The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-17
Care Of Farm Machinery.

Alacnlncry n inrmlng implements
are injured more by exposure than by
using them In the fields. The cost Of
renewing or repairing them Is in a large
measure preyentible. Commenting on
this matter. agriculture, q paper In
tended for the tenant farmers OF En-.
gland. says: There Is no department
OF the farm upon which more careless.
ness exists than In that OF farm ina.
ohinery, nor Is there one In which moro
money Is needlessly wasted, for where
we lind one farmer who intelligently
uses the machinery Of the farm Ne
will find twenty who neglect them. 1t
Is but too generally tho practice for
farmers TO hold their implements rs
things that require no attention ut their
hands, and there are farms upon which
there Is no provision for storing such
under cover whilst on others you will
find a damp. open shed. into which
they are put during tho winter. TO be
brought out. when wanted for use. COW
cred with rust. and necessitating n visit
TO the implement-maker or the village
blacksmith before they nj be put 10
work. Farmers such rs these will al
ways DO found declaimisg against the
cost and usclessncss Of farm machinery.
And well they may; but they appear TO
be utterly obliyious OF the fact that II Is
owing TO their own neglect that tho
greater portion Of tho expense Is In
Cured. Cleanliness 10 the machine Is
the equivalent Of ablution TO man; dry
shelter equivalent 10 clothing and a
dwelling; oil equivalent TO food aud
drink. Without these the frame OF man
decays; without these tho implement
decays. As man can not do without
these essentials for a heightened time,
| and then 70 TO q doctor 10 DO made
| whole, so q machine, left without them
| through the winter. mi not be restored
TO It's normal state by the implement
| maker or the blacksmith. Tho implc-
ment may be cleaned and patched up,
but where rust has laid upon Il Its cor
rosive grip Il Is Immediately injured,
and It's working lie Is shortened. These
are facts that can not DO controversial;
and on every farm, be IL large or small,
where implements arc In use. IL will
pay. and paw well. TO treat them In a
rational and common-sense manner.
Farmers who thus subject their ma
clincry TO bad treatment wonld receive
n practical lesson of much value by WIS.,
iting a large engineering establishment.
remarks a correspondent Of n Scotch
Journal. and noting the scrupulous
cleanliness and brightness Of the ma
chincry In use-noi a spcek Of dirt that
can be removed, each Joint oiled and
working smoothly aud noisclessly. Per-
haps II may be said that implements
that arc worked out OF doors can not DO
kept like those In . foundry. Perhaps
not, but much o. DO done that Is now
but too frequently left undone. Dur
Ing the recent harvest we were In q
corn. field on q small farm In the Eng
iish lake district The tenant was him
self driving q two-horso CON-
bined mower and reaper. aud va 70
marked upon tho excellent work he was
making. His reply was that Il had
been In work for fifteen years, and had
no, cost him rs many shillIngs during
that time In repairs. whilst similar ma
chimes In the district had logo 10 be 10
paired every seascn-all. said hc, for
lack Of q little trouble. . sup OF oil. and
a dry bed during the winter months
Al the end Of \ days work. half an
hour Is proftably spent In wiping down
= wet machine. and giving II . rub
over with oil. taking good care to al
ways keep tho frfctional psrts In easy
working order BY mea Of oil. AZ the
end OF the season extra care should be
used In thoroughly cleaning machinery
that has to lay by during the winter,
aud In oiling and painting. II necessary.
to ward of rust They then should be
housed in . dry building. on : wooden
floor. n practicable. but should certain
" never be allowed 10 stand al through
; the winter months on q damp earth
, floor. These precautions will pay Tor
themselves many times OVER. and the
Implements when required for next
wars use, q BE- male available with
very little trunhle. Another and vslu-
able point should not b overlooked. II.
after the wear and car u cutting. .
machire u seen 10 10 IN ned 81 repair.
I let u be done a oncs. DO not lrave
} The repair over until spring. for Their
I b he probability Of Ne beine feFIettea
} until Il h ab>olutely WAIVED. LII Il b
dons IN The autumn. when tkogo = tim<
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