The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-21
Economy in Using Nails.

There is often great lack of economy
shown in the use of nails for different
kinds OF work. Sometimes the fault is
with the foreman and sometimes with
the workman. Ten-penny and twelve
penny nails are frequently employed
when siX-pennies would subserve more
satisfactory, as wellas more econom-
ical purpose. Every workman who has
occasion to use nails of various sizes,
should provide a neat nail-boX, having
about six compartments, for as many
different kinds of nails. A suitable box
for holding nails may be made of thin
boards, eighteen inches long by ten
inches wide, with flaring sides, and a
division board through the middle. 1t
should be provided with suitable han
die in the upper part. and such nail
box will always be found more conven-
lent than some old dish that may be
turned over at touch. ...
If workman is not sufficiently inter-
ested in choosing nails of the most suit
able size for a given piece of work, the
intelligent boss should point out to him
the advantages of using nails of a proper,
size. When one is mailing down floor
tel. of economy to use eight-penny nails,
Especially ii the ioist or sieeperss are
hard timber. Whenever ain eiglitrpenny
nail win hold Il board or stick of timber,
it viii be more economical touuse eight
penny than nails of a larger size In
many instances, when workman is
mailing on siding, the studs, posts or
beams, in certain places may be unu-
sually hard and gnarly; in all such
places, q siX-penny nail can be driven in
with facility, whereas, a ten-penny nail
win double up and worry likely split the
siding or casing before it is driven half
hslength'S inc BYUCY 80, =.
When balloon frames are being erect
ed. the sides of the jo;sts are often
nailed to the studsY NTH thirty penny
nails, which argues a. grea6lack of
economy, as more than an inch in
lepgth.,of every nail' MfIl' pi;ptrude be-
yondthe stud. By ennPloNing3 FOR ythis
purpose ten-penny nails which will
barely extend through the ioist and
+stud, anddriyingin twooI three more,
the JOINT viii. berenderedpgch sitter,
even BY the use of a less Weight of
nails. ~ 81 AZ, - -
There is also a great laclTof economy
when more nails are used than arc alb
solutely necessary for the well doing of
the work, though nails .enou6h to hold
the work permanently together will beN
found satisfactory suffieiency. And
whatever may be used beyond a re-
quiste number may be computed as so
much clear loss. 1ol..4 ,.... -
The joists of a building are often
placed only twelve inches';lpRrt. Work
men frequently driyetwo nails through
every board into each ioist One-half'
the iiuinber, of nails would serve the de-
sired purpose quite as well, thus saving
not only the snails hut, tlfe time emil
,ploYed TO driSe them. ~ ~ 30
When making picket 6sSA, for ex-
ample.etwo tdh2penny nahshTTe fredueht-
r-ly lnpleyedv one cid %. a picket,
where one eight penny nail would am
-sEer quite as well, ii a. gIhbea was
riEiled over AL the pixie ts.-YY;th few
thirty-penny. nails reaching My Unto tine
trails of runPefs,Y9fs thefenfs, ABS same
L.ecomoDy NAV he exereiscttA wli9HJone is,
pnhing on batteits over, = TIC, joints of,
ven Zeal siding. 1.-THE s6tds Ire sufi9-
cisntly hard to h0lda ss4-Ss,Yfll as
! hemlock, small eights may be rploJ ed
rather than tensg And this sort OF
Eeconomy may be eXencised in numerD us
I kinds Of mechanical operations with adj
y5antag tot heworh itself aud With profit
70 the proprietor. lhsH--z--ss'~
q During the operation ofbuilding board
fences, where the posts aressmad de of
hard seasoned =timber,s itAis Uncommon
ocearfence to see WORKMAN using LARGE
teH-penny and eventVelvM emmy build
ing-nails at gredfldisadvantage, as
such nails, IN most Instances, cannot be
-ddEen. halt their length into. hard Wood
EeSoSnpo{m9T IN It!me III .mateElal, also, and
I'M moon celhp'etlheethe work in aTlere subj
stsntial maqnef would arglA IN favor
OF using shest and strong fence nails in.
lieu otlon9 and slender bui hg-nqilgsI
3'se4soiegi&9 >,
likz1Mr. F. NJ. Jones. BIZ RouA County.
Col, the most northwestern bounty OF
thai Stlte,rep to III Dent er .Rotnt-
ditas MIS- rich gold 0iscoyefies about
twenty miles from HeydeW On Fortif,l
cation Creek a. branch .ofsi,ear. Tie
discovery y, ere er iss.T5y n]s ,;SIit the
placer gold e lf6und SiiS pSyhiG f6uantigl
lies oyer an q'eaeof ab6at e,0O9taeres'
that hayethus rbqen pgospeetd. Ht
Says that about siSbf DlaceF clbns haye
been taken up, and, hMdging from lie
way they have pro spected, they PROM.
Use a rich harvest in the near future! =,
|, (, q s ~ % 4. e Gs.EsEUAO 81 81
Z Larger. tloads can be hapled with
broad wheels and If the meadows are
set these wheels1 %, MT sin into the
'sod.ahd cat It dplis ithypieseht harrow
tires will do-LiUe Stock Journal.