The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

Ask Mr. A. where he keeps his hand
saw, or his augurs, or pick, or crow-bar,
&c. Well, let me think-where did l
use them last? Look in the wood -housel
Ii they are not there. look in the carriage
house; and if they are not to be found
there, let us see if they are not some
where about the barn, or in the stable"
Mr.. B. says, "I usually keep my tools,
either at the house, or barn, or In the path
that leads from one to the other. When
| have done with tool, it is thrown in
the path that leads from the house to the
barn; and it generally gets carried to one
place or the other" There being gen
orally such destitution of order, in ref
erence to keeping tools in their appropri-
ate place, it is deemed matter of no
improperly to speak of the order and
arrangement, in the disposition of the
various tools of the workshop and farm,
which is practiced by young farmer,
not hundred miles distant from the res
idence of the writer.
Ask him, for instance, where his hand
saw is, or bis drawing knife, or his au-
gurs, or any other tool you may need.
The unhesitating reply is, in such part
of the shop, hanging on such a pin, or
nail, or standing, or lying in such cor
ner, or on such shelf. There hang the
augurs, each one in its appropriate place /;
and on all the premises they are allowed
no other place. There hang half dozen
saws; and if one of them is taken down.
for moments work, its first and last
resting place is on its own peg. There
is a drawer with an apartment for screws,
one for riyets of half dozen different
sizes, one for washers. for bolts of all
sizes, one for nails of different sizes. and
SO on. In one corner is shallow box
shelf, where a lot of carriage bolts, and
other bolts, and where everything in the
bolt line is kept. in case of break down.
There hang number of extra plow-han-
dies; in case one should be broken in
seed-time, half day need not be spent
in going several miles to have it itrepaired.
Extra pieces of harness, pieces of worn
out and broken tools, hang on nails, on
one side of the shop, where, at glance
of the eye, anything that is wanted to re-
pair breakdown can be had, without
tumbling over a box-full to find some
thing which, perhaps, may not be there.
There hang variety of useful little arti-
cles, instead of being tumbled into box
where they can never be found when they
are needed. There hang the chains (not
on the fence anywhere on the platform J
in that corner. There the beetle and
wedges are kept. Are there any extra
plow points about the shop?-you will
find them up stairs in such place, and
nowhere else.
Every one who assists about the barn
and stables understand that this shovel,
when not in use, must stand IN the corner.
That fork and that shovel; in the feeding
room, must always stand in this end of
the box. when feed is mixed. This fork
must be left In the NOW, and when not in
use, the end of the handle must be rest
ed on the ladder, so that one always
knows, even in the dark, where to find
the fork, to throw down fodder. That
harness and that collar belong on that
horse; and they must always be hung
on that hook. When the halters are
taken off the horses, each halter is hung
ON its appropriate hook. A score of
other little things, which are generally
thrown here and there by the majority
of people, have their own place, and will
always be found there when not in use.
Where there are a large number of
| boys and workmen to use the tools, it is
1t as easy to keep them in one place,
5s ar more important, as where there
is lone or two individuals to use them.
Let 1t be understood by each one that
every tool must be returned to Its proper
place Immediately. When an auger OF
chisel is needed ten or twelve rods from
| the shop, let it be returned without delay.
1t will require but one minute to travel
ten rods {; and if one is in haste, at such
time, one or two minutes will make no
material difference in the work of day;
if it were like to do so, who could not
work two minutes later at night to redeem
those lost moments And, besides,
when tools are laid down here and there,
thinking to return them when it is more
convenient, they are often forgotten, and
scores of minutes are lost in search for
them, even when one is in the greatest
haste. There is always the greatest sat
isfaction when one needs certain tool,
in having the assurance that the hand
can be laid directly on it. even in the dark.
Those farmers who succeed best in
their operations are noted for their strict
adherence to system and order; and those
who set at naught all order and system,
are alwaysin hurry-never know where
to find anything-never have place for
anything, except somewhere on the farm,
and they never accomplish but little in
comparison to what they might, were
system and order their watchword.-
Mass. Plowman.
Swine Flesh