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���The man below is grinding mower blades with the aid of a gasoline engine. The youth who was formerly obliged to turn the handle of a grinder will wel- come this machine with joy

��House moving a la mode with a traction engine

����To the left, a five-horsepower gasoline

engine mounted on an ordinary farm

tractor and used for almost every form

of farm work

��A battery of sprayers is at work in the picture in the circle, spraying hops in British Colum- bia. The gasoline engine has become invaluable wherever spraying must be done over large areas

����Driving a husker in Indiana with a portable engine is a great aid to the big western com growers. The "hired hand" problem is brought a step nearer solution by it

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