Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-31
Winter Farm Economies.

There are 80 many things that the
. farmer may do at home. n hi, own
work shop as we'll "a another can do
it for him that it is surprising that
80 few are without kit Of wood
working tools, sboeing hammer.
some iorse nails. pincers for iron,
copper, riveta, screws and other nec-
essary articles, as will enable him
to complete many handy job with
out the Intervention Of the carpen-
ter. The time required to do the
work will often be found TO be less
then that spent in goil & to and from
the mechanics place Of business.
| Thus with few tools The wood
| work of harrows, plows. cultivato.s,
| and other tools about the farm may
be repaired. By having few ex-
ira handles Of forks and other I'M
pliments on hand, these may be
cheaply repaired and made hs good
as new. Wagon tongues and MANY
other duplicates for farm vehicles
and machines, all that is necessary.
as rule, is simply to fasten them In
place. 10 doing this the farmer not
only renders himself handy with
tools but at the same time be be.
comes thoroughly conversant with
the working parts CT each individ.
ual machine--no small matter TO the
practical man. La fact every farm.
err ought to be able TO take anart
and put together intelligently, any
machine on the farm. Unless this
be the case, they cannot be worked
as economically as they should be.
While the farmer is thus educat-
ing himself, he will come to see the
necessity and economy of having
every thing in It's place and place
for everything, when not In usa, and
when in use they will be Just in
place. So he will come 20 oecunv
bis leisure hours IN rspairs Of vari-
Gus kinds. Barn and stable doors
that ars getting sbsky on their
hinges will be repaired at onse. IfI
he burn wood, aud large proportion
of the farmers of the West still do
so, it will be prepared, and piled se-
cure from rain. and with proper
ventilation, go it may dry perfectly.
1t be burn coal, proper shed will
be built to keep it dry. The pnmps
about the place will always draw
Water troughs will never have
slouehs Of mud about them in sof,
weather, to MAIN them. Sheds will
be made comfortable. The best IA
ciliiies will gradually be accumulated
for accomrlishing he work of the
farm, and a general air of thrift will |
be observable, not only about the |
homestead, but over the farm.
In this we do not mean TO assert |
that the simple possession of the |
tools necessary to do odd jobs will |
accomplish ali this I; but the hand. |
ling OF tools soon gets common
sense man eonversant with their use.
and the investigations necessary to |
enable man to do the labor intelli-
gently, broadens the mind, and soon
comes TO see where money may be
saved IN many directions, and how
easy it is to make all things tidy
about the house and place and also, |
where the profs comes in. in render
ing the stock about the farm COM
Portable.
These may seem like small econo-
omies. In truth they are; but it is
these small economies that 90 to
swell the profits of a farm, just as in
any other industry in life. It is, in
fact, attention to small economies |
that makes the prosecution of bust. |
ness successful in i,s best sense
PRAIRIE Farmer.