Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-12-28

to shoe the team. This makes a total
cost of $3.50. Now had to first pur
chase the shoes, which were 80 cents;
also nails and coal, 10 cents. Figur
ing my time the same as Browns, we
have 60 cents. This makes total
cost of $1.50. The same kind of
job lost Brown S4.30, SO we see that
saved $3.50 In two hours, or $1.40
| per hour. If one would save only
$1.4O each month he would be realiz.
}ing over % per cent. on an investment
fof SIS. In another instance, while
cutting wheat we ran into blind
Istump and bent the draft rod. 1t was
"A O'Clock in the evening and the rod
was bent in such manner that it
could not be Strengthened without
heating it. We removed it, took 1t
to the farm shop to straighten it, and
In one-half hour the binder was in
motion again. We lost only one-half
hour, but if we had been compelled to
go to the town shop, the remainder
OF the evening would have been lost.
With two men following the binder
and his own time would have been
S1.4O, besides the very slight charge
with the town smith would have re.
/, CURED. AS 1t was we lost but one-half
hour in the field, which in actual cash
value amounted to 35 cents. The farm
shop at this time saved us $1.O5 In
one-half hour besides the annoyance
/ IN zinc ho ctor OF n
time when it is so necessary that 1t
should be in motion.
Perhaps some will say that these
are overdrawn examples and that
things of this kind will happen only
once in while. We all know they
do happen, and with some they hap.
pen several times in year. In order
to prove our point to those who wish
to be extremely conservative, we will
4 consider the matter from another
/ point, without taking into considera-
ton the valuable time lost. We will
allow the farmer 80 cents per hour
for the time he will put in. In shoe
ing horse the time will be 80 cents,
the shoes will cost him 40 cents and
fuel and nails less than 10 cents, a
total cost of not to exceed 80 cents,
or a saving of 20 cents over the far
away blacksmith's price. In resetting
pair of shoes the farmers time of
one-half hour is worth 16 cents and
the nails 5 cents "a total cost of 10
cents, while the regular smiths price
is 60 cents. Thus we have a saving
here of 40 cents. For fitting new
shoes and resetting old ones this
makes a saving of 80 per cent. In
the work such as sharpening Guilt
Gator shovels, sharpening harrow
teeth and all kinds of small repairs
the saving is considerably more than
80 per cent But In order to be en-
tirely conservative, we will assume
that the saving on all smith work is
but 80 per cent If we will take S25
as an average amount spent by the
farmer each year for blacksmith work
we will have saving OF $3.50 for
each farmer, or 10 per cent. return on
the total investment OF SIS. This
is without taking into consideration
the return from the carpenter tools
which are, as stated, .included in the
cost of SIS If we consider the car
penter tools as one-third of the in
vestment and allow the same per
cent. of saving, we will have Is per
cent return on the total investment
of SIS. This may not look large to
some, but it points to few silver
dollars rolling down hill, away from
dollars as good to him as to the other
fellow, he had better make the grab,
for they are easily rescued when one
| once gets the habit.