Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-02-08

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average farmer gives less attention,
thought and care than the farm i'm
Elements. and get, all things con-
sidered, this is very important
item. AS rule, their selection is
made at haphazard and they are on
ly purchased when necessity com
pels. Asa consequence, when the
farmer has to buy another tool he
rushes to the nearest dealer and pur-
ehases such tool as that dealer may
happen to have in stock irrespective
] of whether it is the best implement
for its purpose or not. The result
Of this method of purchasing is that
there are many implements to be
found upon our farms that are not
best. suited for the work that is be-
ing done with them, the result be
ing inferior work and less quanti-
ty than the investment warrants.
Z Most Implements Should Last Fifteen
or Twenty Years.
But there is another even worse
defect in the average farm practice
of the South in regard to imple-
ments, that is so common that it al
most ceases to attract attention of
those who are familiar with farm
conditions. Even where there has
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been a considerable investment in
6 improved implements, it is very rare
that anything like adequate build
iings and sheds have been provided
for their protection, and it isa dis
tressingly common thing TO see i'm
plements, even such expensive ones
!, as mowers and binders, left in the
field where they were last used, IN
t,l the season comes around forsase
again. As a sequence :theressissa
delay in starting the next time. Some
Sof the parts are found to have rot
ted or rusted SO badly that they will
not do their work, and a repair bill
is necessary.
The necessity for these repairs
not onlyinvol delay in doing
the work, but an additional expense.
So we'll is this habit of neglecting
the implements understood by mans
manufacturers that they can well
afford to sell the original implement
at cost, knowing that they will soon
reap a rich reward in the profits
from the sale of repairs. Of all tbs
leaks on our Southern farms this is
one for which there can be the least
excuse and which can be most read
:ly remedied. Most of the farm inn
elements on the marke1 today are
well made of the most lasting ma
terial, and in the main should last
from Is to 90 years if given even
moderate care. The first step to-
ward giving this care should be the
providing of ample sheds and houses
to protect them from the weather
Wnen NOT Ill use.
How to Build Tool Shed.
While any shelter is better than
exposure to the weather, yet much
better results will be- obtained if
this shelter is built especially for
the purpose, not only with an eye
for convenience of access, but also
with the idea of making it easy to
get the implements in and out of
the shelter. If the tools are piled
up on each other, in the busy season
il will require too much time to put
them back, and as a consequence
they will be left standing in the
ward until more convenient time,
and the first thing we know all are
outside. About the most convenient
form of shelter is a shed IL to Is
feet wide, open on both sides and as
long as it is necessary to get all the
implements into it without crowd
ing. BY having this shed open on
both sides it is as easy to drive un-
der it to unhitch as to leave the tool
outside. If the caves are made as
low as can be, still leaving room
for mule to pass under, such tools
will be we'll protected from con-
slant wetting and from the hot sun,
and there will be no excuse for leav-
ing them out. If there is danger of
! the water from the caves of this
shed running under, this can be
avoided by raising the dirt floor or
by scooping shallow bitches on
each side so as to lead tie water
away, The ends of the shed can
be enclosed so as to protect such
tools as are placed there, from the
weather. One end Of this shed can
be divided into a room for small
hand tools and for the storage OF
I harness. If this harness room is
provided with pegs upon which to
hang each set of harness and the
habit is made of hanging it there
each time it is removed from the
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