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GAS ENGINES YESTERYEAR

By Floyd W. Cook

410 Hamilton St., Washington, Illinois

"Go out to the field and get your dad, the gas engine has stopped again and my wash is not finished". Mom sends me out to a nearby cornfield where dad and the hired man are plowing com, to bring somebody back to get the gas engine running again. Had she been real aggravated, she would of used the emergency communication system; she would have rung the dinner bell. Such tatics being in reserve for in case of fire or a real emergency, Mom was not able, or refused to start it, and I was just a small boy. Sometimes it was igniter trouble, or out of fuel, or it just plainly quit. Wash periods were long, and took all morning. I was more than willing to go for help; I have always been interested in machinery, and sort of started out with gasoline engines. At this time I not only wanted to learn what took place in getting it sta...

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