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9 CATPAW" HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION : (Pat. Applied For) SPRING CUSHIONS FOR HEAVIER MOTOR CARS A Positive Acting Shock Eliminator and Recoil Absorber The Real Recoil Check (Cross Section) Recoil Check "C" and Adjustment Screw "F." Save Tires Save SpringsSave Entire Car A TP A W'' Shock Absorbers take the place of the regular spring shackles and should be on every car for econ v . omy ana saieiy. "Latpaw" spring uusmons and Kecoii unecks do away with the vibration on axies, irame and engine. Prevent spring breakage. Quickly applied. Easily adjusted to load requirements. , . 9 "CATPAW" Shock Absorbers Reduce Tire Expenses 30 Write for Circulars and Special Introductory Prices WHEN ORDERING Advise make of car, year, style of body, weight, diameter of shackle bolt and styles of rear springs. This information is necessary. POWER ENGINEERING CO. 179 West Washington Street, Chicago, 111. Farm Tractor Grows in Popularity IT HAS not been many years since farm tractors were regarded as the proper thing on the great wheat fields, but of no use whatever to the average farmer. It was argued that such an equipment would not be profitable on ground some what hilly, nor would It pay to operate one unless the field to be plowed and cultivated contained several hundred acres. The idea of -big farms was always associated with the traction engine. .Recent years have seen quite a change in the use of the tractor and the tractor has been made to conform to the needs of the average farmer. Inventive skill got busy when horses got scarce and high priced, and now it Is possible to get a tractor that will serve the small farmer in various ways most profitably. He can plow with It, use it to draw the disk and narrow, run his wood saw, and silo filler and do various and Bundry jobs, and when It comes to working the highways the tractor Is very much at home. The Life of a Tractor. When an Investment of several hundred dollars Is to be made in one piece of farm equipment the question of Us last ing qualities naturally presents Itself. There are many factors which go to de termine the length of the life of the en gine. There Is no greater one than the man himself. A man who has an Instinct for machinery will get from two to ten times as long service out of his engine as will the reckless, careless, thoughtless fellow who does not have a machinery instinct. Look around among your neigh bors and see how many years one man uses the same binder. So It Is with tho traction engine, perhaps, even more so. If every evening the engine driver would make a brief Inspection of the bearings, spokes, adjustment of timer, working of oilers, and other parts of his engine, which ought not to take more than 10 minutes to half an hour, he will he able to keep the repair expense and the depreciation of his investment very low. If he finds any adjustment out of order it should receive immediate atten tion. Nowhere on the farm does the old saw, "a stitch la time saves nine," apply more than with the traction engine. Then In the matter of load. To get the most economical service out of a trac tion engine one should plan his work so far as possible without loss of time and make It haul somewhere near its full load. But on a general purpose farm It will be found necessary very frequently to haul only a part of the load which it is capable of hauling. When doing this with a kero sene tractor one should watch carefully the adjustment of his fuel supply so as to make his fuel bill as small as possible. Hitching Plows to Kngine. There is quite a knack in hitching trac tion plows to an engine. Tho problem Is to hitch the plows to the engine so that they will do the best possible work with the least expense. This means that the plows should be so adjusted as to give the least possible draft. The whole gang should be so hitched to the engine as to reduce side draft to the minimum and make it easier for the engine to pull the plows and also to make the wear and tear on the engine the least possible. The hitch should be so made that the engine can be hitched or un hitched with the least effort and loss of time, yet sufficiently strong as to leave no danger of breaking. The exact details of how to do these things will depend, of course, a great deal on the particular make of the plow which one is using. Still there are certain fund amental principles which apply in hitch ing all plows of similar type. For in stance, the plows should be hitched so that the engine will travel as close as It can to the edge of the furrow without crushing the land side. This makes it handier for the engine driver. It also makes it easy for him to drive a straight furrow. In the second place, the side draft on the engine must be kept at a minimum. We all know how hard It is on horses to be pulling sideways with one tug longer than the other. We know it will wear a horse out and give him sore shoulders and neck quicker than a heavier load which pulls straight. Side draft acts just the same way on an engine. As you in crease the side draft you decrease the total net load which the engine pulls, and you Increase the wear, tear and damage on the engine. With a plowing outfit the engine is the most expensive part and should be favored most. - Po Not Overwork Tractor. When working to the maximum of ca pacity there is a tendency for your en gine to get hot. It doesn't do an engine any good to get so hot that your cylin ders go "ping, ping." When your engine gets this hot with a Bqueaklng, squealing sound It indicates that the pressure of the piston against the sides of the cylinder is too great. Your piston has become so hot that it has swelled out and your cyl inder walls have swelled In and the pressure between the two has become ab normally high. The wear of your piston and cylinder walls Is too great, the lubri cating oil is very apt to burn and the piston rings will wear still more until in time when the engine is running at nor mal temperature, there will be a certain amount of leakage between piston rings and cylinder walls and you lose power. So if one desires to purchase a traction engine he should make up his mind that he must learn that engine thoroughly, that he must operate it carefully, must examine it frequently, must make all re pairs and adjustments Immediately. He can rest assured that if he does these things and has a good, well-built engine it will last him just as long as the aver age farm horse lasts, when working the same,time. Our New Year's Announcement tfi7C A Mogul Oil Tractor for We announce for 1915 mi all-purpoie fun tr.ctor with 8-H. P. at the drawbar and 16 on tho belt Mosul 8-16 A Small-Farm Tractor for all Farm Work THIS new Mogul 8-16 tractor has power to do the work of eight horses. Being a four-wheeled, all-purpose tractor, you can use it every working day. It will do all the plowing, disking and seeding. it will draw manure spreaders, wagons, hay loaders, mowers or binders. It will run a corn sheller, feed grinder, small shredder, thresher or ensilage cutter. Any farmer can buy this new Mogul 8-16 tractor for $675.00, caih, f. o. b. Chicago. The man who can use one of these Mogul tractors pars-, at this price, the least for which a good, reliable, all-purpose 8-16 tractor can be sold. If you want to use a Mogul small-farm tractor for spring work, your . order should be placed now with the I H C local dealer. Write us for full information. International Harvester Company of Am eric a UNOOKPORATEDJ Crawford, Nab. Denver, Col, Helena, Mont. Portland, Or. San Francisco, Cal. Spokane, Waah. 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