The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-26
Take Care Of the Implements.

The time has arrived when the an
nual advice to farmers to look to the
care of the implements which have
been in use during the season should
be given. 1t is not because the farmer
is more careless than other men that
such advice is necessary, but it is be-
cause careleSSneSS is common trait in
the human character. A very excel
lent farmer, and an average methodi-
cal man, to whom we mentioned the
fact, a few days ago, that it was the
proper season for an article of this
kind. said: Yes, and that reminds me
that must look after my own imple-
ments." Some of our most important
duties we forget to perform until re-
minded of them.
The aggregate annual loss to our
farmers through neglect to properly
house and otherwise care for tools, for
which there will be no more use from
now until another season, would be as
tonishing, if it could he computed.
Fifty cents, or dollar, or five dollars,
for repairs, are not very much in them
selves, although it will not be ques-
toned that it would be better to save
even that little; but when that comes
out of the pocket every year, the indi-
vidual farmer will see, after while, if
he takes the trouble to think of it, that
his carelessness has cost him the price
of good cow or agood horse, and per-
haps pair of good horses. And when
whole community of farmers are thus
negligent, the aggregate will very soon
reach the price of whole drove of
horses.
We have always found it best, on the
farm and off of it, to have a place for
everything, and to have everything in
its place; and we have always found
that it was easier to return thing to
its place Immediately after it had served
the purpose of its removal, than at a
later period. In our own experience,
if we have neglected to do this, the
matter has often gone without atten-
ton for long periods of time-long
enough, sometimes, to work injury.
We are creatures of habit, and, if our
habits are regular, we 60 along with
very much the evenness of q complete
piece of mechanism, but, if we suffer
ourselves to deviate in the least, utter
decentralization and irregularity is like
ly to ensue. If we adopt the rule that
as soon as we are done with the reaper,
pillow or cultivator, we will not rest un-
til they are housed, we shall find that
it will be great deal easier to do it
than if we put it off to some future
time.
1t is not only distressing to see the
waste which results from exposing
farm implements to the weather, but It
is equally distressing to see the time
that is wasted in getting them ready
for use when the season for their use
arrives. 1t is scour and repair, until
the temper is lost, and promises made
for the future, which are often broken
as soon as the future arrives when it is
possible to break them. All this, it
will be admitted, is unnecessary.
Simply make it part of the duty of
the day on which the use of the imple-
ment ceases for the season, to put it
under cover, and to take whatever other
means may be necessary to preserve it
from damage. If there happened to
be no place-which is hardly possible
on farm-to put any implement used,
then see to it that one is provided, SO
that everything shall be under cover
and protecteJ.- Western RMral.
For the last five years have not
lost cucumber or melon-vine or cab
bage-plant. Get a barrel with few
gallons of gas-tar in its pour water on
the tar; always have it ready when
needed, and when the bugs appear
give them liberal drink Of the tar
water from a sprinkler, or otherwise,
and if the rain washes it off and they
return repeat the dose. It will also
destroy the Colorado potato-beetle and
frighten the old long potato-bug worse
than threshing with q brush. Five
years ago this summer both kinds APP
peared on my late potatoes, and wa
tered with the tar-water. The next day
all COlOradOs that had not been well
protected from the sprinkling, were
dead. and the others, though their
name was legion, were all gone, and 1
have never seen one of them on the
farm since. / am aware that many
will look upon this with indifference,
because it is SO cheap and simple Q
remedy. Such should always suffer
both by their own and their neighbors'
bugs, as they frequently do.-Chicago
Tribune.
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