Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
REPAIRING IMPLEMENTS,
How the Careful Farmer Can Save Many
Hard. Earned Dollars.

How the Careful Farmer Can Save Many
Hard. Earned Dollars.
Here we see vast difference in the.
management of farmers. Some are
always running to the shops for re-
pairs, or buying new parts from the
manufacturers to replace the used up.
cid ones. Like the gun that was re-
newed in lock, stock and barrel. the.
original implement is gradually lost in
repairs. No matter what the imp1e--
ment, the character of the work, seed
time or harvest, these men will be seen
on the road to or from q shop. 1t
makes very little difference about the
quality or age of the implement. it is,
constantly in need of repair. Other
farmers again never seem to have.
break-downs. Their machinery always.
runs smoothly and is seldom repaired.
There can be no fatality about this.
1t must all be in tho management of the
farmer.
Machines are not, of course. built
like the famous ''One-hOss shay" They
have all got their weak places
places that will wear out or break first,
and thus come to need repairs, but it
should be the study of the farmer to.
keep these down to the minimum Re-.
pairs are expcnsive-expensive in them
selves and in the losses which they
directly and indirectly occasion. Com
pare the price of a casting that is
bought to take the place of broken
one with the cost of the original piece
proportionately figured on the price OF
the whole machine! Manufacturers and
dealers readily admit that their profits
are enormous on these repairs. The
farmer knows that he is paying two or
three hundred per cent more than the,
article ought to bring, but he is
obliged to buy, and of that particular
shop where his machine was built, so,
he is completely at the mercy of the
dealers. 1t certainly behOoves the
farmer to look carefully after the con-
dition of his implements, and not al
low these break-downs to occur. 1t
does not take long to lay out the price
OF new machine upon an old one.
There is but little use to buy repairs for
An old machine that is becoming badly
worn in all its parts. Better buy new
again than to do this.
An old, WORKOUT machine NAV oc-
casiOn much loss of valuable time.
No farmer should enter the hay or
harvest field with such a machine.
and trust to repairs to carry him
through. 1t is an easy matter to lose
the price of q machine in this way. The
losses occasioned by having to take the
team out of the field and away to town
.or repairs every two or three DAYS can
hardly be estimated. Having may be-
delayed, bad weather come on, and the
product so much injured that the con-
iitlon OF all the farm stock subsistino
ipon it is affected during the following
winter. There is no department Of
arm management but that affects and
S affected by all others.
Much of the repairing needed by farm
Implements can be done at home by
he farmer, if he is suitably equipped
or the work. Actual cash outlay is
aved in this way, and much time that
nay be of greater importance to the
armer than the cost OF the repairs.
very farmer should have his small
vork-shOp and outfit of tools. Asman
portable forge with the common IRON
Working tools can now be had for n
cry moderate sum. These, in addi-
ion to the common Woodworking
dolls, will enable man with very or.
mary skill to perform many little jobs
repairing. He can put . new boil
ter in wagon. repair any part of q
leigh. replace q broken beam in the
low, rivet, splice or weld almost any
iece OF iron that gives out about his
IMPLEMENTS. Even casting No az some
mes be drilled and iron-strapped. and
repair thus effected without buying
ew.-Cer. Ohio Farmer.