Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-03
THE GRIHOSTONE.


y J. Times.
THE GRIHOSTONE.
Some Common Sense TAX About One Of
the Nere,>a:ic. Of Farm.
One of the nrt.,'>>ificI of the farm is
q ~r;nd>tonc. and. of course. it should
b. ii good ont. af.I lik" everything else
about the prem .S"s. Wei ca:cd for.
There is - ma !! Il r.Tdi way a1i Il
wrong Way OF tr...:tjnr = .iin'i~iD Z as
there is Of trrati' = i rr.tiH'r ar ~ ani-
nal. Ii l. not olir'i t:la, We 50 u'u'h
about the common ,i..v;,."- %. - farm
in the papers. TH"i are - co:I.un'i,
in fact, rs to pass almost u-tl";lc''d.
But writer i'll the tin".nn"h G':"",
has taken up the sub cct O! ii" Gr.t.!-
stone. and treated ii IN such l r"niin III.
sense manner. that We rriru'i'iJc Il Tor
the cons;dvrai on of our r"a .r!'-. Ike be-
gins 10y >a\in%:
The fArm"r'> grinh,tonc is u most
valuable p;"cr OF property If You do
not el;c.t it. Try to get along without
one. II i, my in'cntion to rr'.i'c 1T
tie experience learned lat summer by
accidentally having my %r;nd'toE"
broken. Never until thea did have Il
correct cs iniate of lis Importance Iii
the OPERATORS Of farm work. First. |
wanted To grind some corn knives with
which to trim my hedge. Then, de-
sired to sharpen IN AK 10 cut some poles
much needed; some of my carpentry
tools required cdTing. and last. but by
no means least, wanted 10 grind Il
sickle in order to NOW some weeds.
| The result in each case was, | had to
use dull tools until could 90 TO the
city and get new stone. You can be-
lieve that | went ut the earliest oppor-
tunitv.
OF course, this was an exceptionally
busy week. but il serves TO SHOW the vast
Importance that such :: thing Il: 4 com
mon grind>tonc plays in rural economy.
was without stone five days, ard
during that time. had occasion 10 Use
one at le..st five times. On the oiAth,
purchased two stones. one 4 coarse
grit, for grinding the duller tools, such
as hoes. spades. coullers, ay"s. etc.
and the other finer grit for grinding
tools that require a keener edge. suci
as knives of various kind. chi-c's
plane-bits. hatchetS. etc. believe
every farmer should have two goOt
grindstoncs of different griiS. One, a
least. should be found in rood workin.
order upon every farm. The man wht
has none certainly cares not either 10
himself or his neighbor. He is con
tinually losing time-and time is none,
and has the displeasure and dissatis
faction of working with dull tools.
Do not get old. rude. unpolishc'
stones. but get good, reliable one. Will
the improvements of the day upon it
The time was when it required two mel
and boy to grind an tx. Now the bo
alone can do it. 4 little selfadiustin.
machinery. with friction -whcels ant
treadle, comprise his help. Whel
buving a stone get one with au,omati
sickle grinder. Their cost is bu
slightly additional. and tleir Use vii
save YOU many times their cost. du
sickle causes extra and needless wea
and tear Of machinery. and uocleS
expenditure of animal strength. II is
;. dead letter. inducing staCnation an
ruin. 1t does not pay To work with an
kind of dull tools. notclly Il sickle. Bet
ter 90 two m;l"s daily ard have
sharpened, but before you VIII do this
believe YOU will get one OF those SHARP
ening attachments and do it yourself
Don't let some slvcr-t0nSucd peddle
palm of one of his inferior little emcr
(so-called) wheels. made after the pa
tern of the common e@g-bcater. Oh yo
: and get your note fof 5000. kno
, more than one man who was picked Il
that way.
To keep my grindS;one in repair an
; good working order. observe the 10
lowing: never grind greasy too
without first removing the grease. Th
can be done in several ways. My wa,
;, after removing most of it with Il stick {
cob, is to use sandpaper or emery clotl
| hold the tool that am grinding s
that it will wear both side of the ci
cumference of the stone uniformly.
: spoils stone to wear it "hollow.'
= /, | try to keep my stone ia near
u round as possible. If one side wea
down faster than the other know it
: not frst-claSs stone. and that ii mu
y be raced. A grindstone should
u raced once per year. To do this tai
l it out of the frame but not oil the shat
= BY means of a pair of compaSses or
scratch-awl and string. ore end
:. which is held upon the end of the Sha
;. or journal, and the other upon the stol
g at its shortest radius, describe 4 circl
. Replace in the frame, and with CHS
and gouge remove all the inscrib'
It circle. Exercise care that YOU do n
Il chip off the corners. Unless I stol
o becomes very much one-sidcd it is II
necessary to razec it off.
&c remove all ilinty places with har
y sharp-pointed instrument. never allo
!. my grindStones to stand in the rain
:, sunshine. but at all times keep them
- barn or other sheltered place. Not on
le the frame. but the stone as well is
:, jured by not being protected.
u / never allow the lower eLge Of II
:, stones to stand in water, as gre
many do. by having troughs benea
y, them. Being continually in wat
~ causes the stone to become soft. If "
III use a trough see that it is lowered
s. s. meath the edge of your stone each til
~ after being used.
u Before grinding a rusty tool ! 8
- that most of the oxide is removed.
u" allowed to remain it Obstructs the g
Vi and cutting power of the stone.
nc In buying a stone remember that t
Z; larger it is the easier it will run and {
III longer it will last You can not use
Z; trcadle upon small stone. Keep {
~ ~ frame standing upon level floor al
e. er it will turn easier.
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