Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-20
THOUGHT SAVES TIME.
How the Pump, the Gate or the Barn
Door Nny lie Improved.

How the Pump, the Gate or the Barn
Door May lie I%nprovcl.
The most expensive item upon the farm
y: Inconvenience" 1t seems to be born
IN some men to have things arranged as
irconveniently and awkwardly as possi-
BILE. Even # it Is cheaper - nave them
handy and convenient such men will go
- extra expense and trouble TO make
HE and work about TIC place unpleasant,
writes Dr. Richard II. wood of Lewiston,
Mich, in tie Nov Yori; Tribune Farmer.
1t never .eenls to occur to surh men
that Inconvenience consumes time and
that time Is money. The accuses given
for having things SO unhandy that they
are almost useless are many and in most
cases they are very trivial. In going
about from farm to farm 7 have noticed
tlGny items Of Inconvenience that could
We'll he dispensed with. and that are caus-
Ing tho farmers to whom :hey belong
Gicat loss.
one of these items IL the tail, long-han-
died iron pump, the one that kicks, jerks,
spueakS, groanS. and gives down spar
ingly ana grudgingly. The long handle
describes q sweep that Is all out of pro-
portion to the stroke of the piston rod.
y handle of half the length and weight
could do the work better and with one
half the effort on the part of the woman
- child that uses the pump far more than
docs the master of the place. But the
pump that is such 4 dread to the women
ana children must remain and be a bur
den to the entire household until It is
worn out. And why? Mostly because
some agent recommended it and he recon-
ljended 1t because there was profit in SELL
ing it or because he could not get the
asency for a better kind.
When l ask the manager of the place
why he uses such an article instead of a
better one that could be bought for less
r1oney he says: 'But you see that is a
windmill pump. Some day / may want to
nut up a windmill and If | do | will not
have to buy q new pump But close
questioning reveals the fact that he has
not the slightest expectation of buying a
windmill until he builds a new house or a
new barn. And this Is the only excuse
gwen for torturing and ;overworking the
wife, the children and the hired man. A
pump is an article that must he used
many lines every day. Why consume
time and energy in operating an aCgravat-
inn rui.,rco u.bor !, nou,1 10 -. aa.r,..
replaced bv one that would do ite uorl,
in less time and with less lohoro rbosa
old lonE-handled pumps standing way up
in the air and working TO such great dis
ADVANTAGE that time is lost and ,eunor
is tried have cost many . doctor'v hin
and made many an invalid. YET their
squeak is heard in the land and will he
suppose. until the millennium.
And then there IS that hcovv ovkwar d
gate, that cannot be lifted without tbe use
OF both hands. and that strains the WON.
en- ana children who must omen and close
it every dav. one could have seen wb.r
il was being built thar If would sor ons
could have seen as If WAS heinp erocta d
that such haugings were inadeouote Tbs
! rosts were not we'll set thc b,ngas are M,
| good and the fastening &c defectivo 7,
| the farmer would reckon nm the time los,
| ly himself and his hired man in so,tiro
| down their burdens to opcn sucb gates
l. would be surnrise1 II would COS, NC
| more to make good catoe 70 bovo rcod
| posts. to set those posts uronerlv and :,
hang tho gate uroncrly uuon GOOD rarc.
!ngs. than IL does TO make rate. that nv.
I SO annoying to those who hive to ,,se
| them.
At hals the farms ;hat 7 visit ,bc bo,r
doors are out of renoir. They raflco r.