Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — Wet Weather Finds New Use for Gasoline Engines. [ARTICLE]

Wet Weather Finds New Use for Gasoline Engines.

Ex-trustee Wortley of Jordan tp., was in the city Thursday and ordered a gasoline engine to attach to his grain binder so that he can finish cutting his oats. He only had about 8 acres yet to cut, but the ground was so soft that the “bull wheel’’ of the binder, which runs all the machinery thereto, would slide along on the ground instead of turning. Mr. Wortley said that his wheat and oats were very heavy and the wheat required 4 pounds of twine to the acre and oats requiring 5 lbs. to the acre. He had a few stalks of wheat that measured 66 5-8 inches.... in length. A big rain fell out at his place Thursday morning, about three inches, he states, according to open vessels that were setting outside.