! Any man with selling in¬ 
stinct—and especially a young man who has 
actually been brought up on the farm, and 
knows wiiat it means to get a Columbian 
Plant after years without either electric 
light or power—can very quickly build up 
an income of $5,000 or more per year— 
working right in his own neighborhood. 
Exclusive Distributor Territory 
With moderate capital, a live wire who is 
able to organize a sale.-, force can secure, 
right now, exclusive distributor territory of 
8 to 10 counties and build up a permanent, 
highly profitable business for himself. A 
distributor will make anywhere from 
$12,000 upwards per year. 
Wire your application, following it with a 
letter stating your qualifications, vour ex¬ 
perience and the territory you would like to 
control. Address 
Sales Manager, Light Plant Dept., 
Columbian Bronze Corp. 
522 Fifth Ave - - New York 
IF YOU LIKE FIGURES— 
The Columbian plant consists of engine, generator and battery. The fol¬ 
lowing specifications give all the details. In looking them over, remember your 
Ford and note how simply the engine is planned and constructed, how- easy it 
is to keep going. 
ENGINE 
Vertical, single cylinder, water 
cooled, 4 cycle, 3 44" bore, 4" stroke 
4 II. P. Fitted with power pulley. 
Height, 23". Base, 33 by 22" over all. 
Weight, 425 lbs. 
Crankshaft— 1*4" nickel steel. 
Cam-Shaft—J4" finished machine 
steel, hardened and ground. 
‘Main Bearings—Babbit lined. 
*Timer Gears—Steel, spiral teeth. 
•Valves—1J4" with hardened steel 
stems. 
•Valve Springs. 
•Valve Spring Clips. 
•Valve Guides. 
•Valve Push Rods. 
•Valve Push Rod Bushings. 
Cylinder.—Highest grade semi-steel. 
•Piston—Gray iron—3 rings. 
•Piston Rings—Highest grade gray 
iron, lapped joint. 
‘Piston Pin—Machine steel, hardened 
and ground. 
Timer—Adjustable, mounted, on ex¬ 
tended cam-shaft. 
Flywheel — Enclosed in generator 
{• e, fan blades cast on to cool 
f ator. 
Cyi Head—Easily removable for 
lion and cleaning. 
Cra; ’ «se—Horizontally split on 
center line of crankshaft. 
Oil Gauge—Two pet cocks, high and 
low level. 
Lubrication—Crank case splash to all 
bearings and moving parts. 
GENERATOR 
Full \'/ K.W. (1500 watts) 40 volt, 
direct current, ball bearing. 2 pole. 
A. I. E. E. Standard, direct-con¬ 
nected. 
BATTERY 
16 Cell, 32 Volt, Prest-O-Lite sealed 
glass jar type. 128 Ampere Hour, 
specially designed for isolated lighting 
plant service. 
Working parts interchangeable with Ford engine parts. 
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MAIL THIS TODAY 
COLUMBIAN BRONZE CORP., 
522 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
Please send me your free booklet “HOW 
TO JUDGE A LIGHT AND POWER 
PLANT,” also full information regarding 
the Columbian and details of your offer to 
ship me a Columbian Plant on payment of 
I $25. Tell me how a Columbian can reduce 
• my lire risks, increase my hens’ laying ca¬ 
pacity, increase the sales value of my prop- 
I erty, let me accomplish more work with 
fewer hands, and give me a hundred other 
advantages 1 do not now enjoy. 
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