630.15
Av3a
1918
AVERY COMPANY,
UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS LIBRARY
AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
,LLINOIS HISTORICAL SURVEY
C o
Pooi-ia, Illinois, U. S.A.
Branches
KANSAS CITY-MO.
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Distributers
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AMARILLO and.
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Address " AVERT- PEOP.1A, Codes ^Liebej-s*AJ5.C. 5th Edition .Western Union.
AAVERY TRACTOR and Plow will
make you a better seed bed. The
depth you plow and the time you
plow have a great deal to do with the size
of your yield.
PLOWING TAKES MORE POWER than
any other kind of farm work. It was always
hard to do it with horses or mules. It is
harder than ever now that you must plow
deeper and at exactly the right time:
A TRACTOR GIVES YOU POWER to
plow deep and to plow quick; power that
is not stopped by hard ground, hot weather
or flies; power that will run day and night,
if necessary; and power in a concentrated
form, so that you can do as much work as
two or more men with horses. And after
you plow you can also disc, harrow, pulver-
ize and do all of the work of preparing your
seed bed with a tractor better and cheaper
than you can with horses.
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THERE IS NO POWER required in
raising a grain crop that a tractor
cannot supply. After preparing the
seed bed, a tractor will pull a drill to put
the crop in, pull a binder or header to har-
vest it, drive a separator to thresh it, pull
the wagons to haul it, and drive the
elevator to unload it.
PROBABLY there is no kind of work for
which a tractor has been found more satis-
factory, outside of plowing, than for har-
vesting. The grain must be cut quick when
it is just ripe, and it is then about the hot-
test time of the year. It is a wonderful
satisfaction to cut your grain with a tractor,
for it doesn't have to stop to rest, eat or
even sleep, as do horses or mules. With a
tractor you can save your grain after you
raise it.
WHEN YOU HAVE A TRACTOR you
can also get a thresher and thresh your own
grain just when you are ready, and then
thresh as much for your neighbors as you
want to. There's a size Avery Champion
Grain Saver Thresher to fit each of the five
sizes of Avery Tractors, from the 8-16 to
the 40-80 H. P.
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YOU CAN DO ALL THE WORK of
raising a corn crop, cotton crop or
other crop planted in rows now with-
out horses or mules. An Avery Tractor
and an Avery Motor Cultivator will do all
of the kinds of work you have to do.
AFTER YOU HAVE PREPARED your
seed bed with the tractor, you can put the
planter attachment on an Avery Motor
Cultivator and plant your crop. Then take
off the planter attachment and put on the
Cultivator gangs and do all the cultivat-
ing of your crop with an Avery Motor
Cultivator.
IN THE FALL you can pull your corn
binder or corn picker with your tractor and
harvest your corn crop. After harvesting
you can belt up your tractor to a silage
cutter, shredder or feed grinder and get
your corn crop ready to feed in any way
you wish or ready for market. If you wish
to market it you can haul it with your
tractor.
IT WAS NOT THOUGHT at first that
motor power could do so much in handling
a row crop, but it has been found of equally
as much value as in handling a grain crop.
It is this fact which is now causing many
farmers, who at first hesitated about using
motor power, to become strong advocates
of motor farming and to buy tractors and
motor cultivators in large numbers.
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A MOST ANY CROP can be handled
better and cheaper with motor power.
QUITE A NUMBER of tractor owners use
their tractors to mow their hay. Many of
them use their tractors to pull their hay
loaders and do their hauling. Of course, if
the hay is to be baled the tractor will also
furnish the belt power.
MEN WHO HAVE ORCHARDS or raise
potatoes on a large scale are rapidly adopt-
ing tractor power to do their work. Those
who already have them say that the tractor
makes it possible to cultivate an orchard
much better than it can possibly be done
with horses. Pulling a potato digger is
also a hard job for horses, but an easy one
for a tractor. Then, of course, you can haul
your crop anywhere you wish with a tractor.
THE AVERY COMPANY also builds a
special nursery tractor, as shown here,
about which full information will be sent to
anyone interested.
AN AVERY TRACTOR turns short and
the question of using it is largely only a
question of getting the tools you wish to
use properly attached.
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YOU GET MORE POWER
steadier pull with a tractor.
and
IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
to list all the kinds of work that are being
done with tractors. They can be used for
supplying almost every kind of pulling
power required.
YOU CAN USE A TRACTOR for pulling
a manure spreader, pulling stumps, moving
houses, stretching fence, pulling a tile ma-
chine, and almost anything else you have
to do.
MOST MEN who buy tractors find after
they get them that they use them for many
more kinds of work than they had planned
on when they bought them, and they also
learn that the extra power they have is
of great advantage to them in doing their
work.
A
TRACTOR gives you both belt and
traction power all in the one ma-
chine.
THE GREAT ADVANTAGE of a tractor
over a portable engine is that it is equally
as good a machine for doing your belt work
and has the added advantage of being able
to move itself anywhere you want it and
pull a load besides.
OWNERS OF TRACTORS use them for
such work as feed grinding, baling, shelling,
pumping, sawing, etc., and many men are
buying their own silage cutters and
threshers and doing their silage cutting and
threshing with their own outfits, in order
to get the work done when they want it.
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6 Farm Products
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U CAN HAUL a larger load and
haul it faster and cheaper with a
tractor.
WHEN THE PRICE is right and you are
ready, you can haul your crops to market
quick with a tractor. If you need any lum-
ber, fuel, tile, sand, cement, etc., haul them
back with your tractor. It has the power
to pull heavy loads over most any kind of
roads.
ANYONE WHO HAS NOT USED a
tractor can hardly realize the many places
where a tractor owner finds that it fur-
nishes just the power he wants for hauling.
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TRACTORS are far better than horses
or mules for doing road work. The
steady pull required in grading, level-
ing and hauling road materials is too much
for animal power, and when you hitch
enough horses or mules to a road grader or
a big leveler you have an awkward outfit to
drive or turn around. It also requires too
many men to handle such an outfit. But a
tractor gives you a lot of power concen-
trated in a small form that one man can
readily handle.
A TRACTOR will do the grading, leveling,
hauling, rock crushing, etc., and besides
these kinds of work you can also get a road
roller attachment and roll your roads as
well.
WE PUBLISH a special road building cir-
cular telling about what others are doing
with Avery Tractors. They are being
bought in large numbers by counties, town-
ships and by individuals having road
contracts.
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Molorize All
A? FIRST MEN BOUGHT TRACTORS principally
for plowing. Now they are used for all kinds of
work. A tractor is a general all-year-around machine.
In the spring you can plow, disc corn stalks, disc and
harrow, drill, and pack your ground. In the summer you
can harvest, thresh, make hay and do road work. In the
fall you can cut silage, plow and shred corn. In the
winter you can shell, saw, grind feed, do hauling and other
work. The Avery Motor Cultivator also makes it possible
now to plant and cultivate with motor power and replace
animal power for such work.
IT IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE, with high
prices of crops, to produce all your land can possibly raise
and do it with the least expense. It is not so much a
question of whether or not a man can afford a tractor or
motor cultivator as it is a question of how he can afford
not to have one. As one man has said, "You have to be
rich to farm entirely with horses now."
IT IS USUALLY THE MAN who first appreciates the
advantage of adopting better methods who profits most.
Right now is the best time you will ever have for buying
a tractor and motor cultivator. The reasons are because,
in the first place, motor farming is a proven success.
There isn't any question about motor farming being a
success and there isn't any question about being able to
get a successful tractor or motor cultivator. You don't
need to experiment now — the experimenting has all been
done. In the second place, the prices of farm products
are still based on the higher cost of horse farming. What
you save in production with a tractor and motor cultivator
you have as extra profit over and above your usual
margin.
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DOING THE WORK AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME is now
generally recognized as the most important thing necessary
in preparing the seed bed. There are only a few days when
the ground is in the best condition to plow, disc, harrow and plant.
Right then is when you must do the work quick in order to raise
the largest crops.
IT IS ALSO JUST AS NECESSARY to do the work in the right
way as at the right time. Reports from agricultural college ex-
periment stations say the average depth of plowing should be
doubled. More discing and harrowing is constantly recommended
in order to better pulverize the ground and thus make more plant
food available and save the moisture.
BUT TO PLOW DEEPER AND QUICKER and to disc and
harrow oftener would require more horses or more time. To
double the depth of plowing would require 70 per cent more horses
or 70 per cent more time. You can't afford to take the time or to
keep the extra horses. To keep 70 per cent more horses would
increase your expense to the same amount, and to take 70 per cent
more time would mean smaller crops.
MOST MEN HAVE REALIZED RIGHT ALONG, from their
own experience, that doing farm work at the right time and in the
right way meant bigger crops, but when it came to the question of
the power to do it — there's where the rub came in. Horses can-
not supply sufficient power to do farm work as it should be done —
they cannot supply power in a concentrated form so that one man
can handle enough with his own hands — they can only work a few
hours until they must stop to eat, rest and sleep^-they are soft in
the spring, right when you need to push your work — they get over-
heated if you push them in hot weather — flies and other insects
constantly bother them and reduce the work they do.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS why tractors are be-
ing bought by the thousands every year — because tractors are the
only real answer to the problem of having the power you need to
do all your work in the right way and at the right time and thus
raise bigger crops.
REPORTS FROM MEN WHO ARE USING Avery Tractors
in all parts of the country tell about the bigger crops they are now
able to raise with tractor power. An Avery Tractor will give you
the power you must have to practice the best farming methods.
It will give you a lot more power — power in a concentrated form
that one man can handle — power that hot weather can't stop — and
power that will work as long hours as you want to run it. An
Avery Tractor gives you the power to raise bigger crops by doing
all your work in the right way and at just the right time.
weather can't stop
ith a Tractor.
Niflht time can't stop
you with a Tractor.
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Save Expenselgr Motor Farming
With a Tractor y™
can double the wor.
you can do with ho78e,
You can t fix a dead horse
ith a wrench like you
can a tractor.
FARM HORSES ONLY WORK, on the average, about 100 full
days' time per year, but they eat all the time whether they are
idle or working. When you farm with horses or mules, they
eat about one-fourth of all you raise. It takes the crops from five
acres to feed each horse.
YOU HAVE TO FEED THEM the other 265 days all for nothing,
just to get 100 days' work out of them. It's entirely different
with a tractor. When it isn't working it costs you nothing for fuel
and when it is working it costs you less to do the work than to do
it with animal power.
DON'T FEED YOUR CROPS into idle extra horses any longer.
Sell them — then you can haul your grain to market and sell it or
feed it into profit-making hogs or cattle.
IT ALSO TAKES TOO MANY MEN to farm with horses or
mules. One man cannot handle enough power with his own hands.
This means extra hired help, with wages constantly increasing and
men hard to get at all when you need them.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER upkeep expense you will find that the
cost of repairs for an Avery Tractor will average less than the
cost of shoeing, veterinary and other expense, to keep the horses
in shape. The investment in an Avery Tractor and Plow will
average less than the cost of horses necessary to do the same
amount of work The depreciation on an Avery Tractor from
year to year will be less, if properly cared for, than with horses
or mules. The life of an Avery Tractor will average, at least,
as long as the working life of an average horse, and a tractor
never dies. It can always be fixed, but you can't fix a dead horse
with a monkey wrench like you can a Tractor. A tractor can't
get overheated and die, it can't be poisoned by eating the wrong
kind of food, and it isn't subject to all of the common diseases
that attack and kill valuable horses without your being able to
prevent them. If an Avery Tractor is given reasonable care, it
will run steady right along, but you can never be sure what is
going to happen with animal power.
OTHER MEN HAVE PROVEN that farming with an Avery
Tractor is cheaper than with horses. Why shouldn't it pay you
also as well as it does them?
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Enjoy lileMore ly Motor farming
IT TAKES TOO MUCH TIME and hard work to care for horses
and mules. In the morning you have to feed, water, curry,
harness up and hitch up. At noon it's unhitch, feed, water and
hitch up. At night it's unhitch, feed, water, unharness and bed.
And horses have to be taken care of whether they are idle or
working. They average only about 100 days' work a year and
take vacations of 265 days' time — but there is no vacation for the
man who has to take care of them. He must at least feed and
water them every day of the year whether they are idle or work-
ing. Government investigations show that it requires 170 hours
of a man's time each year to take care of one horse, or 17 full
ten-hour days' time. Just to take care of four horses requires
time equal to two and one-half months of ten-hour days a year.
ENJOY LIFE MORE by farming with a tractor. Don't spend
your time in the winter taking care of a lot of surplus idle horses.
Sell them and get a tractor that doesn't take any care after you
run it in the shed until you want to use it again.
SAVE ALL THE TIME it takes you to care for your extra horses
every day and spend it instead in enjoying life more and in
studying out how to farm better.
YOUR TRACTOR will also save you a lot of hard work and time
every day you use it. In the morning it will only take about as
much time as to care for one horse and at noon and night all you
will have to do will be to turn the switch and you are through.
All the extra time it takes to feed, water, harness, curry and bed
horses you can spend in more profitable work or in getting more
enjoyment out of life.
EVERY BOY LIKES TO HANDLE MACHINERY. Few boys
like to curry horses. A tractor makes farm life more pleasant
and interesting for every boy.
AND A TRACTOR HELPS the mother and girls, too.
less hired help than where horses are used.
It takes
BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS CHORES the whole family can
get through easier and earlier at night, which means more time
to spend together in the evening, more opportunity for going to
entertainments, etc.
DON'T KEEP ON FARMING in the old, hard way when you
can save yourself and family a whole lot of hard work and make
the work more pleasant by adopting motor-farming and using an
Avery Tractor and Motor Cultivator.
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Start your boy farming with
a Tractor. Give him
the best chance.
Avery 8-Drawbar, 16-Belt H. P. Tractor
For pulling 3 moldboard plows, 3 or 4 disc plows — driving 19 x 30-inch threshers, silo fillers, etc.,
and for other field, belt, hauling and road work.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MOTOR
Number of Cylinders ......................
Bore of Cylinders, inches ..................
Stroke, inches
Revolutions per Minute
Diameter of Crankshaft Bearings, inches..
Length of Crankshaft Bearings, inches
Diameter of Belt Pulley, inches ............
Face of Belt Pulley, inches ................
6
600
18
7
Capacity of Fuel Tank, gallons ............. 2 & 12
GEARING
Face of Crankshaft Pinion and Compensating
Gear, inches ...........................
Face of Bull Gears and Pinions, inches ......
Miles per Hour, on low gear ...............
Miles per Hour, on high gear ...............
WHEELS
Front Wheels, diameter, inches
Front Wheels, face, inches
Rear Wheels, diameter, inches
Rear Wheels, face, inches
Special Rear Wheel Extensions, inches.
SHAFTING
Rear Axle, diameter, inches
Front Axle, diameter, inches
Countershaft, diameter, inches
30
5
50
12
6
25*
2
2
MISCELLANEOUS
Extreme Width, inches 56
Extreme Length, inches 130
Extreme Height, inches 73
Shipping Weight, pounds 4,900
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Avery 12-Drawbar, 25-Belt H. P. Tractor
For pulling 4 mold board plows, 5 or 6 disc plows — driving 22 x 36-inch threshers, silo fillers, etc.,
and for other field, belt, hauling and road work.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MOTOR
Number of Cylinders
Bore of Cylinders, inches
Stroke, inches
Revolutions, per Minute
Diameter of Crankshaft Bearings, inches,..
Length of Crankshaft Bearings, inches
Diameter of Belt Pulley, inches
Face of Belt Pulley, inches
Capacity of Small Fuel Tank, gallons
Capacity of Large Fuel Tank, gallons
GEARING
Face of Crankshaft Pinion and Compensat-
ing Gear, inches
Face of Bull Gears and Pinions, inches
Miles per Hour, on low gear
Miles per Hour, on high gear
7
570
3%
7
6*
14
2%
3
194
23/4
WHEELS
Front Wheels, diameter, inches
Front Wheels, face, inches
Rear Wheels, diameter, inches
Rear Wheels, face, inches
Special Rear Wheel Extensions, inches.
SHAFTING
Rear Axle, diameter, inches
Front Axle, diameter, inches
Countershaft, diameter, inches
30
8
56
20
8
MISCELLANEOUS
Extreme Width, inches 80
Extreme Length, inches 164
Extreme Height, inches 105
Shipping Weight, pounds 7,500
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Avery 18-Draw Bar, 36-Belt H. P. Tractor
For pulling 5 mold board plows, 8 disc plows— driving 28 x 46-inch threshers, silo fillers, etc.,
and for other field, belt, hauling and road work.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MOTOR
Number of Cylinders 4
Bore of Cylinders, inches 5*
Stroke, inches 6
Revolutions per Minute 650
Diameter of Crankshaft Bearings, inches. . . 3
Length of Crankshaft Bearings, inches Sy2 & 7^
Diameter of Belt Pulley, inches 18
Face of Belt Pulley, inches 8
Capacity of Small Fuel Tank, gallons 6
Capacity of Large Fuel Tank, gallons 27
GEARING
Face of Crankshaft Pinion and Compensat-
ing Gear, inches 3
Face of Bull Gears and Pinions, inches 4
Miles per Hour, on low gear
Miles per Hour, on high gear 3
WHEELS
Front Wheels, diameter, inches
Front Wheels, face, inches
Rear Wheels, diameter, inches
Rear Wheels, face, inches
Special Rear Wheel Extensions, inches.
SHAFTING
Rear Axle, diameter, inches
Front Axle, diameter, inches
Countershaft, diameter, inches
MISCELLANEOUS
Extreme Width, inches. . . .
Extreme Length, inches.
Extreme Height, inches. . . .
Shipping Weight, pounds . . .
35
8
65
20
8
3
VA
VA
84
152
105
9,250
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Avery 25-Drawbar, 50-Belt H. P. Tractor
For pulling 6 moldboard plows, 12 disc plows — driving 32 x 54-inch threshers, silo fillers, etc.,
and for other field, belt, hauling and road work.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MOTOR
Number of Cylinders 4
Bore of Cylinders, inches 6%
Stroke, inches 7
Revolutions per Minute 500
Diameter of Crankshaft Bearings, inches. . . . 334
Length of Crankshaft Bearings, inches 694 & 7J^
Diameter of Belt Pulley, inches 22
Face of Belt Pulley, inches V/t
Capacity of Small Fuel Tank, gallons 6
Capacity of Large Fuel Tank, gallons 27
GEARING
Face of Crankshaft Pinion and Compensating
Gear, inches 3
Face of Bull Gears and Pinions, inches 4
Miles per Hour, on low gear 2
Miles per Hour, on high gear 3
WHEELS
Front Wheels, diameter, inches
Front Wheels, face, inches
Rear Wheels, diameter, inches
Rear Wheels, face inches
Special Rear Wheel Extensions, inches.
SHAFTING
Rear Axle, diameter, inches
Front Axle, diameter, inches
Countershaft, diameter, inches
38
10
69
20
8
MISCELLANEOUS
Extreme Width, inches
Extreme Length, inches 176
Extreme Height, inches 108
Shipping Weight, pounds 12,500
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Avery 40-Drawbar, 80-Belt H. P. Tractor
For pulling 8-10 moldboard plows, 18 disc plows — driving 36 x 60, 42 x 64 and 42 x 70-inch threshers,
and for other field, belt, hauling and road work.
SPECIFICATIONS:
MOTOR
Number of Cylinders 4
Bore of Cylinders, inches 7%
Stroke, inches 8
Revolutions per Minute 500
Diameter of Crankshaft Bearings, inches. . . . 4^£
Length of Crankshaft Bearings, inches 9 & 9
Diameter of Belt Pulley, inches 26
Face of Belt Pulley, inches 10
Capacity of Small Fuel Tank, gallons 6^4
Capacity of Large Fuel Tank, gallons 44
GEARING
Face of Crankshaft Pinion and Compensating
Gear, inches 5
Face of Bull Gears and Pinions, inches 6
Miles per Hour, on low gear 134
Miles per Hour, on high gear 2%
WHEELS
Front Wheels, diameter, inches
Front Wheels, face, inches
Rear Wheels, diameter, inches
Rear Wheels, face, inches
Special Rear Wheel Extensions, inches.
SHAFTING
Rear Axle, diameter, inches
Front Axle, diameter, inches
Countershaft, diameter, inches
42
16
24
12
5
y
4
MISCELLANEOUS
Extreme Width, inches
Extreme Length, inches 215
Extreme Height, inches 121
Shipping Weight, pounds 22,000
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Some General Facts You Should Know About
Avery Tractors
WHEX YOU BUY A HORSE you ask how old he is and then you look
at his teeth to see whether the facts bear out the answer that
you get You inquire about his weight and then drive him across
a scale to make sure. You ask about how he travels and then hitch him
up and drive him around to make certain that he has the kind of action that
is claimed for him. You know what a good horse is and you investigate
the facts behind the claims that are made.
BUYING A TRACTOR is just like buying a horse. Of course, men have
not had so much experience in buying tractors, but by careful investigation
and comparison you can find out what points are necessary to make a good
tractor, and then by carefully investigating the claims for each machine you
can determine the tractor which has the features you want.
The Only Real Standardized
Tractor Design
YOU SHOULD STUDY the design and construction of a tractor from two
points of view — first, the design and construction of the individual units,
and, second, the results of the combination of these into the complete
machine.
THERE ARE NINE UNITS IN EVERY TRACTOR —
Motor
Fuel System
Ignition System
Oiling System
Cooling System
Clutch
Transmission
Frame
Wheels
YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE the design and construction of each of these
nine units and then should consider how well they are combined into the
complete tractor to produce these nine results —
Durability
Reliability
Simplicity
Light Weight
Power
Speed
Economy
Accessibility
Ease of Handling
IT IS NO EASY THING to build a tractor where every part — motor, fuel
system, ignition system, oiling system, cooling system, clutch, transmission,
frame and wheels — are each so designed as individual units, and so com-
bined into the complete machine as to produce a tractor that possesses
durability, reliability, simplicity, light weight, power, speed, economy,
accessibility and ease of handling. A chain with a broken link is useless.
A boat with a hole in it will sink, even though the rest of the boat may be
all right. So it is with a tractor — if any part fails, the whole tractor fails.
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES you will find full detailed illustrations and
discussion of the design of the nine units in an Avery Tractor and the
results of the combination of these into the complete machine.
EVEN WITHOUT A DETAILED INVESTIGATION, however, of all of th->
facts about Avery Tractors, this one thing stands out strongly as proof of
the success of the Avery design — that Avery Tractors are the only make
built in five sizes all alike. When a company starts building one si/.e
tractor and then, because of its success, builds another size, then another,
then another, and then another, until it has five sizes all of the same design,
it is proof in itself that that design must be successful, otherwise it would
be changed or the company would not be successful. The fact that the
Avery Company is the only company building five sizes of tractors all of
the same design is strong proof in itself of the superiority of Avery
Tractors.
MOST OTHER COMPANIES building new sizes of tractors are building
them of a different design than their former tractors, which is an admission
of the fuilure of their former design, and the best that can be said of any
new design is that it is an experiment.
Put to the Hardest Tests
of Any
A TRACTOR may appear to have n pood design and construction and yet
not show up as one would think when it comes to the actual test.
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF TESTS which you should investigate —
first, those made by the company itself; second, those made in public com-
petition; and, third, those made by the users of the tractor.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE than any company has more efficient testing appar-
atus than the Avery Company, or that any company subjects its machines
to a more thorough test before shipping them out to the customer. We
are always glad to have anyone visit our factory and see how we test our
machines.
YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND AVERY TRACTORS entered in every important
contest and demonstration. We are always glad to show them in com-
petition with other makes. They were the only make entered in every
Winnipeg Motor and Plow Contest and have been entered in every important
tractor demonstration held since the Winnipeg Contests.
AVERY TRACTORS have also met the test of actual field use in the hands
of owners and have proven themselves to be what we claim for them. They
were introduced and sold for three years on a sold-on-approval policy, to be
paid for only after they had made good in the field and been accepted by
the purchaser. Prominent men are buying them, others in the same
family, neighbors of the first buyers and repeat orders are also being placed
by many men. Such men wouldn't be buying them if they were not a
success.
THEY ARE THE ONLY MAKE which has been proven out by all of these
tests. They have met every kind of a test that is known and have proved
that they will do all we claim for them and even more.
Why You Can Buy an Avery
Tractor at a Low Price
AVERY TRACTORS are sold at low prices. We are able to make these
low prices for the following reasons: First, Avery Tractors have the
simplest construction of any. Second, they are built in large quantities
in our own large factory, with modern equipment. Large quantity produc-
tion in our own factory makes possible a low manufacturing cost. Third,
owing to the decree to which Avery Tractors have been perfected, there is
comparatively little service work required in connection with them. Fourth,
the Avery Company has also perfected its selling methods to the place
where we are able to market our machinery at the least expense consider-
ing the giving of real service to our customers after they get the machinery.
Fifth, our cash prices save you the amount necessary to add to cover the
average collection expenses and losses on time deals.
WE URRE YOU TO COMPARE AVERY TRACTORS with others on the
basis of quality plus service for the price.
The Company Behind an
Avery Tractor
WHO AND WHAT IS BACK OF IT is as important a question to consider
about a tractor as it is to consider the pedigree of an animal. Men are
coming more and more to realize the importance of the company behind the
tractor they buy.
THERE ARE FIVE THINGS of which you should satisfy yourself about any
company whose tractor is offered you — first, the experience of the company;
second, the spirit; third, the factory; fourth, the methods; and, fifth, the
service.
THE EXPERIENCE of the Avery Company in building tractor farming
machinery has extended over many years — in fact, the Avery Company was
the first company in this country now manufacturing tractors and plows to
design and build a power plowing outfit. We are, however, never satisfied.
Our designing department is constantly at work endeavoring to make Avery
Tractors even more successful than they are. It is this progressive spirit
and policy which has made the Avery line so successful. The Avery Com-
pany owns its own large and up-to-date factory where Avery* Tractors are
built under careful supervision. The Avery policy in dealing with its cus-
tomers is "A Good Machine and a Square Deal." We are proud to refer you
to those who are already our customers as to our methods. And we do
not stop with simply building and selling you a machine — we have estab-
lished our own branch houses at points most convenient for our customers,
where we carry complete repair stocks and have our own service men ready
to take prompt care of you in case you need any help or repairs. Avery
Tractors are backed by prompt and permanent service.
WE GUARANTEE and stand behind Avery Tractors and are in position to
buck up the guarantees we give.
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The Avery
Motor
Top View of 12-25 H. P. Motor.
The 8-16 H. P. Motor is Also
Built in This Style.
Cam Case on 25-50 H. P. Motor
Cam Case on 12-25 H. P. Motor
J
Top View of 25-50 H. P. Motor. The
18-36 and 40-80 H. P. Motors Are Also Built
in This Style. Note How Narrow this Four
Cylinder Motor is and How Strong in Con-
struction.
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The Avery Motor
The Best Combination Traction and Belt Power Plant on Wheels
(The First Unit in a Tractor)
BECAUSE OF THE FACT that stationary gas engines and automobiles
were developed in advance of the tractor, it has been easy for almost
anyone to buy a motor and mount it on wheels and call it a tractor.
Hut there is a great deal of difference between such an assembled
machine and a tractor where the motor and every other part were designed
especially and exclusively for tractor use. It is easy enough to assemble a
machine using a stationary gas engine or automobile motor, but when put
to actual tractor use the faults of such motors at once begin to show up.
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES of motors used in tractors — the single cylinder,
twin cylinder, automobile type and opposed motor. We will discuss here
all four kinds of motors and show why Avery opposed special tractor motors
are superior.
THE SINGLE CYLINDER MOTOR. It is not necessary to spend much time
in discussing the disadvantages of the single cylinder stationary gas engine
when used as a tractor motor. It is entirely too heavy for the power it
develops. It is unbalanced, which makes necessary the use of counter-
weights on the crankshaft, and even with them it is impossible to vary the
speed to any great degree.
THE TWIN CYLINDER MOTOR. This type of motor is no more nor less
than two stationary gas engine cylinders placed side by side. It has the
same faults as the single cylinder engine — it cannot be made to balance and
run at greatly varied speeds, which is necessary in a successful tractor.
Furthermore, the placing of the two cylinders side by side makes the motor
wider than it should be for the best mounting in a tractor frame.
THE AUTOMOBILE TYPE MOTOR. • The automobile type motor was built
to be carried on spring mounted axles and pneumatic rubber tires — it was
not built to stand the shocks of rigid axles and solid steel tires or to pull
a heavy load behind, as is required of a tractor motor. Again, an auto-
mobile motor was not built to develop regularly anywhere near as large a
percentage of its power as is required in a tractor motor. An automobile
motor must develop an average of only about 25 to 33 1/3% of its rated
horsepower, while a tractor motor must develop up to 80% of its horse-
power almost steadily for hours afc a time. One authority says, "An auto-
mobile motor running on low gear up a heavy, sandy grade is not operating
under as severe conditions as a tractor motor in ordinary plowing."
BESIDES ITS LACK OF STRENGTH, an automobile motor does not have
the proper design to mount in a narrow tractor frame and combine with the
proper kind of tractor gearing. The straight or spur gear type of trans-
mission is generally conceded to be the best transmission for use in a
tractor. It is also generally conceded that a tractor should be as narrow
in width as possible. If an automobile motor is placed crosswise of the
frame in order to use the straight spur gear type of transmission, it necesr
sarily, because of its length, makes the tractor too wide. If an automobile
type motor is placed lengthwise of the frame in order to narrow up the
tractor, it is necessary to use some other form of transmission than all
straight spur gears in order to turn the power at right angles. When an
automobile type motor is \ised, it is necessary to sacrifice either one or the
other of these two important features in a tractor — narrow width or straight
All Avery Motors are of the Valve
in the Head Type
THE VALVE IX THE HEAD TYPE MOTOR is admitted to be the most
powerful and economical type of all. The full explosion of the gas drives
directly against the head of the piston instead of part of the power and fuel
being wasted in valve chambers, as in the case of the T and L-head motors.
The cylinder heads on an Avery Tractor are easily removable and the valves
readily ground.
spur gear transmission — the tractor is bound to be too wide or it is neces-
sary to use some other form of transmission to turn the power at a right
angle.
AVERY OPPOSED MOTORS are the only type which combine all the four
necessary features of the most successful tractor motor — first, balance;
second, slow speed; third, narrow width; and fourth, strong construction.
AVERY OPPOSED MOTORS are perfectly balanced and possess the import-
ant feature which single cylinder and twin cylinder motors lack. They also
run at low speeds — only from 500 to Gf>0 revolutions per minute — and thus
possess the important feature of low speed which automobile motors lack.
THESE TWO FEATURES of perfect balance and slow speed which opposed
motors alone possess, make this type the most successful as a combination
traction and belt power motor. A balanced motor is plainly superior for
either traction or belt work, as it does not shake the tractor to pieces and
delivers a constant steady stream of power. Low speed means long life,
less wear and greater economy, it means less gears in the transmission to
reduce the power to the low speed which a tractor travels, it means a larger
belt pulley with more grip to the belt, a greater variation in speed to meet
the constantly changing loads in belt work, and a longer, harder pull with-
out "killing" under a heavy load.
AVERY OPPOSED MOTORS are much stronger in construction than the
automobile type motor and are able to stand up under the severe strains of
traction work. Furthermore, the cylinders overlap one another, as will be
seen in the illustrations, and hence the motor is very narrow. This is the
reason why it is possible to combine in the Avery Tractor these two neces-
sary features — narrow width and all straight spur gear transmission. The
opposed motor lends itself most successfully in its shape and construction
to the requirements of tractor purposes. The illustration on page 28 of
the top view of an Avery Tractor shows how the Avery opposed motor com-
bines with a narrow frame and* a straight spur gear transmission as no
other type of motor does.
IT IS ESTIMATED by Government authorities that the work required of a
tractor is equally as great for belt as for traction work. A tractor motor is
the only kind called upon to perform a combination of traction and belt
work. The single cylinder motor meets the requirements very well for light
belt work — the automobile type motor is successful for fast traction work —
but the Avery opposed special tractor motor is much the most successful In
meeting the requirements of heavy belt work and low speed heavy traction
work such as a tractor must perform.
Avery Crankshafts are Mounted
on Adjustable Bearings
YOU CAN SEE HERE CLEARLY the construction of the Avery adjustable
crankshaft bearings. The upper bearing is subject to very little wear and,
as the lower bearing wears, adjustments to take up the wear can be easily
made by the set screws, saving the trouble and expense of rebabbitting the
bearings. The side of the crank case above the adjustable bearings is re-
movable, as is also shown here, and the crankshaft can be removed if desired
without having to separate the two halves of the crank case.
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OFFICIAL CMHJ
STS
MST'V ••'*•
Official Cards Carried by
Avery Tractors at 1917
National Tractor Demon-
stration.
All Avery Tractors Will
Burn Kerosene or Distillate.
Avery Fuel System
(The Second Unit in a Tractor)
Avery's are the Tractors Which Burn All the Kerosene — the Patent-Applied-for
Avery Gasifier Does the Trick
WE HAVE DISCOVERED the way to burn kerosene more successfully than it has ever been done before.
WE BURN THE KEROSENE that other so-called kerosene tractors waste.
WE USE LESS KEROSENE by gasifying it all instead of part going past the pistons and being wasted on account of not
being fully vaporized.
WE GET AS MUCH POWER out of a gallon of kerosene as the old style so-called kerosene burning tractors get out of a
gallon of gasoline.
WE BURN KEROSENE without the troubles previously experienced in burning this fuel, such as fouled spark plugs, pitted
valves, carbon in the cylinder, pre-ignition, etc.
WE BURN KEROSENE so successfully that we are able to use a closed crank case and gear pump oiling system, which is
much superior to the mechanical oilers which builders of so-called kerosene tractors use to prevent the kerosene which
passes their piston rings diluting the oil and causing the crankshaft bearings to be cut out.
WE BURN KEROSENE successfully with a long manifold so that we are able to use an opposed perfectly balanced motor,
while others are forced to use unbalanced twin motors with short manifolds in order to burn kerosene even as well as
they do.
THE SECRET of all these wonderful results is found in the Avery fuel system, consisting of an air heater, fuel heater,
double carburetor, duplex gasifier, cold air inlet and water spray.
AVERY TRACTORS don't just run on kerosene — they burn all the kerosene.
How Avery Tractors Burn All the Kerosene
FIRST OF ALL, the fuel pipe passes through the exhaust side of the gasifier and the kerosene is heated on its way to the
carburetor. An air heater is also provided for heating the air as it is drawn to the carburetor, whenever the weather con-
ditions make it desirable. This fuel heater and air heater are both shown in the illustrations here.
ALL AVERY TRACTORS are equipped with double carburetors. One bowl is for gasoline and the other for kerosene. The
motor is started on gasoline and when it warms up you pull the lever and instantaneously switch over to kerosene without
having to make a single adjustment of any kind. This double carburetor is the first special feature of the Avery fuel
system. See illustration above.
BUT WHILE A CARBURETOR will mix gasoline with air and form a gas which bums readily in the cylinder, no car-
buretor has yet been designed which alone will successfully handle kerosene. In the Avery fuel system we accordingly place
on each cylinder head our duplex gasifier, which takes the mixture of kerosene and air as it comes from the carburetor and
so reduces the particles of kerosene and mixes them with the air as to form a gas that burns more successfully than
kerosene has ever burned before.
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WE THEN PROVIDE an auxiliary air inlet and water spray which can be used
when needed for tempering this gas to the proper degree to get the most power
out of it.
THE ILLUSTRATION AT THE RIGHT shows a cross section view of an Avery
gasifler. A thin wall separates the exhaust and intake chambers. This wall
is heated to a high degree by the heat of this exhaust. The mixture made by
the carburetor is drawn into the intake chamber of the gasifier, which is so
shaped that by centrifugal action the heavier particles are thrown against the
hot wall and if not instantly gasified are held in suspense until they are fully
turned into gas.
ANY LACK OF THOROUGH VAPORIZING on the part of the carburetor or any
condensation of the vapor in the manifold is thus taken care of by the Avery
gasifier. which is attached directly to each head of the motor and which
thoroughly gasifies the mixture and delivers it immediately into the cylinder in
a form which makes it possible for Avery Tractors to burn all the kerosene.
The 1917 Tractor Demonstration Proved Avery
Tractors to Be Real Kerosene Burners
THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENCE between the way different makes of
tractors burn kerosene.
SOME JUST "GET BY" — others really "make good."
AN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER, who is an authority on tractors, writes, in
reporting on the 1917 National Tractor Demonstration. "Some of the kerosene
burners appeared to get along without any trouble, where others, judging from
the smoke, looked as though they were burning soft coal. To be painfully
exact and truthful, I may say that there are mighty few successful kerosene
burning motors." Another authority says, in reporting on the demonstration,
"Unfortunately there was no final checking up on the amount of kerosene
passing the pistons into the crank case on any of the machines."
THE RULES OF THE DEMONSTRATION were that a tractor which burned
kerosene was allowed only 5% as much gasoline as kerosene for starting. All
tanks were drained, filled and sealed under the supervision of a fuel inspector.
THE AVERY COMPANY accepted the rule gladly as an opportunity to show
that Avery Tractors were real kerosene burners. The tanks on every Avery
Tractor were filled with kerosene, and every day of the entire demonstration
every Avery Tractor proved that it was a real kerosene burner.
Avery Tractors Did More Than Just
Burn Kerosene
THEY NOT ONLY BURNED KEROSENE, BUT —
— They burned kerosene without calling for any more gasoline during the
entire week than the 5% allowed for the first day's filling of kerosene.
— They burned kerosene without a lot of black smoke coming out of the
exhaust — showing that they did not waste fuel, but burned all of it.
— They burned kerosene without the fuel passing the pistons and cutting the
lubrication — the oil in the crank case did not have to be changed.
— They burned kerosene without wasting oil — as do tractors with mechanical
oilers where the oil is used only once.
— And to show that Avery Tractors would do even more, two sizes were run
on distillate.
Owners of Avery Tractors Burn Kerosene
Successfully
AVERY TRACTORS are making records in the field burning kerosene as well as
at demonstrations and exhibitions. Read below what owners say.
"Our engine runs as smoothly on kerosene as on gasoline. We haven't
had a bit of trouble with it." — J. D. Steele, Daviess Co., 111.
"Am using kerosene all the time except for starting, and it works just as
well with it as with gasoline." — Wm. F. Schroeder, Renville Co., N. D.
"There are eleven gas and oil tractors in our county. None of them
handles kerosene as well as the Avery." — Hosea O. Stoner, Hancock Co.,
Indiana.
"Am using my Avery Tractor plowing every day and it is giving the best
of service with pure kerosene." — Geo., R. Squire, Wood Co., Ohio.
"Our Avery Tractor burns kerosene as good as any other make of tractor
burns gasoline." — J. W. Eggleson & Sons, Bates Co., Mo.
"The Avery Tractor sold me last fall is the only successful tractor burning
kerosene in this territory." — Fred Caves, Jackson Co., Okla.
Running on Kerosene is One Thing —
Burning All of it is Another
IT IS A BIO STEP IN ADVANCE from burning gasoline to burning kerosene,
but it is just as much or more of a further step from burning kerosene (as
most any tractor can do for a little while) to burning all of the kerosene, as
do Avery Tractors.
AVERY TRACTORS arc the only make of tractors with a Double Carburetor
and Duplex (iaxifier Fuel System, and the only make of tractors that really
burn all the kerosene.
A — Fuel mixture
coming from
carburetor
and entering
gasifier.
B — Fuel mixture
thoroughly
gasified and
entering
cylinder.
C — Exhaust
coming from
cylinder.
D — Exhaust exit.
E — Fuel heater.
AVERY GOVERNOR.
Note that the Avery Governor is entirely housed, U perfectly lubricated
and free from dust.
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Cylinder Wall May
be Removed.
Pull Out This Inner Cylinder Wall
A VERY SPECIAL FEATURE of Avery motors is
the fact that they have renewable cylinder walls.
The inner cylinder wall is cast separately from the
main cylinder. Just consider what this renewable inner
cylinder wall means.
First, should you have any trouble, such as scoring from lack of lubri-
cation or from any other cause, you can easily and quickly take out the
inner cylinder wall and replace with a new one at very small cost. With
other tractor motors, should you have trouble of this kind there is just one
of two things to do — either take out the motor, crate it up, ship it back to
the factory where it was made, get it rebored, reground and an oversized
piston turned up and fitted, or throw it to one side and get a new cylinder,
either of which is a pretty expensive proposition, and, more than that, is
certain to delay you seriously in doing your work.
12-25 H. P. Tractor Crankshaft.
Avery Tractors Have Practically
Unbreakable Crank Shafts
The smallest Avery crankshaft is 2 % inches in diameter and the largest 4 V2 inches. The
diameter of an Avery crankshaft is one-half or more than the diameter of the cylinders. The
diameter of each bearing is the full size of the crankshaft and the length nearly equal to or even
longer than the diameter of the cylinders. Furthermore, on account of using opposed cylinders.
Avery crankshafts are also shorter, which increases their strength. The size of the Avery crank
shaft, together with the wide bearings and the shortness of the shaft, are the reasons why an
Avery crankshaft is practically unbreakable. The breakage of a crankshaft is one of the most
serious things that can happen in any machine and a little investigation on your part will show
you that it is an occurrence which quite often happens with some tractor motors.
25-50 H. P. Tractor Crankshaft.
Second, all things wear out in time, and when an Avery cylinder wall
has become worn it can be removed and replaced with a new one by you in
your own shop, or right in the field, and your motor made just as good as
the day it left the factory.
Third, if the water which you use for cooling contains sediment which
collects on the inside of the cylinder, you can remove the Avery inner
cylinder wall and clean the scale off by scraping it, and thus insure the
motor being cooled perfectly at all times.
THIS ORIGINAL AVERY FEATURE of renewable in-
ner cylinder walls is in itself one of the strong reasons
why so many men are buying Avery Tractors — when one
fully appreciates the advantages of this feature, he will
not consider having anything else.
Avery
Motors
Have
5-Ring
Pistons
These five - ring
pistons enable an
Avery motor t»>
hold the compres-
sion better and
thus save fuel and
produce more
power. One of the
cylinder rings holds
the piston pin in
place, so that it
cannot work out
and score the
cylinder.
Avery connecting
rods are steel
forged with heavy
babbitt lined
bronzed bearings
on the crankshaft
end and bronze
bearings on the
piston end.
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Avery Oiling System
(The Third Unit in a Tractor)
AVERY TRACTORS are equipped with gear pump oiling systems. They
/\ have few parts and the oil pipes are large. Mechanical oil pumps,
* * which are used by many, mean pipes for each bearing and a pump
for each pipe with small holes in the pipes to clog up and many parts
to cause trouble. All this is eliminated in an Avery Tractor.
THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATION shows the Avery Oiling System in detail.
The surplus oil is carried in the lower part of the crank case. It flows
down through a strainer to the gear pump, which forces it up the pipe into
the sight feed glass bottle. It then flows down through the pipes to the
openings just above each crank, out of which it pours in a steady stream,
lubricating the crankshaft bearings, and is then thrown by the motion of
the cranks into the cylinders and lubricates them. A cork gauge shows
the operator the exact level of the oil in the crank case at all times and the
glass sight feed enables him to be sure that there is a constant flow of oil.
Avery Ignition System
(The Fourth Unit in a Tractor)
EACH AVERY TRACTOR is regularly supplied with a high tension magneto
with an impulse starter. With the impulse starter the motor can be started
off the mairneto. The high tension magneto eliminates batteries, coils,
switches and a large amount of wiring, which are the parts that cause most
of the trouble with ignition systems.
Avery Cooling System
(The Fifth Unit in a Tractor)
IN THE COOLING SYSTEM on an Avery Tractor we use the thermo-siphon
system, in which the heat of the water causes its own circulation. No cir-
culating water pump Is used on Avery Tractors and thus all wearing of
gears, packing of pumps, draining, freezing and such other troubles are
done away with*
FURTHERMORE, by the construction of our radiator we do away with the
fan and use the exhaust to draw the cool air past the tubes, which saves
the power required to drive a fan, as well as doing away with the fan, fun
belt and pulleys, which are trouble makers and make a tractor more
complicated.
THE RADIATOR itself is round and made of vertical copper tubes. It is
open on all sides. The air will strike the radiator no matter from what
direction it is blowing, while with the styles of radiators open only in front,
the wind does not blow on the tubes unless coming in just the right
direction. |
THE ILLUSTRATION of the
Avery Cooling System here
shows everything in detail —
the round tube radiator open
on all sides, the exhaust which
is piped in such a way as to
cause a vacuum and draw the
cool air past the tubes, the
water jacket around the cylin-
der and cylinder head, and the
manner in which the water
circulates.
Cooling System — Solid Arrows Show Water Circulation — Broken Arrows, Exhaust and Air Circulation — No Water Pump or Fan is Used.
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is Removed to
Show Crankshaft.
Avery Direct Drive Transmission and Patented Sliding Frame
TRACTORS drive direct from the crankshaft in both high and
low speed gear and in belt driving.
' AS YOU WILL SEE by the above illustration, the belt pulley and
the high and low speed pinions are all on the crankshaft.
ALL THE POWER of an Avery motor is delivered to the belt, on account
of the belt pulley being on the crankshaft. There is no train of gears
between the crankshaft and the belt pulley through which the power must
be transmitted in belt driving. No power is wasted and no gears are worn
out when you use an Avery Tractor in the belt.
THE AVERY DIRECT DRIVE from the crankshaft in both high and low
speed gear is made possible by the patented Avery sliding frame. Both the
high and low speed pinions mesh directly into the compensating gear without
any intermediate gear. The traction power lost in other tractors through
an intermediate gear contact is saved in an Avery Tractor and delivered to
the draw-bar, and there are less gears, shafts and bearings to wear out.
BECAUSE OF THE AVERY SLIDING FRAME, -which makes possible the
elimination of the intermediate gear, intermediate shaft and bearings, Avery
Tractors also have the least gears, the least shafting and the least bearings
of any two-speed double drive tractors built. Only six gears are used in
forward drive. Avery Tractors have only one countershaft and only five
transmission bearings.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE in the Avery Transmission is that Avery Tractors
have all straight spur gears. The spur gear type of transmission is the
type which years of steam engine experience developed as being the most
successful transmission for heavy traction work. The chain drive trans-
mission was used on steam engines and discarded. The bevel gear trans-
mission was used on steam engines and discarded. Both proved to be
inefficient as the means of transmitting power for heavy traction work.
The spur gear type, such as used on Avery Tractors, has proved to be the
type of transmission which delivers the power to the rear wheels with the
least loss and stands up under heavy traction work.
NO OTHER TRACTOR has a combination of all of these superior trans-
mission features — -direct drive from crankshaft to belt — direct drive from
crankshaft to both high and low speed gears — all straight spur gears — and
such a small number of gears. The combination of all of these features
which you get in an Avery Tractor is made possible by the patented Avery
Sliding Frame.
Take Hold of This Lever and
Slide the Frame
THE PATENTED AVERY SLIDING FRAME
ON WHICH THE MOTOR AND
RADIATOR ARE MOUNTED.
THIS PATENTED SLIDING FRAME does away with the intermediate gear
shaft and bearings, and is the reason why an Avery Tractor has the least
gears, the least shafts and the least bearings of any double drive, two-speed
tractor built (In this view the low speed pinion is in mesh with th»
compensating gear for traveling ahead. See illustrations on next pages
shmving operatirn of sliding frame and two-speed gears.)
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No. 1 Side View — shows low speed pinion in
mesh with compensating gear for traveling
ahead. High speed gear is shown in
phantom.
No. 2 Side View — shows sliding frame
moved forward to release low speed
crankshaft pinion from compensat-
ing gear for belt driving. High
speed gear is removed to show low
speed pinion clearly.
The Patented Avery Sliding Frame and
How It Operates
THE WONDERFUL SIMPLICITY of the gearing and shafting on Avery
Tractors is made possible by the use of a patented sliding frame as shown
in the illustration on the opposite page.
IN THE AVERY TRACTOR the entire power plant is mounted on a sliding
frame.
WHEN TRAVELING AHEAD on low gear the low speed crankshaft pinion
meshes directly into the compensating gear — no intermediate gear is used. (See
side and top views of gearing No. 1, above and below.)
FOR BELT WORK, backing up, or high speed, the sliding frame is pushed
forward until the low speed crankshaft pinion is disengaged from the compen-
sating gear.
WITH THE CRANKSHAFT PINION disengaged from the compensating gear,
you are in position for belt driving. (See side and top views of gearing No. 2,
above and below.)
IF YOU WISH TO TRAVEL AHEAD in high gear, slide the high-speed pinion
over to engage the compensating gear. (See side and top views of gearing No. 3,
above and below.)
IF YOU WISH TO BACK UP, draw back the reverse gear to engage both the
crankshaft pinion and the compensating gear. (See side view of gearing No. 4,
at right.)
BY THE USE OF THIS PATENTED SLIDING FRAME, no intermediate
gear is required for traveling ahead and the intermediate shaft and bearings are
done away with, thus eliminating loss of power by the friction of the extra gear
and shaft, decreasing the dead weight to move around and reducing the expense
of wear and breakage.
No. 1 Top View — shows low speed pinion
in mesh with compensating gear
for traveling ahead.
No. 2 Top View — shows sliding frame
moved forward to release low speed
crankshaft pinion from compensat-
ing gear for belt driving.
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No. 3 Side View — shows high speed pin-
ion shifted over in mesh with com-
pensating gear for traveling ahead.
No. 4 Side View — shows reverse gear
drawn back to engage low speed
crankshaft pinion and compensat-
ing gear for backing up. High
speed pinion is removed to show
low speed pinion clearly.
(See next page for Other Advantages
of the Avery Transmission and Frame.)
No. 3 Top View — shows hiqh speed pin-
ion shifted over in mesh with com-
pensating gear for traveling ahead.
Top View of an Avery Tractor, Showing the Two Speed Geir on the Crank-
shaft and the Double Drive to Both Rear Wheels. Alco Note How the
Avery Opposed Motor Makes Possible the Use of Both a Narrow Frame and
an All Spur Gear Transmission.
All Avery Tractors Have Two-
Speed Gears
THE SLIDING FRAME on an Avery Tractor makes possible the
simplest two-speed gear on any tractor. The low-speed gear
is double the width of the compensating gear and the high-speed
gear slides back and forth over it. No gear box, third crankshaft
bearing or double ring gear are necessary for speed changes.
FURTHERMORE, AVERY TRACTORS are direct drive on both
high and low gear. Both gears when in mesh are directly against
the crankshaft bearing, thus making a third crankshaft bearing or
double ring gear unnecessary.
THE COMBINATION SLIDING FRAME and sliding gear con-
struction on an Avery Tractor is unquestionably the most simple and
successful two-speed gear made. The advantages of having a two-
speed tractor with a low speed for plowing and other work and a fast
speed for light work and traveling on the road does not need to be
discussed to be fully appreciated by anyone.
All Avery Tractors Have Double
Gear Drives
AVERY TRACTORS have two rear wheels o£ equal size
and are geared to both rear wheels.
A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS have been made to build
tractors with single drives. All of them, however, have
developed serious faults.
WITH A DOUBLE DRIVE there is no constant twisting
strain on the frame. With a single drive the power de-
livered at the draw-bar is determined by the ability of the
frame to resist being twisted and the weight of the tractor
to resist being tipped over. Many single drive tractors
have shown that they will tip over very easily, especially
when pulling a load and turning a corner.
WITH A DOUBLE DRIVE a tractor can be turned
short either way, as the compensating gear will enable
either drive wheel to travel faster than the other in turn-
ing a corner. Where a single drive is used, it is difficult
to turn in a short circle in both directions. If the drive
wheel is located on one side of the frame, with a balancing
wheel opposite to it, the only way you can turn to the
right is by forcing the front wheel into the ground
sufficiently to slide the drive wheel around on the ground.
If there is only a single drive wheel behind and two front
wheels, you cannot turn either to the right or to the left
except by forcing one or the other front wheel into the
ground and thus sliding the drive wheel around. Remem-
ber, also, that in plowing you must turn to the right prin-
cipally, and that is just the direction in which single drive
tractors find it difficult to turn in a short space.
A DOUBLE DRIVE also makes a strong, durable trans-
mission for traction work — much stronger and longer
lived than any single drive can possibly be.
THE SINGLE DRIVE construction, therefore, has these
three principal faults: There is a constant tendency to
twist the frame or tip over it; it is difficult to turn short;
and the single drive lacks durability. A double drive, as
used on all Avery Tractors, eliminates all frame twisting,
makes it possible to turn short either way, and is strong
and durable for heavy traction work.
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Other Advantages of the Avery
Transmission and Frame
THE SLIDING FRAME AND OPPOSED MOTOR
used on Avery Tractors also make possible a narrow
tractor, as will be seen by comparing the width of
Avery Tractors with other makes. A narrow tractor
means less side draft, less double travel on the ground in
field work, shorter turning and being able to pass through
narrower gates. The Avery Motor is also located cen-
trally between the sides of the frame, giving an equal
distribution of weight on both rear drive wheels.
ALL AVERY TRACTORS have steel and semi-steel
gears — no cast iron gears are used. All Avery Tractors
have revolving rear axles — no stub axles are used. All
Avery Tractors have the rear axle and countershaft bear-
ings in one casting with oil wells in the center, thus mak-
ing them easily oiled and keeping the bearings always in
line — no separate bearings are used for each end of the
shaft.
THE MESH OF ALL AVERY GEARS is adjustable for
wear. The countershaft and rear axle are tied together
with rods threaded on each end, making it possible to ad-
just the mesh between the bull pinions and bull gears. The
adjusting screws on the sliding frame also make it pos-
sible to adjust the mesh between the crankshaft pinions
and compensating gear.
THE DESIGN OF AVERY TRACTORS makes all gears
in the transmission easily accessible. There is no com-
plicated speed change gear box. The compensating gear
is on the outside of the frame and there is no third bear-
ing on the crankshaft to be removed to get at the crank-
shaft pinions.
THIS COMBINATION of a spur gear transmission,
sliding frame, two speeds and double drive, with all these
advantages, is found only in Avery Tractors and has a big
part to do with their unusual success.
Avery Clutch
(The Eighth Unit in a Tractor)
ONLY ONE CLUTCH IS USED, on Avery Tractors.
Many Tractors have two or even more. This is so de-
signed that it serves for traveling ahead, reversing or belt
driving.
THE AVERY CLUTCH has three clutch arms, on the
ends of which are riveted Raybestos brake linings. It has
a good grip on the belt wheel and yet will release easily.
The shoes push straight out against the inner surface of
the belt wheel and do not cause any end thrust on the
crankshaft.
THE BELT WHEEL on the Avery Tractor does not
travel with the motor unless the clutch is engaged. This
makes it possible to put the belt on the belt wheel and
back into it, by slipping the clutch, much more easily than
it is possible when the belt wheel is fast to the shaft and
revolves at the motor's speed. Furthermore, the same
lever which throws the clutch in, when drawn back, en-
gages a brake on the outer surface of the belt wheel, by
which it can be quickly stopped for engaging the gears or
should any accident happen to the thresher, sheller, saw
or other machine which is being driven.
Avery Wheels
(The Ninth Unit in a Tractor)
AVERY TRACTORS have round, built-up steel wheels
with flat spokes. They are cheaper in first cost, longer
lived and require less repairs than any other wheel built.
IN THE TRACTOR DEMONSTRATIONS Avery round
wheel tractors proved themselves able to travel anywhere
the sprocket type of wheel would go. Avery Tractors will
travel on any ground in fit condition to be worked.
BOTH REAR DRIVE WHEELS on Avery Tractors, be-
ing located outside of the frame, can be equipped with
extension rims for traveling over very soft ground, while
with drive wheels located inside of the frame, you are
limited to traveling over the ground which will carry the
regular width wheels, as it is impossible to attach exten-
sion rims. One tractor owner has written us that he has
found more places where he needed three drive wheels
than where he could have gotten along with one, and with
his Avery Tractor he can get what amounts to the width
of three wheels by simply attaching extension rims to his
two regular drive wheels.
WE HAVE SPENT A GREAT DEAL of time and effort
devising various forms of cleats, spuds and lugs to be used
on Avery drive wheels to meet all conditions. We are in
position to supply five types of lugs, as may be desired.
All these are bolted to the drive wheel, making it also
possible to have smooth drive wheels when wanted. See
illustrations on page 34 of the various styles of wheel
equipment we are in position to furnish.
AVERY WHEELS are built-up steel with flat spokes
riveted hot to the hubs and rims. This construction makes
them extremely durable under hard traction work.
THE QUESTION OF THE WHEELS on a tractor is a
very important one, and we believe that you will find this
question has been better solved on an Avery Tractor
on any other make.
,nd
Belt Wheel
Brake
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Why Avery Tractors are Reliable and Durable
AWE HAVE SAID BEFORE, the success of any
tractor is dependent upon the design of the nine
units in the tractor — motor, fuel system, ignition
system, oiling system, cooling system, clutch, transmission,
frame and wheels — and the combination of these into a
complete machine to produce these nine results — relia-
bility, durability, simplicity, light-weight, power, speed,
economy, accessibility and ease of handling.
ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES we have discussed the
design of these nine units in an Avery Tractor — now we
will tell you how they are combined to produce these nine
results.
Why an Avery Tractor Stands Up
So Well Under Hard Work
and is So Long Lived
THE FIRST TWO RESULTS of the successful com-
bination of the nine tractor units in an Avery Tractor
have been to secure an unusual degree of reliability and
durability. These are the points of first importance in
buying a tractor. How much a tractor is worth depends,
first of all, upon how well it will stand up under the work
and how long it will last.
IN AN AVERY TRACTOR the nine individual units are
so designed and combined as to produce a tractor that
runs steady and is built to last.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION of the Avery
motor makes an Avery Tractor extremely reliable and
durable. It is of the opposed type, which makes possible
an extra strong construction. It runs at a low speed — only
around 500 revolutions per minute — which means that
there is little wear on the parts. Being of the opposed
type, no balancing counterweights are required on the
crankshaft, which are a constant source of trouble and re-
pair expense with many makes of motors. It balances
perfectly and prevents the great vibration found in many
tractors, which is constantly jerking them to pieces.
Watch an Avery Tractor and see how still it stands and
then watch the others and you will appreciate this fact.
In the Winnipeg Motor Contest Avery Tractors were first
in lackrof vibration in all four classes in which they were
entered.
AN AVERY TRACTOR is so perfectly balanced that our
customers often stand nails on their heads on the frame
when the motor is pulling a full load, to show how little
vibration there is.
THE ELIMINATION of the fan, fuel pump, water pump
and lubricator also does away with a lot of delicate parts
that often break and cause trouble on other tractors.
THE CLUTCH on an Avery Tractor is large and strong
and of the type which has shown itself to be the most
durable for heavy traction work.
THE ALL SPUR GEAR TYPE of transmission as used
on Avery Tractors has proven itself to be the most
reliable and durable type for heavy traction work.
FURTHERMORE, no ordinary cast iron gears are used
on Avery Tractors. A combination of steel and semi-steel
gears is used. We have found that this combination of
gearing wears much longer than all steel and by using a
high grade quality of material, we are able to produce
semi-steel gears that for tractor use are almost as un-
breakable as all steel. The best proof of this is that we
have comparatively little call for gear repairs.
A STRAIGHT SPUR GEAR TYPE of transmission, with
the fewest gears of any, together with a combination of
steel and semi-steel, are the reasons why the transmission
on an Avery Tractor causes so little trouble and is so
long lived.
THE CRANKSHAFT on an Avery Tractor is extremely
large in diameter. It is short in length. It is made from
forged steel. It is mounted in wide bearings. The coun-
tershaft is cold rolled steel and revolves in a solid bab-
bitted box. The rear axle is a cold rolled steel shaft and
also revolves in a solid babbitted boxing. We do not use
stub axles as do many. The countershaft box and rear
axle box are not only bolted solid to the frame, but special
rods are provided for holding these positively at the cor-
rect distance apart to give the proper mesh to the gears.
Remember, also, that because of the Avery sliding frame,
an intermediate shaft and bearings are unnecessary. Large
shafting, wide bearings, and fewer shafts and bearings
than on other tractors, are further reasons for the
unusual reliability and durability of Avery Tractors.
THE WHEELS are built-up steel with flat spokes. The
rear wheels on the larger sizes have reinforcements rolled
from the solid stocl> on the inside outer edges of the rims.
This is the longest lived wheel construction known.
THE MAIN FRAME on an Avery Tractor is a combina-
tion of channel steel bars and angle bars. The Avery
frame has proven to be of absolutely dependable and
durable construction.
ALL THESE FEATURES — a strong opposed motor with
a large crankshaft and wide bearings, the strongest type
of clutch known for traction work, a straight spur gear
transmission, all steel and semi-steel gears, a revolving
rear axle and strong wheels and frame — all these make up
a combination that results in unusual reliability and dura-
bility and are the reasons why an Avery Tractor stands
up so well under hard work and is long lived.
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Why Avery Tractors Are Simple and Light Weight
The Facts Which Prove That
Avery Tractors are the
Simplest Tractors Built
THE THIRD RESULT of the successful combination
of the nine tractor units in an Avery has been to
produce a tractor that is the simplest tractor built.
And we don't simply stop with making this claim —
we give you below the facts to back it up.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has a simple opposed motor with
no counterweights on the crankshaft to come loose and
tear the motor to pieces. No heavy flywheel is required
for keeping up the momentum. There are but two bear-
ings on the Avery crankshaft instead of three or more as
on many others which increase friction and make it more
likely for the boxes to wear and cause the crankshaft to
bind and spring out of line.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no fuel pump to leak and
require packing or to break. The fuel is fed to the
carburetor by gravity.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no troublesome clockwork
lubricator to get out of order or to clog up and cause the
motor to overheat.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no cooling fan to waste
power or cause trouble — the exhaust draws the cool air
past the tubes for cooling. It has no fan belt to get loose
or break.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no water pump to leak and
require packing or to freeze and cause delays and expense.
The thermo-siphon system of water circulation is used
and the pump eliminated.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no fan belt, no governor
belt, no pump belt and no sprocket chains to break or
wear out.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has the fewest gears of any two-
speed double drive tractor — no intermediate gear is used
in traveling ahead — the crankshaft pinion meshes directly
into the compensating gear. Only six gears are used in
traveling ahead. There are but two gear contacts — crank-
shaft pinion to compensating gear and bull pinion to bull
gear. There are no idle gears in mesh and running, either
when belt driving or pulling.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no intermediate shaft — there
are but two main engine shafts, crankshaft and counter-
shaft. It has no intermediate shaft bearing. There are
only five transmission bearings.
NO SUCCESSFUL TRACTOR ever has been or, we be-
lieve, ever can be designed with less gearing and shafting
than are used in an Avery Tractor.
AN AVERY TRACTpR has but one friction clutch,
which serves for traveling forward or backward or when
working in the belt. This saves a lot of unnecessary parts.
AN AVERY TRACTOR has no counterweights on the
crankshaft, no fuel pump, no clockwork lubricator, no fan,
no water pump, no intermediate forward gear, no inter-
mediate shaft, no intermediate shaft bearings, only one
clutch. Claims of simplicity are sometimes made with-
out being backed up. These facts prove that Avery
Tractors are the simplest tractors built.
The Lightest Weight Tractors
Built Considering Their
Draw-Bar Efficiency
LIGHT WEIGHT is the fourth result of the successful
combination of the nine units in an Avery Tractor. But
do not confuse the meaning of the word light-weight with
the question of size and think that Avery "Light-Weight"
Tractors mean only our small size tractors. Every Avery
Tractor is built "Light-Weight," from the small 8-16
H. P. size to the large 40-80 H. P. size.
WHEN WE SAY "LIGHT-WEIGHT" per draw-bar
efficiency, we mean that Avery Tractors are the Lightest
Weight of any, considering the power they deliver at the
draw-bar and their ability to keep it up. Weight must be
considered in connection with both power and strength of
construction to mean anything. It's easy to build a
"Light-Weight" Tractor, but the hard thing is to build a
Tractor that is Light-Weight for its power and also has a
strong enough construction to stand up in the field, year
in and year out.
WE CLAIM FOR AVERY TRACTORS that they are
the_ Lightest Weight Tractors built, considering both
their power and their strength of construction.
The Advantages of the "Light-
Weight" of Avery Tractors
AN AVERY "LIGHT-WEIGHT" TRACTOR doesn't waste fuol or nower
moving useless dead weight. It's an absolute waste of power and money
to move around all day the tons of surplus iron and steel found in heavy
weight tractors. For every surplus ton of weight in a tractor you can figure
a waste of about the power of one good farm horse. In other words, this
means that if you have from 2 to 3 tons of surplus weight in a tractor to
move around you will have to waste about enough power to pull one extra
plow, which means so much less work. You can also figure that for every
unnecessary ton of weight it takes about 2 gallons of fuel per day to move
it around. And all of this waste of power and fuel is all for nothing. It is
not necessary to have this extra weight to make a strong and durable tractor.
AN AVERY "LIGHT-WEIGHT" TRACTOR won't pack your ground to
injure your crop. The pressure of an Avery Tractor wheel on the ground
is much less per square inch than the pressure of a horse's foot.
WITH AN AVERY "LIGHT-WEIGHT" TRACTOR you can get into the field
earlier in the spring or after a rain. Reliable reports state that owners of
hundreds of the "Heavy- Weight" Tractors have to let them stand idle in the
spring because they can hardly move themselves, let alone pull plows and
other machinery. One letter says that one-half of the tractors in a certain
locality were idle. At the fairs Avery "Light-Weight" Tractors have
followed behind the "heavy-weights" and plowed right along over ground
where the "heavy-weights" mired down or had to unhitch from their plows.
AN AVERY "LIGHT-WEIGHT" TRACTOR will work on any ground that Is
in condition to be worked with horses or mules. The best possible evidence
of this is reports from actual users of Avery "Light-Weight" Tractors. Here
are samples: "The tractor is working fine so far and could not be beat on
this soft marsh. We can use it where horses mire; in fact, we crossed
places without the least trouble where it would not be safe to cross with a
team of horses." "I want to tell you what I have been doing with my
tractor — pulling a binder cutting rice where the ground was so soft that
mules could not go and pull the binders." "From my experience there is
no danger of tractor wheels packing ground when drilling, for my Avery
Tractor is not the heavy kind." "Owing to their light weight in comparison
to the power they develop, they do not pack the ground any more than
horses."
CONSIDER WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU WHEN
YOU GET A "LIGHT-WEIGHT" AVERY TRACTOR.
WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE the advantages of this "Light-Weight" feature
of Avery Tractors too strongly. It means these most important things to
you — saving expense because of not wasting fuel moving around useless
dead weight — more work because no wasting of power — no packing your
ground to injure your crops — and being able to do your work whenever the
ground is in condition to be worked.
REMEMBER that Avery "Light-Weight" Tractors are the Lightest Weight
Tractors built considering their draw-bar efficiency and durability.
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Why Avery Tractors are Powerful and Speedy
You Get a Fine Combination of
Power and Speed in an
Avery Tractor
T
HESE ARE THE FIFTH AND SIXTH results of
the successful combination of the nine units in an
Avery Tractor.
POWER AND SPEED must, of course, be considered
together. Everybody knows the law of physics that when
you increase speed you lose power, and when you decrease
speed you increase power.
SOME MANUFACTURERS build tractors with a low
speed and then talk about the large number of plows their
tractors pull when, if you compare their speed in the field
with others, you will find that they actually turn over less
ground in a day's time than tractors pulling less plows.
THERE ARE ALSO TRACTORS BUILT that run at an
unusually fast speed. It's easy enough to build a tractor
that way, but a race horse tractor isn't any more fitted for
farm work than a race horse animal.
AND SO WE WANT YOU TO APPRECIATE this fact
— that Avery Tractors have two speeds, and that the low
speed is not too slow and the fast speed not too fast.
They are all built to pull a maximum number of plows on
slow speed or a lesser number on high speed as the condi-
tions of the ground make advisable or as the operator
may prefer.
Why Avery Motors Develop an
Unusual Amount of Power
AND NOW WE WANT TO TELL YOU also why it is
that Avery Motors develop an unusual amount of power
and why more of this power is delivered to the draw-bar
than in any other tractors.
THE REASON WHY AVERY MOTORS develop the
large amount of power they do is because, in the first
place, we use motors of large dimensions, considering the
size tractors in which they are used; in the second place,
we use a valve in the head type motor; and in the third
place, we use five piston rings which are closely fitted by
careful hand filing into accurately bored cylinders. The
large dimensions, the valves in the head, and the 5 piston
rings, with extra good fitting, are the things which make
Avery motors so powerful.
Why More of the Power Devel-
oped by the Motor is Delivered
to the Draw-Bar in an
Avery Tractor
THE MOTOR in an Avery Tractor is placed lengthwise
of the frame, which makes it possible to drive through
straight spur gears, which deliver more of the power of
the motor to the drive wheels than any other kind of
transmission. Furthermore, because an Avery Tractor
has no intermediate shaft and no intermediate gear is used
in traveling ahead, the power lost by friction of these
parts on other tractors is also eliminated. Engineering
authorities say there is a loss of from 8% to 10% of
power in every gear contact. The one less gear contact
on Avery Tractors saves this power for use at the draw-
bar, which in other tractors is lost in the transmission.
WE HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED in discussing the
question of weight as to the heavy loss of power in mov-
ing around the surplus tons of iron and steel found in
heavy-weight tractors and how in Avery "Light-Weight"
Tractors this power is saved for pulling at the draw-bar.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN that it requires about
3 Brake H. P. on the average to drive the fan used on
most tractors. This power is not wasted on Avery
Tractors. No fan is used, the exhaust being piped in such
a way as to draw the cool air past the radiator tubes.
THESE FOUR FACTS are the principal reasons why
Avery Tractors deliver a large amount of power in the
belt or on the draw-bar.
FIRST, Avery Tractors drive only through straight spur
gears, which deliver more of the power of the motor to
the drive wheels than any other transmission.
SECOND, Avery Tractors have but two gear contacts, in-
stead of three, as in the ordinary tractor construction, and
thus save the power lost by friction of this extra gear
contact and the friction in intermediate shaft boxings.
THIRD, because Avery Tractors are "Light-Weight"
their power is not wasted in moving around surplus un-
necessary weight, but is delivered to the draw-bar.
FOURTH, Avery Tractors save the power lost in driving
a fan.
POWER IS WHAT YOU WANT when you get a tractor.
You get the full rated belt and draw-bar power when you
buy an Avery Tractor. The motor develops more than
the necessary amount of power and this power is not
wasted in driving useless accessories, it is not used up in
unnecessary friction of shafting and gearing, and it is not
lost through having to move around a lot of surplus weight.
AVERY TRACTORS are regularly equipped with a two-
speed gear — a low speed for plowing and other heavy work
and a fast speed for light work and traveling on the road.
THUS IN AN AVERY TRACTOR you get the full rated
horsepower either in the belt or at the draw-bar; you get
a tractor that doesn't waste its power in useless friction
or in moving around unnecessary weight; you get a
tractor that travels at a good rate of speed, and you have
a different speed to use as you may need for the special
work you are doing.
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Why Avery Tractors are Economical, Accessible
and Easy to Handle
Avery Tractors Have Demon-
strated Themselves to be
Unusually Economical
in Fuel Consumption
B
Y THE SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION of the nine
units in an Avery Tractor you get as the seventh
result an unusual degree of economy.
AVERY TRACTOR MOTORS have demonstrated them-
selves to be unusually economical in fuel consumption,
both in competitive tests and in the hands of users.
THE REASONS for the greater economy of Avery
Tractors, considering the work they do, are first, their
ability to burn cheap kerosene or distillate successfully,
and burn all of it; and second, the fact that less of this
power is used in moving the tractor itself on account of
the simple transmission and light weight.
AN AVERY MOTOR is, first of all, of the valve in the
head type, which is admittedly the most economical of all.
Second, it has 5 cylinder rings for holding the compres-
sion. Third, the inner cylinder wall of an Avery motor,
being a separate casting, stays round better, which means
better compression and increased power.
THE FACT that in an Avery Tractor there is less loss
of power in the transmission than in other tractors has
been fully explained under the subject of Power and
Speed, and it is not necessary to repeat it here except to
point out that this fact not only means increased power at
the draw-bar, but also that less fuel is required for doing
the same amount of work.
GASOLINE, kerosene, or motor spirits can be used in an
Avery Tractor as desired. You can have the choice of
burning whichever fuel is the cheapest in your locality, no
matter what the price may be from year to year, a thing
which you can never determine in advance.
You Can Easily Get at Any Part
of an Avery Tractor
ACCESSIBILITY is the eighth advantage of the success-
ful combination of the nine units in an Avery Tractor.
THE CYLINDER HEADS are easily removable for
grinding the valves.
THE INNER CYLINDER WALLS are easily renewable
in case of wear.
REMOVING THE CAM CASE gives a wide opening for
using wrenches in tightening the connecting rod boxes.
THE VALVE RODS are adjustable from the outside.
THE CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS are adjustable, which
can be done easily with a socket wrench.
THE GEARS are all located outside the frame and handy
to get at.
IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE an Avery Tractor is de-
signed to be easy to take care of and keep in good running
order.
It Doesn't Take an Expert
to Run an Avery
Tractor
THIS IS THE NINTH and last important result of the
successful combination of the nine units in an Avery
Tractor — ease of handling.
AN AVERY TRACTOR is so simple that anyone who is
able to handle the levers can easily operate it.
EVERY AVERY TRACTOR is regularly equipped with
pur special easy safety starting lever as shown in the
illustrations of the complete tractors on the previous
pages. This is by far the finest thing ever devised in the
hand tractor starter line. The lever is permanently at-
tached to the flywheel and rests in the hook on the side of
the frame. To start the motor, the operator raises the
lever to the position shown in the illustration. When he
pulls down, the block on the lever presses against the rim
of the flywheel and revolves the motor. This lever makes
starting the motor wonderfully easy. It is even easy to
turn the motor over with all the priming cocks closed.
AVERY TRACTORS are built to turn around in an un-
usually short space, which is of special advantage. In the
steering device we use double cross chains with accurately
shaped rollers so that the chains remain taut at all times.
THERE IS MUCH LESS to cause trouble in operating
an Avery Tractor than with many others — no fan or fan
belt to break, no fuel or water pumps to leak or clog up,
no clockwork lubricator to choke up.
ABOUT ALL THERE IS TO DO to run an Avery
Tractor is to pour in the fuel, lubricating oil and water,
and keep everything tightened up. It does not take an
expert to run an Avery Tractor. It is simple and easy for
an ordinary man to handle and keep in running order.
General Fittings
A PLOW HITCH, consisting of a special plate with holes
for the plow clevises, is furnished regularly with Avery
Tractors.
EACH TRACTOR, except the 8-16 H. P., is also equipped
with an automatic coupler for coupling on wagons or
other machinery.
ALL SIZE TRACTORS have steel platforms.
A STRONG FOOT BRAKE is provided which operates
a steel band around the compensating gear shell.
A CAB IS FURNISHED regularly with these tractors, as
shown in illustrations, except on the 8-16 H. P. size.
EACH TRACTOR is equipped with two steel fuel tanks.
A GRAVITY GEAR OILER is furnished regularly for
oiling the gearing and shafting.
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UNIVERSAL
CLEATS.
Because of their
shape these cleats
meet various condi-
tions, hence their
name "Universal."
V CLEATS AND
SPUDS.
This rear wheel is
equipped with a cnm-
bination of V Cleats
and Heart Shaped
Spuds, which are fur-
nished when wanted.
HEART SHAPED
SPUDS.
In this illustration
the rear wheels are
equipped entirely with
Heart Shaped Spuds,
which can be furnished
if desired.
"NEVER-SLIP"
LUGS.
These "Never-Slip"
Lugs were first de-
signed for use in rice
lands and have since
also been used in soft
ground generally with
great success.
PERFECTION
LUGS.
This lug was work-
ed out for sand and
light loose ground, and
is said by users to
meet the conditions
splendidly.
Wheel Equipment On Avery Tractors
IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND POSSIBLE, at least as
yet, to design a single kind of wheel equipment which
would meet all conditions everywhere. The Avery
Company have, however, succeeded in designing various
forms of cleats, spuds and lugs which, when properly
applied to the local conditions, have successfully met
every condition that has been presented, whether it has
been sand, loose ground, soft ground or anything else.
Being able to get the wheel equipment which will most
successfully meet their special conditions is a great
advantage to purchasers of Avery Tractors.
Avery 1 5-Barrel Mounted
Steel Water Tank
THE SEAMS OF THIS TANK are welded. For hold-
ing kerosene, gasoline, oil or water. Can be furnished
with either one, two or three compartments. Can also be
furnished unmounted with bolsters for mounting on an
ordinary wagon gear if wanted.
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Self-Guide Attachment
For S-16, 12-25 and 18-36 H. P. Tractors.
THIS GUIDE consists of a frame with a large disc furrow wheoj. The disc
wheel follows the furrow in fine shape. The wheel is raised from the
ground for turning around at the ends or for moving from one field to
another.
Self-Guide Attachment
For 25-50 and 40-80 H. P. Tractors. * »
THIS GUIDE consists of a frame and a raster furrow wheel. When you
reach the end, pull a cord to release the latch and the wheel will then caster
so you can turn around. After turning around, pull the cord again and the
latch will engage the guide wheel when it drops into the furrow.
Road Roller Attachment for
the Avery Tractor
BY REMOVING THE CLEATS from the rear wheels and replacing the front
wheels with this road roller attachment, an Avery 18, 25 or 40 H. I*.
Tractor can be easily changed into a road roller.
THIS COMBINATION of a Tractor and a Road Roller, all in one machine,
means a big saving of expense.
Hansmann Drill Hitch
THIS HAXSMANN DRILL HITCH enables a tractor to pull three or five
drills of any make or size and permits the tuming of the trafctor in as
short a circle as necessary. The drills will not bunch or touch one another.
This hitch can also be used for pulling discs, puckers or harrows.
Hansmann Binder Hitch
THE HANSMANN BINDER HITCH is designed for pulling a number of
binders behind a tractor. It is guaranteed to operate successfully on any
m.ike or size of binder without the least side draft or use of trucks to
support the hitch, and that you can operate as many binders as the tractor
has power to pull.
Griep Binder Hitch
THE GRIEP BINDER HITCH is designed for pulling one harvester behind
a tractor. It can be attached to any make or size of harvester. This hitch
guides the harvester automatically, cutting square or round corners accord-
ing to the way the operator of the tractor steers.
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COMBINATION 1 AND 2 BOTTOM PLOW.
No. 12 — Equipped with 2-12 inch bottoms. .Weight 735
No. 14 — Equipped with 2-14 inch bottoms . .Weight 735
No. 16 — Equipped with 2-16 inch bottoms. .Weight 775
COMBINATION 2 AND 3 BOTTOM PLOW.
No. 22 — 2-bottom 12-inch Weight 720
No. 24 — 2-bottom 14-inch Weight 730
No. 32 — 3-bottom 12-inch Weight 900
No. 34 — 3-bottom 14-inch Weight 920
COMBINATION 3 AND 4 BOTTOM PLOW.
No. 42 — 4-bottom 12-inch. .Weight 1,325
No.44 — 4-bottom 14-inch. .Weight 1,400
Combination Light
"Power -Lift"
Tractor Plows
IN ADDITION to having a complete line of
tractors from which you can select a size to
exactly fit your needs, we are also in position
to supply you with the size plow you need in
either light or heavy styles. You will find our
heavy independent beam type shown on the
two following pages and on these two pages
our light combination tractor plows.
OUR LIGHT TRACTOR PLOWS shown
here are built in four combination sizes — i and
2 — 2 and 3 — 3 and 4 — and 4 and 5 bottoms.
IF YOU HAVE a 2, 3, 4 or 5 bottom plow and
find you can pull one plow less to better ad-
vantage, you can detach the rear bottom and
beam by removing five bolts and shifting the
rear wheel and axle to the next plow. If you
have a i, 2, 3 or 4 bottom plow and want the
next larger size, you can add a beam and
bottom. This combination feature is very
valuable when you have varying conditions of
plowing or when you desire to plow some fields
at a greater depth than others.
THESE PLOWS do first-class work and are
easy to handle. The bottoms are guaranteed
to scour in any soil where any other moldboard
plows will scour.
COMBINATION 4 AND 5 BOTTOM PLOW.
No. 55 — 5 bottom 14-inch Weight 1,800
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Special Features of Our Combination Light
Tractor Plows
OUR COMBINATION PLOWS are all built with a
special power lift device operated from the plow
wheel. The Tractor operator has full control of
the plows from his position on the tractor. One rope
attached to one lever controls the simple positive clutch
by which the plows are either raised or lowered. One
pull of the rope and one-half revolution of the clutch
raises the plows from the ground. Another pull of the
rope and the plows are released and quickly take their full
depth. It is not necessary to stop or slow up tractor
when either dropping or raising plows.
AT FURROW ENDS or at will of operator a pull of the
string automatically lifts all plows five inches high. The
cranking backward of the front wheels raises the front
plows and an ingenious lever connection between power
lift bracket and rear wheel attachment raises the rear
plow five inches and levels all bottoms. This feature
eliminates all chance for gathering trash on plow points
and the annoyance and inconvenience incidental thereto.
A SIMPLE ADJUSTABLE HITCH provided with a
break pin prevents share breakage, and being rigidly
fastened to the tractor permits of backing the plow.
TWO LEVERS, within convenient reach of the operator,
at the front of the plow govern the depth of plowing.
Change of depth can easily be accomplished when plowing
or when plow is in or out of ground, as both levers are
always within easy reach of operator of the tractor. By
these levers all of the plows may also be lifted out of the
ground when plow is not in motion. The land lever re-
mains stationary at all times, while the furrow lever
travels about 30° forward when plows are raised from the
ground. Plowing can be done to a depth of nine inches.
The beams are extra heavy, made of high carbon steel,
bent to provide ample clearance.
SINGLE PLOWS SELDOM CLOG even when plowing
the most trashy ground. Clogging usually occurs, if at
all, between first and second or second and third plows.
In these plows, not only is ample throat room provided for
each bottom, but an unusual distance is allowed between
beams for the turn of each furrow slice, which is most
important.
THE WHEELS ARE STRONG and of good height, with
wide tires, equipped with long distance magazine boxes,
with grease caps on the ends. A spring lock device on
the rear wheel permits the wheel to swivel in turning at
ends and automatically is locked into position when
plowing.
THESE PLOWS are built with either 12-inch or 14-inch
bottoms. Regular equipment includes stubble or turf and
stubble bottoms. These will interchange with breaker,
rod breaker, black land or slat bottoms.
STANDARD EQUIPMENT includes rolling coulters,
weed hooks, scraper for rear wheel and tractor hitch.
Special equipment includes chilled cast shares, fin cutters
for breaker bottoms and jointers.
THIS COMBINED CpULTER and Jointer consists of
an ordinary coulter with a jointer blade so connected
to the left hand fork of the coulter yoke that the blade
will ride along the furrow side of the coulter blade and
turn over a small furrow of soil, weeds, trash, etc., leaving
the plow mouldboard an easy job of covering.
THE JOINTER BLADE is adjustable on the standard
and standard and blade are fastened to an adjustable plate
attached to the coulter yoke so proper set of blade may
be had to suit the working conditions.
THE BLADE, made of hardened soft center steel for
easy scouring, consists of two parts, and as the point is
subject to the greater wear, it will only be necessary to
buy this part of the blade to renew the jointer. If it is
desired to use a jointer only without the coulter, the blade
may be inserted on the regular 1^6-inch or 1^-inch
coulter stem. Jointer point is regularly furnished with
soft center steel point, but cast iron point will be furn-
ished, if desired.
FOR A GOOD JOB of covering under the most trashy
conditions, this Combination Coulter- Jointer cannot be
beat.
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Avery 5-Furrow Independent Beam "Self-Lift" Engine Gang.
3 and 4-Furrow Plows are also built in this style.
Avery 10-Furrow Independent Beam "Self-Lift" Engine Gang.
6, 7 and 8-Furrow Plows are also built in this style.
Top View of Single Plow of the Avery Independent Beam "Self-Lift"
Engine Gang. Showing the Double Straight Heavy Beams.
Independent Beam Heavy
"Self-Lift" Tractor
Plows
IN THE AVERY Independent Beam "Self-Lift" Engine
Gang, each plow is attached to the frame independent
of the others. It is free to raise or lower according to
the conditions of the ground and to follow its furrow
without being affected by any other plow. If one plow
strikes a stone or other object it does not affect any of
the others.
THE AVERY "SELF-LIFT" PLOW also has unusual
strength. Each plow has double heavy beams spread at
the front end to give a wide bearing where coupled to the
frame. One of the beams is straight, while the other re-
ceives only a side bend. The Avery Plow may be pulled
through ordinary rocky ground without danger of break-
age or bending of the beams, but if by any accident a beam
should become sprung, it can be straightened by an
ordinary blacksmith.
THE POSITION AND CHARACTER of the gauge
wheel on an Avery Plow is also worthy of special note.
It is located directly in front and just forward of the
point of the plow. Each plow being entirely independent
of the others and the gauge wheel being located in this
position, it carries the point of the plow at a uniform
depth at all times, which is one of the most important
elements in perfect plowing.
AVERY "SELF-LIFT" PLOWS were the first "Self-
Lift" Engine Gang Plows built, and are fully covered by
patents Nos. 819,223; 909,919; 933,858; 936,767. We have
numerous other applications for patents pending, also
Canadian patents and patents pending in Canada. The
matter of infringement of patents and damages has al-
ready been taken up and will be pushed vigorously against
all infringers not licensed under our patents. Manufactur-
ing licenses under our patents have been granted only to
the following companies: Deere & Co., M. Rumely Co.,
Grand Detour Plow Co., Holt Mfg. Co., and Cockshutt
Plow Co. in Canada.
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How the Avery "Power Lift -Self
Drop" Device Works
IN THE CONSTRUCTION of the "Power Lift-Self
Drop" Device on the Avery Plow, a large simple clutch
is used. When the cord is pulled, the clutch immedi-
ately engages and the cord can be at once released. It is
not necessary to hold it. All you have to do is to pull it
an instant until the clutch is engaged.
THE PLOW WHEEL is provided with grouters to pre-
vent slipping, and the axle, to which the wheel is rigidly
attached, carries a sprocket wheel from which power by
means of a sprocket chain is conveyed to the clutch
mechanism.
WHEN THE OPERATOR wishes to lift the plows, he
simply pulls on the cord and this engages the clutch
much after the fashion of the ordinary binder trip.
This transmits the power to a diagonal shaft, extending
the length of the plow frame, upon which is located an
individual cam and lever for lifting each plow. This
shaft turns one half revolution when the clutch is
engaged. The cams are placed on the shaft at different
angles. When the shaft turns, the cam for the forward
plow operates to raise its plow first and each of the other
plows are raised in turn when they reach the point where
the first plow emerged from the ground.
TO DROP THE PLOWS, the cord is again pulled and
the clutch engaged, when the diagonal shaft turns the
other half revolution, the first plow drops ahead of the
rest and each plow in turn drops when it reaches the point
where the first plow entered the ground.
Accurate Adjustments
THE ADJUSTMENTS on the Avery Plow are unusually
accurate. The depth of plowing is regulated by a hand
screw, as will be noted in the illustration, and can be
changed easily and accurately. Much finer adjustments
can be made than with a hand lever. In an advertisement
one manufacturer states that the lever notches on their
plow provide adjustments of ^-inch in depth, while with
the screw thread adjustment on the Avery Plow you can
adjust the depth to any fraction of an inch.
A SET SCREW is also used on the plow standard to raise
or lower the point of the plow to give more or less suck.
An absolutely accurate adjustment can thus be easily
gotten.
IN ATTACHING THE PLOWS to the frame an
eccentric coupling is employed for lining or winging the
plows. After this very important adjustment has once
been made, it is rarely ever necessary to adjust again
during the life of the machine.
Other Features on Avery "Self-
Lift" Plows
THE AVERY PLOW is mounted on supporting wheels
of wide face and large diameter, all of which run on the
unplowed ground. The construction of the Avery Plow
is such that there is no side draft requiring a furrow
wheel. The plow will follow the engine without slipping
on the ground, and as all the wheels run on the unplowed
ground, no special adjustments are necessary when open-
ing up a new land. The width of the first furrow is gauged
uniformly by a self-guide on the tractor.
BY USING CROSS CHAINS for hitching the plow to the
engine, the operator may commence turning at the end
when the front wheels of the tractor are even with the end
of the plowing and the plow will follow straight out, thus
requiring only a short turning space at the end.
THE GAUGE WHEEL itself is 13 inches in diameter
and has a 4-inch face. It is made of two shell castings
bolted together, and constructed in such a way that both
faces of the wheel are completely enclosed and there is
no rim to pick up and fill with mud or soft earth. It is
carried on a hard maple bearing. This bearing receives
a special treatment which thoroughly saturates it with
special oil, and it will run in dust an indefinite period
without lubrication. If it should ever wear, the box can
be replaced as good as new at a very slight cost.
AN ADJUSTABLE SCRAPER on the gauge wheel pre-
vents accumulations on the face of the wheel and may be
used or removed as desired, according to the condition
and character of the ground. It is constructed in such a
way that it does not interfere with the adjustment and
working of the rolling coulter.
ON THE 3, 4 AND 5 BOTTOM PLOWS we use a mal-
leable standard; on the 6, 7, 8 and 10 bottom we use a
heavy cast standard. The plow bottoms are made of
heavy material and will stand the grief incident to being
pulled by steam or gas tractors in tough or stony land.
Any type of bottom will interchange with the beams on
any size plows.
THE PLOW FRAME, including the plow hitch, is made
of steel plates, angle iron and channel bars riveted solidly
together, thus making a construction that is very strong
and proof against breakage. The castings that undergo
the most severe strains are malleable, and the whole ma-
chine, aside from being very strong, is so designed as to
be light in weight.
THE 6, 7, 8 AND 10 GANG PLOWS are mounted on four
wheels. The 3, 4 and 5 gang plows have two main plow
wheels and one of the single plow gauge wheels serves as
a third bearing for the frame. The wheels are built with
renewable boxes and are equipped with hard oil cups and
so designed that they do not gather mud or trash in wet
soil to cause them to clog. They are possessed of suffi-
cient freedom to overcome any trouble of this sort.
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SANDERS THREE DISC LIGHT TRACTOR PLOW WITH SELF
GUIDING HITCH.
Made with 2, 3 or 4 Discs either 24, 26 or 28 inches in diameter.
They have l!/2-inch axles and other parts in proportion.
SANDERS REGULAR TRACTION ENGINE TYPE PLOWS.
Made with 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 Discs either 24, 26 or 28 inches in
diameter. They have 2-inch axles and other parts in proportion.
SANDERS REGULAR TRACTION ENGINE TYPE PLOWS.
Made with 4, 5, 6 or 8 Discs either 24, 26 or 28 inches in diameter.
They have 2-inch axles and other parts in proportion.
Sanders Tractor Disc Plows
THEY ARE LIGHT DRAFT. They will plow deep,
taking the place of subsoil plows. They pulverize the
soil equal to one harrowing. They will plow in sticky
or hard ground. It hardly ever gets too dry to plow with a
disc plow. They are simple in construction with nothing to
get out of fix. They are strong and rigid.
Framework of Sanders Plows
THIS CONSISTS of a main frame, which is a solid steel bar
made expressly for the purpose, to which is bolted a series
of strong beams which carry the discs. All the principal
parts of the plow are bolted direct to the main frame. One-
inch bolts are used throughout the frame.
Sanders Tractor Disc Plows
CAN BE SET TO CUT either 6, 8 or 10-inch furrows. They
are fitted with either 24, 26 or 28-inch discs. They have self
guiding hitch, which does not change direction of plow when
the front wheel is raised or lowered. They can be furnished
with Power Lift, if desired. The wheels have combined
Grease Cups and Dust-Proof Caps. They are set up to cut
10-inch furrows unless otherwise ordered. They are fur-
nished with 5-foot chain to attach direct to tractor. They
can be easily changed to a different number of discs. Wheels
either 3 or 6 inches wide can be furnished.
Sanders Patent Discs
THEY ARE MADE with a patent countersunk seat by
pressing back the center of the disc into the shape of a
countersunk head bolt, which gives a perfectly smooth sur-
face over the entire face of the disc. One large bolt is used
and that is at the center of the disc, where there is no motion.
Number of Discs
CUTTING DIFFERENT WIDTHS of furrows that can be
used on each size frame.
Two Disc
Frames
10-inch
Furrows.
2
8-inch
Furrows.
2
6-inch
Furrows.
3
Three Disc
Frames. . .
3
3
4
Four Disc
Frames
4
S
8
Five Disc
Frames
5
6
8
Six Disc
Frames
6
7
10
Eisrht Disc
Frames. .
8
10
13
AVERY BRUSH AND MARSH PLOW.
Avery Brush and Marsh Plow
THESE PLOWS, in connection with the Avery "Light-
Weight" Tractors, are being used quite extensively for
bringing brush land under cultivation at a low cost per acre.
They are also being used for reclaiming marsh land with
splendid success.
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AVERY Tractor Plowinq Outfit
'-£,
AVHRY Two -Row Motor Cultivator.
a size AVERY trade
, - 5-10, 8-16, 12-25. 18-
AVERY combination liqht tractor plow.
Built in sizes 1,2,3,4 and 5 qanq .
AVERY two -row
ttl tti TF[
There's a si*e AVERY thr.
8 sixes - I9x3O, 22x36, 26x4O, 28x46
to fit evert; size farm
, 25-5O, and 4O-8O
AVERY independent beam heavy tractor plow.
Built in sizes 3, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 1O qanq.
m m ni
ier to fit every size run .
2x54. 36x6O, 42x64 and 42x7O inch.
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AVERY Tractor Threshinq Outfit.
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AVERY Road Buildinq Tractor.
Avery 5-10 H. P. Tractor
IN ADDITION TO OUR FIVE larger size tractors
from 8-16 to 40-80 H. P. previously illustrated and
described, we also build a special small 5-10 H. P. size
as shown here. It weighs only 2,250 pounds.
THIS SMALL TRACTOR is designed for all around use
on small farms and for doing the lighter work on large
farms. The demand for this tractor is very large.
THIS SMALL AVERY TRACTOR is intended to pro-
duce a draw-bar pull equal to that of three 1,400-pound
draft horses. It will accomplish as much work in the
course of a day as four horses. Here are some of the
things it will do:
IT WILL PULL—
2 12-inch plows at a depth of 6 inches in ordinary
stubble ground;
a 16-inch plow under difficult conditions;
an 8- foot disc harrow over plowed ground;
a 3-section spike tooth harrow over plowed ground;
a grain drill;
a grain binder;
a road drag;
a loaded farm wagon;
a potato digger;
a manure spreader;
and other loads ordinarily pulled by a 3-horse team.
IT WILL DRIVE—
a small silo filler;
a feed grinder;
a pump;
a fanning mill;
a saw mill.
WE BUILD THIS 5-10 H. P. TRACTOR with a special
hitch so that you can use your old horse plow. Just at-
tach your horse plow to the draw-bar and you have a
complete tractor plow outfit.
IF YOU HAVE HILLY GROUND and want to use both
right and left hand plows to throw the furrows one way,
you can attach both as shown in the illustration. When
you do not want to plow back and forth, the left hand
plow can be detached without interfering with the work of
the right hand plow.
YOU CAN RAISE AND LOWER the plows at the end of
the furrows by a handy lever on the side of the tractor
frame in easy reach of the operator while sitting on the
seat. With the plow raised you can back up and turn
around in a short space easier than you can with a team.
THIS ATTACHMENT has many advantages over an
engine gang plow. It is cheaper in first cost and lighter
weight. It can also be easily detached when desiring to
use the tractor for other kinds of general farm work.
WE PUBLISH A SPECIAL FOLDER fully describing
and illustrating this small 5-10 H. P. Avery Tractor and
showing a number of scenes of the work it does. If you
are interested in a small tractor write for a copy of this
special folder.
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Now You Can Also Cultivate Corn, Cotton, Potatoes
and Other Crops Planted in Rows
With Motor Power
TRACTORS supply the demand for power to do plow-
ing and other heavy farm work. But no sooner does
a man get a tractor and find out the wonderful ad-
vantages of using motor power for plowing, discing, drill-
ing, harvesting, etc., than he begins to want to be able to
also use the same kind of power for cultivating and other
similar work.
AFTER LONG CONSIDERATION and experimentation
on this problem the Avery Company now offer their an-
swer to the demand for motor power to do all kinds of
farm work. For heavy work we build six sizes of Tractors
— a size to fit every size farm. For cultivating and other
lighter work we now offer the Avery Motor Cultivator.
TRACTORS HAVE PROVED that they are able to do
away with the surplus horses formerly required — the
Avery Motor Cultivator now offers you the chance to do
away with still more horses and use motor power prac-
tically altogether, if not exclusively, for your farm work.
MANY MEN HAVE HAD THE IDEA of a combination
machine for doing all kinds of farm work. But the at-
tempts to build such a machine seem only to have resulted
in building something which is lacking on one or both
sides. If it is built with the features necessary for heavy
work it is not satisfactory for cultivating and such lighter
work, if it is built for light work it lacks things which are
required in a machine for heavy work.
THE FIRST BIG ADVANTAGE of two independent
machines— a tractor for heavy work and a motor cultivator
for light work — over a combination machine is in the fact
that while a two-row motor cultivator satisfies all the
demands for light work, the same size machine, when used
as a tractor, cannot supply all demands for heavy work.
With the Avery independent machines you can get an
Avery Two-Row Motor Cultivator to do your light work
and can then get an Avery Tractor in whichever one of
the six sizes is best suited to do your heavy farm work.
THE SECOND BIG ADVANTAGE in having two inde-
pendent machines — a trnctor and a motor cultivator — is in
the fact that each machine is built with the design,
strength, power, speed and all other features especially
required for the class of work it is intended to perform.
THE THIRD BIG ADVANTAGE in having two inde-
pendent machines — a tractor and a motor cultivator — is in
the fact that either machine can be attached to any tool
you desire to pull by simply using a clevis without having
to spend a big lot of work and time changing over
attaching parts.
MOTORIZE YOUR FARM the Avery way. Plainly the
Avery plan offers you the most successful method of motor-
izing your farm work — an Avery tractor in the size which
best fits the amount of heavy farm work you have to do and
an Avery two-row motor cultivator for your light work.
Double the Number of Acres You Cultivate
ONE MAN CAN CULTIVATE 100 ACRES of crops
with an Avery Motor Cultivator— double or more as much
as one man ordinarily handles with horses.
THINK WHAT IT MEANS to start out for a day's
cultivating with an Avery Motor Cultivator compared
with the old horse way.
YOU GET UP EARLY AND FEED YOUR HORSES,
curry them, harness them and clean out the stable. Then
after eating breakfast, go out to the barn and get them
out, water them and hitch up. All of this work to get
started. Then it's unhitch, water, feed and hitch up at
noon, and unhitch, water, unharness, feed and bed at night.
All this work to get through. Don't you get tired of doing
all this extra work before you can get started and after
you get through?
BUT WITH AN AVERY MOTOR CULTIVATOR you
can do far differently. Getting the machine ready should
not take you more than the time required to care for one
horse. That's all it takes to get started. At noon and
night, turn a switch. That's all it takes to get through.
The time you save will enable you to take care of more
profit making hogs, sheep or cattle.
ENJOY LIFE more and make more money by us'r.g an
Avery Motor Cultivator.
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How the Avery Motor Cultivator Is Built
HE AVERY MOTOR CULTIVATOR is
13. two-row machine. It will ordinarily
cultivate about 16 to 18 acres per day.
IT HAS A FRICTION DRIVE which gives
you a wide variation of speed so that you can
plow as slow as necessary the first time over
when your crop is small and at faster speeds
when your crop is larger.
THE CULTIVATOR is guided by a single
front wheel which runs between the two rows.
It is driven by two rear wheels which run
outside the two rows.
WHEN PLOWING along, the power of the
motor is applied to both rear wheels by means
of two clutches. Both rear wheels drive the
cultivator and a compensating gear takes care
of any variations in the direction of the rows.
The front wheel guides the Cultivator rnd is
operated by a hand steering wheel.
WHEN THE END of the row is reached, the
operator releases the steering wheel, which
allows the front wheel to act as a caster. At
the same time he takes hold of the two levers
operating the drive wheel clutches, and by
releasing one clutch and allowing the other to
remain engaged, one drive wheel remains
stationary while the other revolves around it
until the Cultivator has turned around onto
the next two rows. The other clutch is then
also engaged and both wheels begin to travel
forward. The operator releases the clutch
levers and again guides the Cultivator with
the steering wheel.
THIS CULTIVATOR will turn around in its
own length. It will turn either way depending
upon which drive wheel the power is applied to.
THE MOTOR used in this Cultivator is the
same as used in our 5-10 H. P. Tractor. The
Cultivator is gear driven — no sprocket chain
drive is used. The Cultivator itself is the
regular Avery Two-row Cultivator which has
been on the market for years.
CAN ALSO BE FURNISHED with special
attachments as shown here for check row
planting, drill planting, listed corn cultivating
or disc cultivating.
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T
HERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER
of kinds of work you can do with
an Avery Motor Cultivator.
YOU CAN CULTIVATE corn, cotton,
potatoes, or other such crops planted in
rows. If you live in a listed corn ter-
ritory you can get an Avery Motor Cul-
tivator with a special lister attachment.
YOU CAN ALSO PLANT corn, cotton
and other similar crops with the same
machine by getting a special planter
attachment.
THEN, BY REMOVING the gangs,
you have a machine which you can use
for various kinds of lighter traction
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work such as shown here — hay raking,
drilling, harrowing, road dragging, etc.
YOU CAN ALSO DO lighter belt work
— feed grinding, pumping, sawing, silo
filling, etc.
THE AVERY Motor Cultivator is, in
fact, an all around machine for lighter
traction and belt work, in addition to
being made with a design especially
suitable for cultivating and planting.
IT IS NOT A NEW experiment, but,
after being tested out during the previ-
ous year, was placed on the market and
a large number sold during the past
year.
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There's a Size Avery Thresher to Fit
Every Size Run
THERE ARE EIGHT SIZES of Avery Threshers,
from a small 19 x 30-inch up to a large 42 x 70-inch.
You can get an Avery Thresher in exactly the size
you need to fit the amount of threshing you have to do.
THE SMALL AVERY "YELLOW-KID" THRESHERS
are not built cheaply, but are simply cut down small size
"Yellow-Fellows."
ALL EIGHT SIZES of Avery Threshers, both small and
large, are regularly equipped, without extra charge, with
I. X. L. Separating Devices, Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth,
Cone Pulley Belt Guide, Belt Tighteners, Handy Belt
Reel, Lifting Jack, Extra Concaves and Tools.
Right Hand Side of an Avery "Yellow Kid" Thresher Fitted
with Self-Feeder and Common Stacker
Built in Sizes 19 x 30 and 22 x 36-inch.
Left Hand Side of an Avery "Yellow Kid" Thresher Fitted
with Self-Feeder and Wind Stacker
All Avery Threshers are regularly equipped with I. X. L. Separating Device, Cone Pulley Belt Guide, Improved
Belt Reel, Lifting Jack, Extra Concaves and Tools, without extra charge.
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Left Hand Side of an Avery "Yellow Fellow-
Grain Saver" Thresher
Built in Sizes 26 x 40, 28 x 46, 32 x 54, 36 x 60, 42 x 64 and 42 x 70-inch.
Right Hand Side of an Avery "Yellow Fellow-
Grain Saver" Thresher
All Avery Separators are regularly equipped with I. X. L. Separating Device, Cone Pulley Belt Guide, Improved
Belt Reel, Lifting Jack, Extra Concaves and Tools, without extra charge.
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Avery Threshers Are Backed by the Best Field Tests
and the Strongest Guarantees
Avery Threshers Have Made the
Best Proven Grain Saving
Records
IN TWENTY-SEVEN FIELD TESTS made with Avery
Threshers the average saving was 99 9/10 per cent —
practically perfect. Each of these tests was made on a
different machine in a different locality and while being
operated by the regular crew. Each of the tests was wit-
nessed by a number of farmers who voluntarily signed
statements showing the average percentage of saving.
THESE TESTS PROVE that Avery Threshers are Won-
derful Grain Savers. These tests are the best proven
record of grain saving ever made by any make of
Thresher. No other make of Thresher is backed up by
such a record of grain saving field tests.
Avery Threshers Are Also Backed
Up by the Strongest Guarantees
THESE ARE THE SPECIAL WARRANTIES you get
when you buy an Avery Thresher, in addition to the
ordinary warranties against defects.
Special Warranty on Thresher
AVERY SEPARATING DEVICES are guaranteed to
shake out 99 52/100 per cent OR MORE of the loose
grain that is in the straw, the grain to be dry and in fit
condition to thresh. When desired we will submit the
machine to test. (This is the strongest grain saving
warranty ever given. And it's absolutely plain and
straightforward.)
Special Warranty on Avery Jumbo Razor
Steel Cylinder Teeth
AVERY JUMBO TEETH are warranted for life against
breakage caused by pitchforks, bolts, spades, or other
foreign materials accidentally entering the cylinder.
(Notice that there's no limit to the Avery Special Tooth
Warranty against breakages — for life.)
Special Warranty on Cleaning
THE FANNING MILL AND SHOE of an Avery
Thresher are guaranteed to clean the grain in perfect
condition for the local market.
Special Warranty on Feeders
THE BARTHOLOMEW BAND CUTTER and Self
Feeder is guaranteed to feed all kinds or conditions of
loose, headed or bound grain without slugging the cylin-
der, and faster and more evenly than feeding can be done
by hand.
Special Warranty on Wind Stackers
AVERY J. B.'S WIND STACKERS are warranted to
handle dry or wet straw in any condition or quantity with-
out choking and to be built with tank steel fan housings
and boiler plate wings.
Furthermore —
IF ANY PURCHASER of Avery Machinery prefers the
form of warranty adopted by any other manufacturer of
this class of machinery, we will allow him the privilege,
when placing the order, to substitute such other manu-
facturer's form of warranty for ours, and such purchaser
is hereby authorized before signing the order, to write
across the face of the warranty in our order blank the
following:
"THIS ORDER IS GIVEN with the understanding that
the warranty and all conditions of (insert name) Company
are substituted in place of the warranty printed herein."
Nowhere Else Can You Get War-
ranties Anywhere Near
as Strong
AND THEY MEAN JUST WHAT THEY SAY. There's
no "Joker" anywhere in them. No impossible conditions.
Just out and out straightforward agreements and guaran-
tees that are printed right in every Avery order blank and
that you can fall back on when you buy Avery Machinery
if it doesn't do just what is represented here, and the
Avery Company stands squarely back of them and will
make good on every point.
AND THE REASON we can make these strong warran-
ties— much stronger than those given by any other manu-
facturer— is simply this — because Avery Threshers are
built with the right kind of high grade raw materials and
workmanship, and we have perfected them in design and
detail to the point where they will go out in the field and
stand up under the work and do a first-class job of
threshing.
Just Consider What It Means to
You to Get a Thresher That
Is Backed Up Like This
YOU AREN'T GETTING A THRESHER that is simply
backed up by claims, but one that has strong guarantees
and field tests behind it. Avery Threshers must do good
work and stand up on the job or we couldn't give the
strong guarantees we do. Just compare these guarantees
and tests with those which any other company offers.
READ THE FOLLOWING pages carefully. They tell
how Avery Threshers are designed and built and show
why they are built to run steady and last a long while and
to do good work all the time.
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You Can Thresh All Kinds
of Grain and Seeds With
an Avery "Yellow-
Fellow"
A I AVERY SEPARATOR threshes wheat, oats, bar-
ley, rye, timothy, flax, rice, bird seed, will hull clover
and alfalfa, thresh sweet clover, soy beans, cow
peas, buckwheat, kaffir corn or anything else, and it is the
only machine in the World that has established a record
for doing all these things in a satisfactory manner.
WITH OUR SPECIAL CLOVER HULLING attach-
ment an Avery "Yellow-Fellow" will hull, clean and save
clover, as well, if not better, and do it about twice as fast
as an ordinary huller. Consists of Special Concaves and
Teeth, Extension Chaffer for Grain Pan and Clover Sieve.
Can be furnished for any size Avery Thresher.
WE ALSO FURNISH special attachments for rice, peas,
beans, etc.
Eighteen Kinds of Grain and Seeds Threshed by Avery "Yellow-Fellows.1
Clover Hulling Attachment.
Avery Threshers Have the Most Improved
and Original Features
THE FOLLOWING are some of the Original and Im-
proved Features designed and introduced by the Avery
Company which you get in an Avery "Yellow-Fellow."
WE ORIGINATED and were the first to use the Big
Cylinder Tooth called the Jumbo. This tooth has always
been made from Razor Tool Steel and by an original pro-
cess of forging and tempering, the wearing corner being
hardened.
WE ORIGINATED the double belting system from the
cylinder to the crankshaft. Also the system of belting all
the other important parts of the separator direct from the
cylinder shaft, such as the fan, separating device and the
beater, thereby driving them in proper speed relation to
each other and giving wider belt surface from the cylinder
shaft back.
WE ORIGINATED the belt reel, which is of great con-
venience in winding up, unwinding and taking care of the
belt.
WE ORIGINATED the Wind Stacker without gears,
with the fan located inside the frame work and driven
with a straight open belt direct from the cylinder shaft,
this belt being provided with a tightener so that the
belt can be adjusted while the machine is in operation.
WE ORIGINATED the band cutter and self-feeder with
reciprocating knives and a governor located on the crank-
shaft, whereby the crankshaft and all of the feeding parts,
including the carrier, will stop when the speed of the
cylinder falls below threshing speed.
WE ORIGINATED a tailings elevator drive, with the
lower sprocket located below the entrance of the tailings,
which prevents clogging. We also originated the idea of
leaving the upper end of the tailings elevator open, which
permits the tailings to deliver on the ground in case the
down spout is choked and thus prevents clogging the
elevator in the head.
WE WERE THE FIRST to introduce steel axles for
carrying the weight of the separator. Previous to that
time wood axles had been used, which resulted in numer-
ous breakdowns, causing delays and loss of time and
money.
WE WERE THE FIRST to adopt an extension tongue
of large size and so designed that it may be lengthened
for horses and shortened when pulling the separator with
an engine.
(Continued on next page.)
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Avery Threshers Have the Most Improved
and Original Features
(Continued from previous page.)
WE WERE THE FIRST to build a thresher with
the grain pan, separating table, vibrating table and
shoe all driven direct from one crankshaft, in such
a way that the shaking parts counterbalance, so that the
machine stands so steady that threshermen sit on top of
them and write us testimonials to show that there is not
enough vibration to make their hand shake at all.
WE WERE THE FIRST to adopt a compressed paper
cylinder drive pulley, which does away with all anxiety
about the lagging coming loose in the middle of a hot day
on a rush job.
WE ORIGINATED the first really successful belt guide,
and the only one today that carries the belt on the center
of the pulley in a high wind when the engine is several
feet out of line.
WE WERE THE FIRST to adopt the marvelous separat-
ing device known as the I. X. L., which hunts around in
the straw for the last kernel and gets it, and we furnish it
regularly with Avery Threshers, because we have proven
its merits as a Grain Saving Device.
WE ORIGINATED a pivoted cylinder box, which has a
natural tendency to keep in line,.in striking comparison to
the stationary type which had to be scraped by a thorough
mechanic to ever get in line and then spends the rest of
its time trying to get out of alignment.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use a rubber feeder web on
the Band Cutter and Self-Feeder, which runs noiselessly
and without much wear and takes up all the loose grain
and delivers it into the machine without wasting a large
percentage of it.
WE ORIGINATED a concave adjusting device by which
the operator can raise or lower both the front and rear
concave and adjust them for the different kinds of grain.
WE ORIGINATED and were the first to use diagonal
frame cross rods, located underneath the deck of the sep-
arator which hold the frame work so rigid that it will run
through a long number of years without twisting and caus-
ing the shafting to bind in the boxes and quickly wear out.
WE WERE THE FIRST to introduce and put on a sep-
arator leveling jacks, attached to the separator, which are
a great convenience for leveling and holding the front of
the machine rigid while threshing.
WE WERE THE FIRST to build a fan with bands to
distribute the blast over the shoe and overcome the cross
currents of air which had previously given threshermen
so much trouble in properly cleaning the grain.
WE WERE THE FIRST to encourage the manufacture
of and to adopt the Closz & Howard Adjustable Sieve,
which enables the thresherman to change his sieves for
the different kinds of grain without stopping, adjustment
being made by a small lever operated from outside the
machine.
WE WERE THE FIRST manufacturers of threshing
machinery that ever had the nerve to send out men during
the threshing season in the various states where our ma-
chines are in operation and make field tests for the benefit
of our customers to show the actual amount of waste that
was going into the straw stack, and then publish a correct
report of these tests, after putting out a guarantee that
these machines would save 99 52/100 per cent OR MORE
of the grain.
ALL OF THESE THINGS certainly show that the
Avery "Yellow-Fellow" is without question the mcst
original and improved machine built today — and that's the
kind of a machine that will make you money and you'll
be proud to run.
OTHER MACHINES have some of these features —
copied from the Avery or prompted by our introduction
of them — but no other machine offers you anywhere near
all of them. You get them all only in an Avery.
MANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS have been sold
by hundreds to threshermen for use on other machines.
But, after all, only a few of these can be gotten in this
way as only a few can be attached to other machines.
AND EVEN THOUGH A THRESHERMAN might get
an Avery Belt Guide, Paper Center Cylinder Pulley, Lift-
ing Jack, I. X. L. Separating Device, and other Avery fea-
tures to help cure the troubles he finds in some other
make of separator, it would add just that much to the cost
of his other machine, and after getting all these he would
still not have the Avery Heavy Crankshaft, Steel Rod
Pitmans, Double Belting System, Belt Winder, Steel Bot-
tom No-Choke Elevator, Heavy Tongue, and all the other
improved features found in the Avery "Yellow-Fellow."
THE WAY TO GET ALL of these improved features is
to buy an Avery "Yellow-Fellow."
THIS LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS, designed and intro-
duced by the Avery Company, will show you that the
Avery Company is progressive — that we keep pushing
ahead — that we are always designing and adopting im-
proved features in our machines, and you will realize that
in placing your order for an Avery Separator you get
the most improved and up-to-date machine that can be
bought.
READ THE FURTHER DESCRIPTION and see the
detailed illustrations of these special features in an Avery
Thresher on the following pages.
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Inside View of the Avery "Yellow-Fellow" Thresher
THIS COMBINATION PHOTOGRAPH and draw-
ing shows as clearly as can be done in a small
illustration the interior construction of an Avery
"Yellow-Fellow" Thresher — first the Avery Feeder with
a solid rubber web, which feeds the grain in fast without
choking — then the heavy Avery Cylinder filled with Avery
Guaranteed for Life Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth, together
with the adjustable concaves and grates, which get the
grain out of the heads — next the I. X. L. grain saving de-
vice and the Avery racks, which separate the grain from
the straw in such fine shape that Avery Threshers are the
champion grain savers — then the Avery No Cross Blast
Fan, which cleans the grain in good condition for the
market — and last, the Avery Windstacker with its heavy
fan, which handles any kind or quantity of straw without
choking.
Look at This Strong Avery Separator Frame
AN AVERY SEPARATOR FRAME is unusually strong
and long lived. One of the most valuable features is
the two diagonal steel brace rods just underneath the
deck, which connect the upper ends of each of the
two front posts of the main frame with the upper
ends of the rear posts on the opposite side. These
form a cross tie which prevents twisting and sagging
of the frame.
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TAVEKY CONCAVES AND GRATES ARE
^ ADJUSTABLE FRONT AND REAR
C \DUUSTABLE &RATE
BEHIND CYLINDER
MOVING GRATE ON FRONT
END Of STRAW RACK UNDER-
NEATH BEATER
You Can Get the Grain Out of the Heads With
an Avery Thresher
T
HERE ARE FOUR SPECIAL REASONS why you
can get the grain out of the heads with an Avery
"Yellow-Fellow."
THE FIRST REASON is because it has a Long Concave
and date Surface. In actual running inches an Avery
Thresher has an open concave and steel concave grate
surface of 18 inches; then at the rear of the cylinder a
14-inch grate, and then under the beater a 20-inch grate,
making 52 inches of grate surface, the whole width of the
machine. This more than equals the grate surface of the
so-called big cylinder machines.
THE SECOND REASON is because the Concaves are
Adjustable, Both Front and Rear. With the common
arrangement for adjusting concaves you can only raise the
front concave about half the length of the tooth, and can-
not raise the rear concave at all, but with the Avery you
can raise and lower both concaves and also adjust them
the full length of the teeth. Furthermore, an Avery
Jumbo Tooth is tapered and when you raise the concaves,
the cylinder and concave teeth not only come closer to-
gether endwise, but sidewise as well, so that you get a
double adjustment.
THE THIRD REASON is because an Avery "Yellow-
Fellow" has an Adjustable Grate Behind the Cylinder. A
good grate at the rear of the cylinder is a very important
feature. Some manufacturers place a stationary grate at
this point. A stationary grate may be all right in some
conditions of the grain, but it can never be all right in all
conditions of the grain. In an Avery Thresher the rear
end of this grate is hung from two adjusting rods, allow-
ing it to be raised or lowered. In wet grain you can let it
down, and thus prevent wrapping; in dry grain you can
raise it up closer to the cylinder. The fact that you can
adjust this grate according to the condition of the grain,
is a strong reason why you can get the grain out of the
heads better with an Avery "Yellow-Fellow."
THE FOURTH REASON is because of the Moving
Grate Underneath the Beater. The 20-inch grate under-
neath the beater is a part of the straw table. It moves
back and forth with the table and the beater constantly
pounds the grain through this moving grate.
BECAUSE OF THIS Concave and Grate Construction,
an Avery "Yellow-Fellow" when properly adjusted, will
get the grain out of the heads and also separate out the
largest possible percentage of the grain from the straw
right at the cylinder. An Avery "Yellow-Fellow" has a
better combination of devices to get the grain out of the
heads than can be found in any other machine.
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Avery 36-Inch REGULAR Heavy Cylinder Filled With
Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth
AVERY CYLINDERS are built strong. The bars are 1% x % inches and are backed up by
an inner bar l?/8 x f£ inches. The cylinder shaft is 2% inches in diameter and the cylinder
has wide, heavy bands. They are also built extra heavy. The 36-inch size weighs 692 pounds,
ready to run. That's why Avery Cylinders last longer and run smoother than others.
Avery 36-Inch DOUBLE SPIKED Heavy Cylinder Filled
With Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth
WE BUILD OUR CYLINDER in two styles — with the regular number of teeth or double
spiked. No matter what you need in your locality, we are able to furnish the proper cylinder
to get the best results.
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Exact Size of Our Jumbo
Tooth, showing tempered
wearing corner.
Avery Cylinder and Concave Teeth are Made from
Genuine Tool Steel
T
HEY ARE EXTRA LARGE in size. The wearing
corner is tempered. They are made of better ma-
terial and by a better process than any other teeth.
WE BEGAN MAKING Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth because
we wanted to make it possible for our customers to get
rid of so much trouble and expense with broken and worn
out teeth. All the teeth used at that time were small;
they were also untempered. They not only broke easily,
but wore out very quickly, so that a full set of teeth had
Razor, Paring Knife, Hatchet, Chisel, Punch and Butcher Knife Made
from Avery Teeth, to Show Quality of Steel We Use.
Threshing a 2 x 12-Inch Oak Plank at the Fair to Show the Strength of
Avery Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth,
to be replaced very often. A few years ago, in fact, even
now with many machines, the sound of a broken tooth is a
familiar one, and each time it is heard it means a shut
down of from ten to fifteen minutes to put in a new tooth.
A large amount must be charged up against many ma-
chines because of the profits lost and the heavy expense
of an idle crew while broken teeth are being replaced.
THE FIRST THING WE DID was to design a large
tooth. The Avery Company made the first large tooth
ever used in a separator. That is why we call it by the
name "Jumbo."
THE NEXT THING was to get a metal that was strong
enough so as not to be easily broken and that would wear
long enough so that the teeth would not have to be often
replaced.
THE ONLY METAL we could find that in our opinion
was good enough for the purpose, was genuine tool steel.
We wanted breaking strength, and everyone knows the
strength of tool steel. We wanted wearing strength, to-
gether with a tempered wearing corner, and so we used
tool steel, because machine steel will not take a temper.
(Note this: That there is a big difference between tool
steel and machine steel. Do not let anyone confuse you
by telling you that they use steel teeth. Be sure you
know whether they are machine steel or tool steel.)
EVERY JUMBO TOOTH is guaranteed to be genuine
tool steel. We hammer forge them from square Tool
Steel bars and the wearing corner is tempered extra hard.
HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE with teeth that are
easily broken and quickly worn out? Does your separator
have that terrible toothache? Do you want a machine
that never has this disease? If you want to be relieved
of all tooth troubles, get an Avery "Yellow-Fellow" with
its Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth. Pitchforks seldom even bend
them, and even wrenches, spades and other similar things
run through right along without breaking a single tooth
or stopping the machine for a minute. Jumbo Teeth will
bend double, are almost unbreakable, and will wear longer
tb,an other makes. They are a big expense-saver for the
thresherman.
WHEN YOU ARE BUYING a Thresher, remember that
by getting an Avery "Yellow-Fellow" you will be free
from tooth troubles.
BEWARE OF IMITATION Iron Cylinder Teeth, sold
by supply houses under the name of "Jumbo."
GENUINE AVERY Jumbo Tool Steel Teeth have the
name "Avery" stamped on them.
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Exact Size of our Turkey Tooth,
Designed Especially for the Con-
caves When Threshing Turkey
Wheat, Hulling Clover, etc.
Avery Cylinder and Concave Teeth are Guaranteed
for Life Against Breakage
Y
OU GET THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY on Avery
Jumbo Razor Steel Teeth printed right in the order
blank:
AVERY JUMBO TEETH are warranted for Hie against
breakage caused by pitchforks, bolts, spades or other
foreign materials accidentally entering the cylinder.
READ THESE SAMPLES OF LETTERS which Avery
Threshermen write us about their Jumbo Tool Steel
Teeth, and letters which threshermen who own other
makes of Separators write us. They tell the story:
"I have owned and operated one of your machines for the last
two seasons which has given me perfect satisfaction, especially
the cylinder teeth. They can't be beat. When I was operating
a different make of machine, a well-known make. I used a
cylinder wrench every morning, but since we got your machine
I hardly know we have one. I haven't used it once."
RULOFF BECKER, Clarksville, Iowa.
"Avery Bull-Dog Teeth are the best I have seen,
owned a and before this one."
I have
J. W. BLOCK, Baker, Minnesota.
"The Avery teeth sure stand the test in tough threshing."
A. W. McCLELLAN, Cameron, Wisconsin.
"As we are not satisfied with a
tooth for cylinder,
please send me the tooth which I want to try in our —
separator. If we can use them will get enough for our machine.
Our trouble is in breaking. Lost about sixty teeth in last season's
run."
WM. A. BRACE & SON, DeWitt, Michigan.
"Last season I had lots of grief and trouble with teeth. You
claim your teeth won't bend or break — that's the kind I want.
Please send a sample."
G. M. LAUTERMILLER, Shelby, Ohio.
Chisel Made From Avery Jumbo Tooth
Driven Through a Three-quarter Inch Bar of
Cold Steel.
Makes Razor out of an Avery Razor Steel Tooth and Shaves Himself
Before Crowd at State Fair.
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You Can Save the Grain With an Avery
"Yellow-Fellow"
T
HE ILLUSTRATION above shows clearly why an
Avery machine is built right to save the grain.
NOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE the construction of
the concaves and grates. The concaves are both ad-
justable. The rear concave is not stationary as in many
machines. The grate behind the cylinders in an Avery
Thresher is also adjustable to suit the condition of the
straw and not a solid stationary grate as used by others.
There is also a moving steel grate underneath the beater.
These three special features of construction in an Avery
machine are such that a large percentage of the separation
of the grain from the straw is done right at the cylinder.
AFTER THE STRAW passes the beater it is thrown
back on a lattice work section of the straw rack and is
carried along by the motion of the rack.
IT THEN REACHES the famous I. X. L. Grain Saving
Separating Device which is furnished with every Avery
Thresher. Underneath this separating device is a set of
toothed steel plates.
THERE NEVER HAS BEEN a separating device of any
description made that will do the work that this I. X. L.
does in tearing up the bunches and spreading the straw out
into a thin layer so that the grain is free to drop through.
THIS I. X. L. SEPARATING DEVICE consists of six
bars on which are located a number of fingers. The bars
are driven by gears connected with the main shaft as
shown in the end view illustration here. The movement
of these bars is such that the fingers remain at all times in
a perpendicular position. Six sets of fingers dip into the
straw at each revolution of the main shaft, which runs 125
revolutions per minute, thus 750 times per minute one set
of fingers dips into the straw and loosens it up.
ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF STRAW is handled by
each set of fingers at each turn. They draw the straw out
into a thin layer, spread it apart, move it rapidly and tear
up all bunches of straw, whether wet or dry, and let the
grain drop through. The layer of straw is very thin at
this point and the kernels that are left in it cannot help
but drop out. This separating device runs steadily and
quietly and the guards and its own speed easily keep it
clean.
BEHIND THE I. X. L. are placed toothed fish backs on
the straw rack slanting upwards. This rack has a strong
motion upward and backward and as the straw moves
along over these toothed fish backs it is well shaken and
every chance is given any few remaining kernels to drop
through out of the straw.
THIS COMBINATION of Separating Parts— Adjustable
Concaves, Adjustable Grates, I. X. L. Separating Device
and Toothed Rack — makes an Avery "Yellow-Fellow" a
wonderful Grain Saver, as is proven conclusively by the
Records of Field Tests and our Strong Grain Saving
Guarantee given on the opposite page.
YOU CAN SAVE THE GRAIN with an Avery "Yellow
Fellow-Grain Saver" Thresher.
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Avery Threshers are the Cham-
pion Grain Savers
THERE IS JUST ONE WAY to absolutely prove what a
Thresher will do in saving grain, and that is to make a field test.
For several years we made field tests on Avery "Yellow-
Fellows" to prove what they would do. Twenty-seven tests
were made at different times. Each of these tests was made on a
different machine, in a different locality, in eight different states and
while being operated by the regular crews. Each of the tests was
witnessed by a number of farmers who voluntarily signed statements
showing the average percentage of saving.
THESE TESTS PROVE that Avery Threshers are Wonderful Grain
Savers. The average saving in the 27 tests was 99 9/10 per cent —
practically perfect.
JUST THINK OF IT! Twenty-seven actual field tests, threshing
on canvas, and an average saving of 99 9/10 per cent. This is the
best proven record of grain saving ever made by any make of
Thresher. No other make of Thresher is backed up by such a record
of grain saving as this. It is so good that we have added the words
"Grain Saver" to the name of the Avery Separator and now call it the
"Yellow Fellow-Grain Saver."
AND BESIDES BEING BACKED UP by these tests— when you
buy an Avery "Yellow Fellow-Grain Saver" you also get the strongest
definite guarantee on grain saving ever given with any make of
machine. This guarantee is printed right in the order blank.
"AVERY SEPARATING DEVICES are guaranteed to shake out
99 52/100 per cent OR MORE of the loose grain that is in the straw,
the grain to be dry and in fit condition to thresh. When desired we
will submit the machine to test."
THIS IS THE STRONGEST definite grain saving warranty ever
given. It is absolutely plain and straightforward. It means exactly
what it says and there are no impossible conditions connected with it
in any way, shape or form. We guarantee a saving of 99 52/100 per
cent OR MORE— and the "or more" means anywhere up to 99 99/100
per cent, for this record has been made by "Yellow-Fellows" in
field tests.
THESE TESTS and this strong guarantee are positive proof that
you get a genuine Grain Saver when you buy an Avery Thresher.
THIS IS THE WAY the "Yellow-Fellow" Saved the Grain in the
27 Field Tests:
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
Test No
1 99 92/100
2 99 93/100
3 99 92/100'
4 99 91/100
5 99 89/100
6 99 94/100'
7 99 94/100'
S 99 91/100
9 99 92/100'
10 99 93/100'
11 99 92/100'
12 99 93/100
13 99 86/100'
14 99 94/100'
fc Test No
15
99 92/100%
', Test No
16
99 73/100%
r Test No
17
99 99/100^;
Test No
IS. . .
. . .99 96/100%
, Test No
19
99 96/100%
Test No
20
99 95/100"0
Test No
21. ..
. . .99 67/100%
, Test No.
22. ..
. . .99 80/100%
Test No.
23
99 95/100%
, ' Test No.
24
99 87/100'r,
i Test No.
25. ..
. . 99 99/100"r
Test No.
26
99 94/100",
Test No.
27. ..
99 96/100",
The Wonderful I. X.L.
Separating Device
That Saves the
Grain
EVERY AVERY THRESHER is regularly
equipped with an I. X. L. Grain Saving Separ-
ating Device. We also manufacture this de-
vice for other makes of Separators as well as
our own, and furnish full instructions and
diagram sheet showing how to attach and
operate the same. Our very large sales on
this device during several years past, for use
in other Threshers than our own, show that it
is meeting a need felt by a great many
threshermen. Prices quoted on application.
Average Saving, 99 9/10%.
Greatest Grain Saving Record ever made.
End View of I. X. L. Separating Device
Showing Arrangement of the
Gearing.
VERY LITTLE POWER is required to oper-
ate this series of gearing, since the center gear
is held in a stationary position, and the entire
system revolves around it. The speed being
only 125 revolutions per minute, there is
practically no wear.
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C^THESESTEE.1- BANDS IN FAN HELP TO ^^
1ISTRIBUTE BLAST EVENLY OVER THE SIEVES]
THIS NARROW OPENING- MAKES THE BLAST STRONG WHERE
TSTRIHES THE SIEVES — RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE LOADED
THE HEAVIEST
THIS LONG DISTANCE FROM FAN TO SHOE
GIVES TIME FOR THE BLAST TO SPREAD OUT
EVENLY OVER THE. SIEVES
You Can Clean the Grain in Fine Shape With an
Avery "Yellow-Fellow"
THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT REASONS
why an Avery Thresher does extra fine cleaning of
the grain :
FIRST — The steel bands in the fan give an even distribu-
tion of the blast over the entire surface of the sieves and
prevent the usual cross-blast. Every experienced sep-
arator man will understand the advantage of this.
SECOND — The fan is placed farther from the shoe, and
because of this greater distance the blast has time to
spread out more uniformly over the sieves than in other
machines.
THIRD — The fan-housing is built up higher between the
fan and the sieves.
WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION, the blast enters the
shoe through a narrow opening and is strongest just as it
strikes the sieves (right where they are loaded the
heaviest) and as the blast passes back it gets softer and
softer and so does not blow the grain over at the back end,
where the sieves are loaded the lightest. With other
separators, where the housing is not built up behind the
fan, the blast enters the shoe through a large opening and
is choked down to a point at the back end, so that you get
the lightest blast at the front end where the sieves are
loaded the heaviest, and the strongest blast at the back
end, where the sieves are loaded the lightest (it is just
like forcing a 4-inch stream of water through a 1-inch
nozzle). Then when you close the wind boards sufficiently
to keep the grain from blowing over, the blast is not
strong enough on the front end where the sieves are
loaded heavy, to do perfect cleaning of the grain. Look
into other separators and see the short distance between
the fan and the shoe and the wide opening where the blast
enters the shoe, and you will understand why many
machines do poor cleaning.
Threshermen, Farmers and Eleva-
tors All Say That Avery
Threshers are Extra
Good Grain
Cleaners
OWNERS of Avery Separators say they are Good Grain
Cleaners.
FARMERS who have their grain threshed with Avery
Threshers say they are Good Grain Cleaners.
ELEVATORS who buy the grain that Avery Threshers
thresh say they are Good Grain Cleaners.
YOU ALSO GET this Special Warranty on Cleaning
when you buy an Avery "Yellow-Fellow."
THE FANNING MILL AND SHOE of an Avery
Thresher are guaranteed to clean the grain in perfect
condition for the local market.
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the curved surface between the openings, to quickly sep-
arate the chaff from the grain. We have used these chaf-
fers for years in our machines. They have a large capacity
and the best of separating and cleaning qualities.
Avery Sieves are Strong and
Durable
THEY HAVE MALLEABLE IRON CORNERS, with
spring latchets. Compare them with the cheap construc-
tion of many others.
Top View of the Avery Fanning
Mill and Shoe
THIS SHOWS HOW the Special Steel Bands in the
Avery Fan distribute the currents of air evenly over the
Sieves and prevent any cross-blasts.
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All Avery Threshers Have Two
No-Choke Chaffers
ONE IS ATTACHED to the rear end of the grain pan
and extends back over the shoe 30 inches. The other is in
the shoe. These chaffers are so constructed that all ma-
terial passing over them is easily and quickly separated.
The corrugations and the turned-up edges of metal be-
tween them carry all the material very loosely, enabling
the wind-blast, which is turned in an upward direction by
Closz & Howard Adjustable
Sieves
ARE FURNISHED REGULARLY with Avery Threshers
in place of the regular Sieves, when desired, and without
extra charge.
AFTER INVESTIGATING and experimenting with dif-
ferent makes of adjustable sieves we are able to recom-
mend this one when an adjustable sieve is wanted, and feel
sure that it will prove more satisfactory than any other
adjustable sieve on the market. It is built in a very
strong and substantial manner and is adjustable from out-
side the separator. Made with our special malleable sieve
corners. We charge extra for these sieves, but will allow
for regular sieves not taken.
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Strength and Convenience
RE TWO THINGS we have always worked for in designing an Avery
Thresher. And we have given unusual attention to the smaller
features which are often passed by.
READ HERE ABOUT some of the original and improved smaller fea-
tures in an Avery Separator and see how they are designed to give you a
stronger and easier handled machine.
All Avery Threshers Have Iron
Crank Shaft Posts
WHEN THE CRANKSHAFT BOXINGS are bolted to wood posts in the
separator frame, there is always a possibility of the post springing and
the shaft bending out of line. The Avery Iron Crank Shaft Posts over-
come all this and hold the crankshaft firmly in position, without danger of
springing under heavy strains.
The Avery Main Thresher Crankshaft is 2 Inches in Diameter
OUR SEPARATOR CRANKSHAFT is 2 inches in diameter, or from % to % of an inch
larger than the ordinary separator crankshaft, and on that account much stronger. It is
made of the best steel and is neatly bent and turned. The size of the Avery shaft makes it
extra strong, and almost wholly does away with all possibility of its being sprung out of
line in any manner.
Avery Vibrating Tailer Pitmans Are Made from Steel Pipe
THEY ARE LIGHT IN WEIGHT and much stronger and neater than wood pitmans.
They have maple boxings at each end with hard oilers attached and take-up provisions for
wear and lost motion. This pitman leads from the separator crankshaft to the rear rock
shaft, and drives the rear straw rack and the return grain pan.
Avery Shoe Pitmans Are Made from Double Steel Pipes
THEY HAVE HEAVY MAPLE BOXES at each end. Bolts extend through the pipes
from one end to the other, thus holding the boxes in a substantial manner and providing a
simple method for taking up wear and lost motion at either end. This pitman is operated
by the main crankshaft, and one is used on each side of the separator to drive the shoe.
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This is the Famous Avery Double
Cone Pulley Belt Guide
OUR BELT GUIDE is constructed with tapering
cone pulleys set at such an angle that the belt sur-
face is flat and runs at the same speed at all times.
Notice that the flanges are a part of the pulleys, and as the
belt is driven by the wind it is held by the flanges, which
are running just as fast as the belt is, and so protect the
edges of the belt instead of wearing them off, as other
makes of belt guides do, where the edges of the belt are
constantly rubbing against pulleys that only run when the
belt is forced against them. When the belt is blown to
the side, the guide quickly runs the belt back to the center
of the pulley. It also holds the under part of the belt up
closer around the cylinder pulley, giving you more lap,
preventing slipping and adding that much more to your
power. This is, without question, the best belt guide
made. It must be a fine thing, for we sell hundreds of
them every year to threshermen to be used on other makes
of machines.
All Avery Threshers are Equipped
with Compressed Paper
Cylinder Pulleys
THIS COMPRESSED PAPER PULLEY has the follow-
ing advantages:
IT GRIPS THE BELT much better than wood, leather
or iron; there is no covering to quickly wear out; it saves
time and trouble replacing worn out laggings ; it lasts
longer than others; the main belt can be run slacker,
which increases the life of the belt.
All Avery Threshers, Size 32x54
and Up, are Double Belted from
the Cylinder Shaft to
the Crankshaft
WE ALSO USE WIDE BELTS, the narrowest belt being
4 inches wide. On single, narrow belted machines the
belts have to be drawn up to such a tension that they wear
out quickly and also draw the shafting tight so that the
machine runs harder. Avery Separators, from 32 x 54 up,
are driven with 22 inches of belting surface, besides the
main drive belt; the smaller sizes with 18 inches. Easy
on belts and the separator always runs smooth. Another
valuable point in an Avery is that all the principal belts
are equipped with belt tighteners.
This Improved Belt Winder is
Furnished With All Avery
Threshers
THE BELT IS CARRIED underneath the feeder— it is
out of the way when pulling between the stacks. It is
also protected from injury by the weather. With this
Belt Winder you can very easily wind up or unwind the
drive belt. There is no sagging of the separator fram*,
as often happens when the heavy drive belt hangs on one
corner of the frame.
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An Avery Tailings Elevator Has
Four Original Fine Features
FIRST — It has a steel bottom which doesn't cut out in
ridges or wear the face of the blocks uneven, as do the
wooden bottom elevators.
SECOND — The drive sprocket is located below the en-
trance of the tailings, which keeps the sprocket clear and
prevents clogging.
THIRD — The sprocket chain drive also does away with
slipping, common with belt-driven separators.
FOURTH — The upper end of the tailings elevator is
open, which permits the tailings to be delivered on the
ground in case the down spout becomes choked and thus
prevents clogging the elevator in the head.
Avery Threshers Have Remov-
able Iron Beater Castings
IF FOR ANY REASON you wish to remove the beater
from an Avery Separator, all that you have to do is unbolt
the iron casings on either side, after which the beater can
be easily lifted out.
This Jack Is Furnished Regularly ,„, TT _ , , . .
With Every Avery Thresher * Averv Threshers Have Self- Align-
THIS JACK IS OUR OWN MAKE. It is a dandy. The ^ Cylinder BoXCS With
finest medium size jack made. Handy to operate, strong
and durable. Much superior to the ordinary jacks fur-
nished with threshing rigs. It has sufficient strength to
handle an ordinary-sized engine, and is just the thing for
Ring Oilers
use around a separator in setting the machine.
one regularly with an Avery machine.
AVERY CYLINDER BOXES are self-aligning. They
are of the ball and socket type and always keep themselves
You get in line. They also have ring oilers which insure cool
running boxes.
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Look at This Strong Avery Slip Tongue
WHEN YOU ARE GOING down a steep hill with
the Thresher coupled close behind, you have other
things to think about than whether the separator
tongue is going to twist or break.
THE AVERY THRESHER TONGUE will insure your
getting down a hill safely or pulling anywhere you want
to go.
THE TONGUE CENTER on all except the "Yellow-
Kid" sizes measures 2% x 6 inches, and each of the two
sidebars 2^4 x 4 inches. This is a slip-tongue and the
tongue center can be extended far enough so that you can
pull the separator with horses or so that you can couple
your engine on and make a move without having to fold
the feeder back over the deck.
Front Steel Axle for Avery Thresher; Carrying Capacity 40,000 Pounds.
(Notice the Ball and Socket Style of Bearing. It Is Strong and Easy to Turn.)
All Avery Threshers Have Steel Axles
THEY ARE MADE FROM STEEL BARS, bridge trussed and bolted together.
Each axle has a carrying capacity of several times the weight that rests upon it.
There is no comparison between them and the old style, wooden axles, still used by
some manufacturers, which rot out and break down and cause so much expense and
loss of time.
Rear Steel Axle for Avery Thresher; Carrying Capacity 30,000 Pounds.
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BANDS, 5«./r I/P THE
FEED THE QRAIH IN FffOM
orr THE TOP
v
Stuurm SPAIN TO at rco it f«°»
THE TOP
THESE STffL DIVISION PL
STRAIGHTEN THE BUNDLES
aND ttU-IT THEM
This Bartholomew Automatic Band Cutter and
Self-Feeder Feeds Even, Fast and Clean
AERY FEEDERS do even feeding without slugging.
They are built to feed the bundles in the same way
as is done by hand. The knife bars dip into the
bundles and thoroughly loosen them up. The motion of
these arms also feeds the bundles in from off the top,
while the steel plates and pins in the grain pan hold back
on the lower part of the bundles. This is exactly the way
that hand feeding is done. That's why you get even
feeding without slugging with an Avery Feeder.
AVERY FEEDERS DO FAST FEEDING. Users of
them say that the capacity of Avery Feeders has never
been reached. We do not use any delicate feeding devices,
such as are often used, which greatly reduce the capacity
of the feeding and wear out quickly.
AVERY FEEDERS DO CLEAN WORK. They are
equipped with solid rubber feeder carriers, which carry
the loose grain and chaff into the machine instead of wast-
ing the grain and leaving a lot of litter to clean up. They
are also much more durable and do not break and cause
the trouble which the chain carriers do.
YOU ALSO GET the following strong warranty with
this feeder:
THE BARTHOLOMEW BAND CUTTER AND SELF-
FEEDER is guaranteed to feed all kinds and conditions
of loose, headed or bound grain without slugging the
cylinder, and faster and more evenly than feeding can be
done by hand.
YOU GET THIS WARRANTY printed right in the
order blank.
YOU CAN SEE from the construction of an Avery
Feeder that it is built to do even, fast work and to last a
long time. If it didn't do it we couldn't give this strong
warranty that goes with every order. Read the letters
from users which we publish telling about the work of the
Avery Feeder and ask anybody who owns one and you will
find that Avery Feeders do all we claim for them.
This is One of the Strong Avery Feeder Knife Arms. A Hard Oiler
is Furnished for the Journal. The Knife Bars are Adjustable to
Raise or Lower.
The Crankshafts on Our 36 and 42-inch Feeders are Made from 1 34-inch Open Hearth Steel. Those on the Smaller Sizes from 1^2-inch.
All the Bearings are Accurately Machined. They are Heavier than Many Others and Less Liable to Spring or Break.
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The Avery Feeder Governor is
the Best Governor Made
OTHER MAKES OF GOVERNORS control only
the carrier and hence allow the feeding parts to
keep on pulling grain into the cylinder, even when
the speed is low, but the Avery Governor cuts off and
stops the feeding parts, as well as the carrier. Further-
more, on other machines the feeding parts start with the
cylinder, and thus often slug or choke it at the start, but
with an Avery Feeder no part of the feeder will go to
work until the cylinder has reached threshing speed, then
the whole feeder starts into operation and takes care of
the grain which the pitchers have pitched into it while the
machine was stopping.
THIS GOVERNOR IS, furthermore, very sensitive in
stopping and starting, and also has a wide range of adjust-
ment, so that it will give you perfect control in all kinds
of grain, whether threshing a small or large number of
bushels per minute. Another feature of importance is
that our governor is strong enough to control a feeder
extension also.
THE ACTION OF THIS GOVERNOR is as follows:
The large pulley is loose on the shaft and is driven by the
feeder drive belt. Attached to it are three clutch arms,
on the ends of which are wooden, clutch blocks. The
smaller inside pulley is keyed to the crankshaft.
WHEN THE SEPARATOR IS STARTED the large
pulley revolves until the speed becomes fast enough to
overcome the tension of the springs which hold the ends
of the clutch arms, the clutch blocks then engage the in-
side pulley and the feeding parts and carrier start in mo-
tion. When the speed gets too low the clutch blocks
release from the small pulley and the feeding parts and
carrier stop. The weights on the clutch arms give a wide
range of adjustment for different conditions.
THE GOVERNOR is one of the most important parts of
a feeder, and the Avery leads them all.
This Shows the Steel Division
Plates and Retarding Pins on
the Avery Feeder Pan
STEEL PLATES are bolted to the feeder pan. These
plates straighten any bundles that have started in cross-
wise. No bundles can pass through to the cylinder with-
out being thoroughly split up by these plates and the knife
bars. Notice also the steel retarding pins in the bottom
of the feeder pan which hold back on the bottoms of the
bundles and cause them to be fed in from off the top.
Avery 6 and 8-Foot Feeder
Carriers
NO LEGS ARE REQUIRED to hold up the end of either
our 6 or 8-foot carriers. There is nothing for the wagons
to run against and cause the carrier to fall ; neither does
the carrier have to be folded when a move is to be made.
OUR FEEDER CARRIERS fold easily over the top and
out of the way. The springs are attached just right to do
almost all the work.
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Avery 10 and 14-Foot
Feeder Carriers
THESE THREE ILLUSTRATIONS show the
carrier extended ready for use, the first fold under-
neath and the second fold back over the top of the
thresher. Notice particularly in the middle view,
that with our Extensible Tongue only the first fold
need be made to couple the engine on and make a
move. The second or top fold is excellent for stor-
ing the thresher, the carrier being entirely out of
the way.
Avery 18 -Foot Mounted
Feeder Extension
REMEMBER THAT, unlike other makes, the
Avery Feeder Governor is strong enough to control
this Extension also, and that the carrier on the
Feeder Extension does not keep running and piling
up the grain after the feeder carrier has stopped.
This is an exclusive Avery feature.
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Weighers and Loaders
These are the Principal Styles of Weighers and Loaders Commonly Used.
No. 50 OUTFIT.
Weigher, with
Cross Conveyor
and Two Wagon
Spouts.
No. 54 OUTFIT.
Loader, same
Style as No. 50
Weigher.
Hinh Loader.
No. 51 OUTFIT.
Weigher, with Swing-
ing Conveyor and One
Wagon Spout.
No. 57 OUTFIT.
Loader, same Style as
No. 51 Weigher.
Weigher Head.
No. 53 OUTFIT.
High Weigher, Dakota Style.
No. 55 OUTFIT.
Short Tallying
Bagger.
No. 61 OUTFIT.
Belt and Bucket Weigher,
with Swinging Conveyor and
One Wagon Spout.
No. 60 OUTFIT.
With Cross Conveyor and
Two Wagon Spouts.
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You Pay the Same Price and Get a Whole Lot More for
Your Money When You Buy a J. B.'s Wind Stacker
WE INVITE COMPARISON between our Wind Stacker and all other makes.
Just notice the cast iron elbow, special hood, heavy fan, steel fan housing
and other parts, and compare these with others. Our Wind Stacker is made
from heavier and better materials and costs more to build than any other
stacker on the market.
OUR STACKER FAN is driven with a straight open belt direct from the
cylinder shaft. There is no gearing to rattle or break, and no power lost by
the belt having to travel around the rear corner of the separator frame.
^ The belt is also equipped with a good tightener by which the tension can
be adjusted as desired and without stopping the machine.
THE SEPARATOR MAN can stand on the ground and easily raise
or lower the pipe by means of the ratchet lever; can extend it or
shorten it with the cable and the crank lever, and can adjust the
hood in the manner desired. No need to climb up on top of
the separator.
WHEN YOU GET an Avery
Wind Stacker you also get the fol-
lowing Special Stacker Warranty:
AVERY J. B.'S Wind Stackers are
warranted to handle dry or wet
straw in any condition or quantity
without choking, and to be built
with tank steel fan housings and
boiler plate wings.
THE AVERY J. B.'S Farmer's
Friend Wind Stacker is made of
the Best Materials, has the Best
Design, and is the Strongest Guar-
anteed Stacker Built.
THE STACKER PIPE is supported by a heavy steel
brace attached to the rear lower corner of the wind
stacker frame. No tackle or blocks needed to carry
the pipe, and our manner of supporting it also
prevents any strain coming on the reversing gear
to wear it out.
The
AveryWind
Stacker Fan
is the
Strongest
and Heaviest
Fan Used in
Any Wind
Stacker
HAS %-INCH STEEL boiler plate wings
much stronger than the sheet iron style. Pitch-
fork handles don't bend or break them, and they
will take care of more straw and blow it to a
greater distance than will other wind stacker
fans. Total weight of fan is 150 Ibs. It runs
smoothly. The fan head alone weighs more
than most other complete fans.
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This Wind Stacker
Hood Spreads the Straw
Out and Builds a Fine Stack
r-pHRESHERMEN TELL US that our wind stacker
hood is a fine improvement. With it you can build a
1 better stack, and if you use a man in the straw he
will have much easier work than with the old style
round stacker hood.
THIS HOOD is so hinged that it maintains a perfect
curve, no matter in what position it is placed, thus causing
the straw to always pass out in a steady, unchecked stream.
The outer end of the hood has a broad, flat face, with
square sides, which spread the stream of straw out into a
wide, thin sheet, depositing it over a large area on the
stack and without too great a force. These thin layers of
straw lap back and forth upon one another and bind the
stack into one compact mass, while with the round hoods
large bunches of straw are delivered in one place, holes
are bored in the stack, large chunks rolled off and the
stack built up piece by piece. With this hood you can
place the straw anywhere you wish, build up the stack
more uniformly, bind it closer together, top it out in finer
shape and make a better built and more waterproof stack.
Reversing Gear
INSTEAD OF ATTACHING our Reversing Gear, piece
by piece, to the wooden wind stacker frame, the gearing is
mounted in an independent iron frame, and this iron frame
is then bolted to the wind stacker frame, hence the gears
cannot get out of line and run hard or wear out un-
necessarily.
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1
Our Wind Stacker Fan
Made of Heavy Sheet Steel
and Boiler Riveted
JUST COMPARE IT with one of
those fan housings with wooden heads
and galvanized iron nailed on for a
casing, or with any other kind of
a fan housing. It is the Strongest
the Most Durable one of all.
THE BOTTOM of our fan hous-
ing is also widened out and when
the straw reaches the mouth of
the housing the force of the
blast made by the fan carries most of the straw
up the stacker pipe without the fan wings having
to touch it at all. This largely increases the
capacity and helps to prevent clogging and cut-
ting up the straw. Threshermen ^^^—
say that the only way to clog an
Avery Wind Stacker, with
this fan housing, is to
throw off the wind
stacker belt.
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Our Wind Stacker Elbow
Is Cast Iron
JUST COMPARE IT with the ordinary tin or galvanized
iron styles. The passage of the straw doesn't wear holes
in this cast iron elbow like it does in the tin or galvanized
ones.
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Low Down Barn Style Thresher
FOR TERRITORY in which a considerable portion of
the threshing is done in barns, our low down barn
style machine, as shown above, is just the thing. The
deck of the Thresher is cut down at the rear to permit
locating the turntable 7 inches lower than the regular
style. The chute used on this machine differs from that
sent out with regular wind stackers ; the elbow is shorter,
and both the lifting and telescoping devices are arranged
to operate from the deck. When the stacker chute is
folded on top of the Thresher the highest point of the
elbow is only 10 inches higher than the upper end of
the return elevator. The reduction in height of our
machine is not made by cutting down the size of the truck
wheels.
THIS ILLUSTRATION likewise shows the Russell type
of Wind Stacker, which we also build and which operates
from the deck.
Sattley Attached Swinging Stacker
AS AN ATTACHED STACKER there is certainly noth-
ing made better than this one is in its construction or in
the work which it will do. It can be furnished for any
size thresher. Stackers for 28 x 46-inch and larger
machines have automatic oscillating turntables. Those
for the "Yellow-Kid" sizes do not have the automatic
oscillating attachment, but can be swung around by
hand.
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A very 15 -Barrel Steel Water Tank
Mounted on Our Regular
Steel Tank Trucks
WE SHOW ABOVE our Steel Water Tank mounted
on our regular Steel Water Tank Trucks. The
front wheels are 33 inches and rear wheels are 39
inches high, with 4-inch tires. The tank is made of No. 12
tank steel and is built round, 36 inches in diameter, and
108 inches long over all. A good spring seat is furnished
for the driver. Eight-inch flaring side-boards are ar-
ranged on top for carrying anything that is desired. On
one side, near the center, is a hook for carrying a lifting
jack, and on the opposite side are hooks for carrying the
flue cleaner and scraper for the engine.
A STEEL SPLASH-BOARD is riveted in the center of
the tank, which prevents the water from running rapidly
from one end to the other while being hauled up or down
hill or in bad places. At the rear is provided a step, where
the operator may stand when pumping, or he may stand on
top, as may be desired. An opening is made in the top of
the tank, close to the front end, in which is fitted a piece
of 2i/2-inch boiler flue, extending downward 10 inches;
this leaves sufficient opening through which to insert a
Avery 1 5-Barrel Steel Water Tank
With Wood Saddles for Mounting
on an Ordinary Wagon Gear
THE AVERY STEEL TANK can be furnished mount-
ed on our regular Steel Tank Trucks, or with bolsters for
mounting on an ordinary wagon gear.
1-inch hard rubber suction hose; thus water may be taken
from the tank and supplied to the engine while moving.
On account of the flue extending downward, water will
not splash out at the opening. A manhole, sufficiently
large to admit an ordinary pail, is located near the tank
pump. The tongue is made so that by taking out one piece
it can be coupled very short when it is desired to haul the
tank behind the engine. Being built in cylindrical form,
the front wheels turn sufficiently to allow a very short
turn to be made without cramping. The tank is finished
and painted in nice style and is complete in every detail.
It is light, strong and durable.
IN COMPARISON with the old style wooden water
tanks which require soaking up, which allow a great deal
of water to leak out, are heavy to haul and soon rot out,
the Avery steel water tank overcomes all these disadvant-
ages, since it is always ready for use, has no leaks what-
ever, and will last for a much longer time. While the first
cost may be a little more, the Avery Steel Tank is unques-
tionably the more economical in the end.
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Avery 40-H. P. Single Cylinder Straight Flue Steam Traction Engine
Avery 50-H. P. Single Cylinder Straight Flue Steam Traction Engine
Regular Equipment of All Avery Steam Engines: Rocker Grates, Automatic Fire Door, Automatic Coupler, Lifting
Jack, Tools, Etc.
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Avery 65-H. P. Single Cylinder Straight Flue Steam Traction Engine
Specifications of Avery Single Cylinder Straight Flue Steam Traction Engines
Rated Horse Power
40
50
65
Rated Horse Power.
40
50
65
CYLINDER
Size of Steam Pipe, inches
2
2
2y2
Diameter, inches
Z%
834
10
Capacity of Water Tank, gals. .
140
180
230
Stroke, inches
10
10
10
111
115
124
FLYWHEEL
Diameter, inches
40^
4154
41*4
BOILER
Face inches .
9
12
12
250
250
250
Diameter of Shell, inches
28
32
32
Number of Tubes
34
34
34
GFARING
Diameter of Tubes, inches . . .
2
2*/2
2*A
Face of Spur Gears, inches.
3
3
4
Length of Tubes, inches
84
84
96
Face of Bull Gears, inches
4
4
4
Length of Fire Box, inches....
42
71I/
42
97 1/
54
77I/(C
Face of Bevel Gears, inches. . . .
Miles per Hour at 250 Revolu-
3
3
4
Height of Fire Box above
Grates, inches
32
40
40
2^4
2 Vi
2.4
Thickness of Shell, inches
5/16
5/16
5/16
SHAFTING
Diameter of Crankshaft, inches.
3
3
3yt
Thickness of Fire Box, inches..
Thickness of Flue Sheet, Front
and Rear, inches
5/16
3/s
5/16
Yz
5/16
%
Diam. of Countershaft, inches. .
Diameter of Rear Axle, inches..
3
v/2
3
*x
4
5
Thickness of Rear Head and
Throat Sheet inches.
3A
y»
3/8
Diameter of Front Axle, inches.
m
3*
sy,
Steam Pressure, pounds per
square inch
175
175
175
DRIVERS
Grate Area, square feet. . . . .
6.8
8
10.3
Diameter inches .
69
69
75
Heating Surface, square feet.. .
162
182
227
Face inches .
20
20
26
"PROMT WHFTTT <?
Extreme Length, feet, inches
16'
16'6"
18'4"
46
46
52
Extreme Width, feet, inches
8'2"
8'7"
9'5"
Face inches .
10
12
12
Extreme Height, feet, inches
9'4"
lO'l"
lO'l"
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General Description of Avery Single Cylinder
Straight Flue Steam Engines
These Engines have many of the special features designed by the Avery Company and used
for years on our other steam engines. They also have a number of new
features which have appealed strongly to engine users
Avery Boilers are Reinforced for
Carrying High Pressures
AERY BOILERS are built for carrying high pres-
sures. They are reinforced under each bracket and
have long stay rods reaching from the front to the
rear head.
THE BOILERS have long flues and large fire boxes.
There is a 1-inch space between the flues at the rear end
which insures perfect circulation and a strong flue sheet.
The flues are arranged perpendicularly so that there is a
J/z-inch vertical space between each row, making it pos-
sible for the sediment to easily drop through. Will burn
straw, coal or wood.
THE GENERAL EQUIPMENT of the boilers on these
engines is unusually fine. They have Brick Arches and
Rocker Grates. The original Avery Automatic Fire Door
is furnished regularly. This is a fine feature. It is so
arranged that it can be operated by the engineer either
when standing on the platform or on the ground. The
door is opened by pressing one foot on the lever, leaving
both hands free to handle the shovel. The door closes
automatically when the foot pressure is released.
ANOTHER SPLENDID IMPROVEMENT in these en-
gines is the Heater. This is so constructed that it is
wonderfully efficient. It will heat the water to the boil-
ing point before it enters the boiler, making these engines
unusually easy to steam and economical.
The Avery Curved Block Reverse
Gear Gives Equal Lead
and Cut Off
TO GET THE MOST FUEL ECONOMY you must use
the expansion of your steam. To get expansion it is
necessary to hook up your valve gear and close the steam
ports earlier. One of the hardest problems which de-
signers have had to solve has been to produce a simple
valve gear that would positively give an equal lead and
cut off at all points of the reverse lever quadrant when
hooked up as well as when wide open and whether running
forward or backward.
THE LINK MOTION is too complicated and has too
many joints and pins which quickly wear and become
loose and throw your valve off.
THIS AVERY REVERSE GEAR is the only valve gear
that is positive in action and at the same time is simple in
construction. It has few wearing points. These all have
abundant take-up provisions. It has only one eccentric.
IT IS EQUIPPED with our own design Curved Slide
Block and will give an equal lead and cut off at all points
with the reverse thrown clear over or hooked up, and
whether the engine is running in one direction or the other.
The curve in the block also makes it extremely quick
opening, which allows the steam to hit the piston head a
regular sledge hammer blow, giving you greater power on
the start of the stroke and allowing you to hook up the
valve and let the piston travel the balance of the way on
expansion which produces the greatest economy.
OUR CURVED BLOCK VALVE GEAR is one of the
most important features which makes an Avery Engine
economical and powerful.
The Avery Friction Clutch
is a Dandy
OUR FRICTION CLUTCH has long, heavy shoes, which
cover about one-half the circle of the flywheel. They
hold fast when the clutch is thrown in. The shoes push
straight out against the rim and thus bring no end thrust
on the main shaft to quickly wear the engine out of line,
as in the case of those which engage from the side on a
beveled surface. When the clutch is thrown out they are
drawn well back from the wheel.
THIS CLUTCH NEVER BINDS, and yet the action is
so delicate that the engine can be moved an inch at a time.
You can depend upon this Clutch holding or letting go
when you want it to.
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All Avery Engines Are Regularly
Equipped With Automatic
Self -Coupling
Draw Bars
AL YOU HAVE TO DO is to back the engine up and
guide the end of the tongue into it when you want
to couple the separator to the engine. To uncouple,
pull the chain and you are ready to go. By removing the
pins the bar can be swung to either side for convenience
in coupling up.
Special Avery Frame Relieves
Boiler of Strains
IN BUILDING THIS ENGINE our designers worked
with the idea in mind of reducing the number of bolts in
the boiler to the minimum. Following out this idea, they
designed a special angle and flat bar steel frame to which
the axle and countershaft brackets are attached instead
of directly to the boiler. The boiler is then bolted to this
steel frame with as few bolts as possible. It is practically
carried in a saddle between the two angle bars of the
frame. One of the worst sources of trouble on ordinary
engines is where the countershaft boxes are bolted to the
corners of the boiler. All these troubles are eliminated
on the Avery Engine by bolting the countershaft boxing
to the angle bar frame and not to the boiler. The counter-
shaft box is a full length solid boxing. It has long bab-
bitted bearings in each end. The center is arranged as an
oil well and a grease cup is also placed on each end.
Avery Brackets Have Many
Improved Features
ALL THE BRACKETS on these engines are put on with
stud bolts. No cap screws are used. They are laid out
in such a way that any bracket may be removed without
removing a single bolt. All you have to do is to take off
the nuts. You do not have to disturb the tight steam
joint made between the stud bolt and the boiler when the
bolt is first put in at the factory.
NOTE ALSO IN THE ILLUSTRATION on the oppo-
site page that the pillow block and intermediate gear
bracket are all one casting, thus insuring the absolutely
correct mesh of the crankshaft pinion and intermediate
gear. We also use on these engines a special tie rod be-
tween this bracket and the frame angle bar, which like-
wise insures a positively correct mesh between the
intermediate and compensating gears.
All Avery Gears are Steel
and Semi-Steel
ALL PINIONS ON AVERY ENGINES are steel. All
the rest of the gears are semi-steel. We have found that
for the larger gears semi-steel is superior to all-steel, as
it wears much longer, and by using a high grade quality of
material we are able to produce a semi-steel gear that for
traction engine use is almost as unbreakable as all-steel.
The best proof of the quality of these is that we have had
but comparatively little call for gears for repairs since we
have used this combination. Another feature of the Avery
gears is that they are all made from cut metal patterns.
No wood patterns are used, as is done by some companies.
This is why Avery gears are perfectly round and true and
always absolute duplicates.
General Fittings
THE REAR WHEELS on 40 and 50 H. P. Engines have
20-inch face and are 69 inches in diameter; the 65 H. P.
Engines have 26-inch face and are 75 inches in diameter.
The front wheels on 40 H. P. Engines have 10-inch face
and are 46 inches in diameter; the 50 H. P. Engines have
12-inch face and are 46 inches in diameter; the 65 H. P.
Engines have 12-inch face and are 52 inches in diameter.
They are built up steel and hot riveted.
EXTENSION RIMS for rear wheels can be furnished on
special order.
THE PLATFORM is all steel.
A CANOPY TOP, as shown in the illustration, is fur-
nished when ordered.
HAS A WATER TANK CAPACITY of 140 gallons on
the 40 H. P., 180 gallons on the 50 H. P. and 230 gallons
on the 65 H. P.
AN INDEPENDENT KIPP OIL PUMP is used for oil-
ing the cylinder.
REGULARLY FURNISHED with double boiler feed
system consisting of cross head pump with heater and
one injector.
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TT TAKES twc
* things to makee
a good machine —
first, a good design]
and second, an u
to -date manufa
turing plant.
The reason why Avei
machines are so
built and can be sole
[76]
such low prices is
scause they are manu-
ctured in large quan-
ties in a big modern
ctory.
slow you will see a
•d's-eye view of the
tin Avery Factory —
the left Factory No.
added in 1916 — and
: the right our Motor
actory, added in 1917.
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MINNEAPOLIS
NO MATTER WHERE you are
located there is an Avery
Branch or Jobbing House cov-
ering your territory with stocks of
machines and repairs for you to draw
from and trained service men to assist
you if you need help at any time.
JNDIANAPOLLS
AWABILLQ
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THE AVERY COMPANY pays par-
ticular attention to those who buy
Avery machines, and we endeavor in
every way to see that every man who
buys an Avery machine gets the
greatest possible service out of it
after he gets it. You are assured of
permanent and prompt service after
you get an Avery.
ABERDEEN
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The A very Policy— A Good Machine and a Square Deal
Avery Design
IN BUILDING AVERY MACHINERY we work to
build what you want. We investigate your needs care-
fully and work out many original improvements, but to
a large degree we are guided by the suggestions made
by the large number of owners of Avery machines.
THAT'S WHY THE AVERY line of machinery leads in
Originality and Improved Construction. The reason is,
because we have recognized the fact that our job is to
build the kind of machines you want — and we have been
open to suggestions from every source and these sugges-
tions have had the consideration of practical men who
know your needs. Doesn't this appeal to you as being the
way in which a machine ought to be designed?
Avery Materials
THE STANDING ORDER originally given to every
workman by our first president, Mr. R. H. Avery, and
which has been continued ever since, and always will be
continued, is not to put into a machine a piece of material
that he wouldn't put in if he were building the machine
for his own use.
THAT'S THE KIND OF MATERIALS you want in the
machinery you buy, isn't it? Well, that's why we use that
kind of materials — because we believe you want it.
Avery Tests
EVERY YEAR you find Avery machinery entered in
contests or demonstrations. The "Bull Dog" is always
there. We are willing to show you what we've got com-
pared with others.
WHEN THERE'S A GOOD REASON why a special test
is required, we will make it. You can have any fair test
you want. We're here to build machines that meet your
needs. ' J?.; ^
THERE'S ANOTHER THING-Jrd you eve'r notice
what owners of Avery machines say- about. them?
WE SAY, "Ask any owner of an Aver^i D6 it. See
what they say. '. - £.4
Avery Guarantee's
WE DON'T CARE how strong a guarantee a man wants
— just so it's fair and he is willing to give us a square
deal — we will give it to him. Ave'ry Machinery is backed
up by the strongest guarantees ever given by any company
selling machinery.
BUT WE DO EVEN MORE than we guarantee. These
guarantees put the Avery Company squarely behind every
Avery machine. It isn't just your order we want — we
want your friendship and good will, and also your backing
and recommendation to help sell the next man. We take
care of your needs and help you to keep your machine
running steady and giving you the best service. It's the
Avery policy to take care of its customers.
WE ARE PROUD of Avery machines. We are glad to
back up the kind of machines we build. That's what you
want isn't it — a Company to stand behind the machines
they sell you? Well, that's just what we do.
Avery Prices
AND ABOUT THE MATTER OF PRICE. You know
that you can buy articles of the same name for a different
price. A horse is a horse, but when you buy a horse the
price you pay depends on how much he is worth. And
often the horse that costs the most dollars is the cheapest.
WELL, THAT'S JUST THE WAY in buying a machine.
It isn't a question of how many dollars it costs you that
counts. It's how much the dollar you spend gets for you.
YOU CAN PAY A LOW PRICE— but don't think that it
is necessarily the cheap price. Remember, it's not what
you pay, but what you get for your money that counts.
THE AVERY COMPANY has always built quality
goods. The reason we build them is because we believe
you want that kind of goods, and we don't believe we are
mistaken. Certainly, the increasing sales of Avery
machinery would not indicate it.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU want machines that are
built of good materials, with good workmanship, that have
the best improved features for saving time, labor and
money. That's why we endeavor to build that kind of
machines. The price we ask for them is a fair price —
you get a big dollar's worth of actual value for every
dollar you invest in Avery Machines.
Avery Factory and Branch
Houses
WE HAVE OUR OWN LAKGE FACTORY, with up-to-
date equipment and a skilled *actory force. This, to-
gether with the high grade mateiials we use and the
originality of our designing department, is what makes it
possible for us to produce machinery that supplies the
needs for which it is built in such fine shape.
OUR BRANCH HOUSES are located at central points
in the middle and western states, and carry on hand a stock
of complete machines with which to fill quick orders.
Repair stocks are also carried at each Branch House to
take immediate care of breakdowns, although breakages
with Avery machinery are extremely rare compared with
ordinary machines. If they were not we couldn't give the
strong guarantees we do against breakage.
WE HAVE THE DESIGNING DEPARTMENT to de-
sign improved and up-to-dnte machines, the factory to
build the goods, and then we take care of you in the way
of quick repair shipments and the help of service men
after you get an Avery Machine.
The Avery Policy
IT'S LIKE THIS as we see it — a question of mutual
benefit. You need good machinery — we are to supply you
with what you need — you should give us a fair return for
doing so.
THE AVERY ORGANIZATION is built up on this basis
— to serve the customer — which means you — by building
the kind of goods you want and dealing with you on a
square basis. The Avery Policy is "A Good Machine and
a Square Deal." That's undoubtedly why it's one of the
largest companies in the business and why this Company
has had such a rapid growth.
IF THESE METHODS appeal to you, we invite you to
take up with us further the matter of your requirements.
Write us a letter or call at our Home Office or any of our
Branch Houses, Jobbers or Agents.
THE AVERY IDEAL— We propose that every Avery owner shall be, in so far as we are able to assist him, the best
profit-making machine owner and the best satisfied customer of any man owning any make of machine i
neighborhood.
r «n 1
Get An
AVERY
BULL-DOG
Watch Fob
It's a Dandy. Reproduc-
tion of the famous Avery
"Bull-Dog" Trade Mark.
Send us the lists of names
mentioned below, together
with 10 cents in stamps or
silver, and we will mail same
at once.
These are the lists of names
to send:
1. List of those talking of buy-
ing a Tractor, Plow, Separ-
ator or Motor Cultivator in
yourneighborhood thisyear.
2. List of Tractor owners in
your neighborhood.
3. List of Threshermen in your
neighborhood.
Names, initials and addresses
must be correctly given.
Address your letter as follows: '
AYERY COMPANY
18 Iowa Street, Peoria, III.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA
630.15AV3A C001
AVERY COMPANY PEORIA ILL
1918
30112025314409