The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-26
FACTS FOR THE FARMER.
BENEFITS DERIVED FROM MAKING
REPAIRS AT HOME.
Poultry RaisinE-Farm and Garden
Notes-StartfnG Bee Keeping
Facts OF Great Interest to Agri-
cUlturiStS.

"a penny saved is two pence earned.
When times are close, prices low and
purchasers difficult to find, it is we'll TO
look after all needless expenses upon the
farm, and, if possible, TO find not only
new sources of income, but, if possible,
new means of cutting down expenses,
says John L. Shaver, in the Farm and
Fireside. There is one means within the
reach of all whereby at least some saw
ing in expense may be effected, and III
the case of many farmers this aving
would, during the course of a year,
amount to a considerable sum. In this
/ refer to the making of many neceS-
sary repairs TO The machinery CT the
farm.
While every farmer should have the
necessary tools for making repairs in
wood. there are many who would lind it
equally desirable to possess tools and
ma erialS Tor repairing harness, boot S
and shoes. Also for mending tinware
hopping barrels and other similar work
l have always been accustomed to this
kind of work in rainy weather. and
scarcely know how l should spend The
stormy days Of winter did / not have
some kind of workshop, well equipped
with tools and materials in which 10
work. / keep adding TO these tools &C.
caSlonaLy as needs require and means
permit, until now the large shop is
pretty well supplied with all the tools
that are likely TO be required about the
farm.
Among the more recent additions 10
this line is a farmers set of blacksmith
tools, purchased in the summer of 1890
OF course, there was no idea of dong
blacksmith work for others. but the OBJ
Ject was to provide against unexpected
breaks of farm machinery which might
otherwise require a trip to town and
the loss of half a days time. Scarcely
a week HIS since gone by without some
of these tools being in use Frequently
hlNT al dor-
not only save much valuable time, but
cons derable expense besides. Today
these tools are looked upon as almost
as essential as the carpenter and harness
tools.
To Illustrate their usefulness. 1 might
mention that while cutting nearly one
hundred acres of clover seed that season
there were frequent small breaks about
the reaper that would have called for a
trip to town but for the fact tn at the
repairs were made at home. During such
. busy season such things are easily ap-
preciated One morning during the win
ter we had all things in readiness to
begin hauling fodder purchased from
neighbor. when il was discovered that a
new, spindle put on the wagon by town
workman was loose on the axle, and
liable TO cause trouble at any time. Or
Ginarily IL would have called for a trip
of twelve miles to town and return. the
loss OF half a days tine and the delay
IL hauling. As it was, the wheel was re-
moved. the spindle taken off and in five
minutes time holes were drilled through
each side Of the skein, the spindle re-
placed. a bolt inserted, the wheel on,
and we were off after a load.
Recently We were having a new well
driven at the house, and, as frequently
happens there We're tools broken that
would have caused more or less delay
had it not been for the repair-shop
within twenty PAGES. So frequently Were
different tools called for by the well-men
that finally one of them said he feared
he would miss them when he went to
his next job.
Where there are hired men who have
any ingenuity at all, they may thus use
fully employ many days which would
otherwise be a total loss TO the employer
Eoys may soon be taught to do great
number of odd jobs if they but have
the tools with which to work. and the
lessons thus learned will be of value to
Them during the remainder of their lives.