The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-02-27
The Farm.
winner Farm ECONOMIC.

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There are so many things that the
farmer may do at home, in his own
workshop, as well as another can do
It for him, that il ia surprising that
so few are without a kit of wood
working tools, a shoeing hammer,
some horse nails, pinchers for iron,
copper, rivets, screws, and other ne
cessafy articles as viii enable him
to complete many a handy job with
out the Intervention of the carpent-
err. The time required to do the
work will often be found to DO less
than that spent in going to and from
the mechanics place of business
Thus with a few tools the wood work
of harrows, ploWs, cultiyators, and
other tools about the farm may be
repaired. By having a few extra
handles for forks and other nipple.
ments on hand, these may be cheap
ly repaired and made as good as new.
Wagon tongues and many other
duplicates for farm vehicles and ma
chimes are now prepared so as to re-
quiro but little fitting, In the case
of the machines, all that is necessa-
ry as a rule, is simply to fasten them
in place. In doing this the farmer
not only renders himself handy with
tools but at the same time he be.
comes thoroughly conversant with
the working parts of each individu-
al machine-no small matter to the
man, In fact every farmer ought to
be able to take apart and put togeth-
er intelligently any machine on the
farm. Unless this be the case, they
can not be worked as economically
as they should be.
While he is thus educating him
self he will SEQ the economy of hav-
ing everything in its place, and q
place for everything, when not in
use, and when in use they will be
just in place. So he will come to
occupy his leisure hours in repairs of
various kinds. Barn and stable
doors that are getting shaky on their
hinges will be repaired at once
If he burn wood, and a large proper
lion of the farmers still do so, it will
be prepared and piled secure from
rain, and with proper ventilation,
so it may dry perfectly. If he burn
coal a proper shed will be built to
keep it dry. The pumps about the
place will always draw, Water
troughs will never have sloughs of
mud about them in soft weather to
mire stock, nor glare ice in hard
weather to MAIN them. Sheds will be
made comfortable. The best facili.
ties will gradually be accumulated
for accomplishing the work Of the
farm, ana'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 ac-
complish all this; but the handling
Of tools getsa common sense man
conversant with their use, and the
investigations necessary to enable n
man to do the work intelligently
broadens the mind, and one 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 profit comes in rendering
the stock about the farm comfortable.
These may seem like small econo,
mics. In truth they are; but it is
these small economies that go to
swell the profits of the farm, just as
in any other industry in life. 1t is,
in fact, attention to small economies
that makes the prosecution of bust
ness successful in its best sense.
Theory Of land Drainage.