Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-07

to shoe the team. This makes total
cost of $3.50. Now had to first pur-
chase the shoes. which we're 80 cents;
also nails and coal, 10 cents. Ffgur-
ing my time the same as Browns, we
have 90 cents. This makes a total
cost Of $3.50. The same kind OF a
job lost Brown $3.50. SO we see that
/ saved $3.50 In two hours. or $1.40
per hour. II one would save only
s1.40 each month he would be realiz-
ing over 20 per cent. on an investment
of SIS. In another instance. while
cutting wheat we van into blind
stump and bent the draft rod 1t was
o'clock In the evening and the rod
was bent In such a manner that 1t
could not be Strengthened without
heating It. We removed 1t, took 1t
to the farm shop to straightenr It. and
In one-half hour the binder was In
motion again. We lost only one-half
hour, but II 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
at 81 per day each, the loss for them
and his own time would have been
s1.40. besides the very slight charge
with the town smith would have re-
quired. AS 1t was we lost but one-haif
hour In the field. which in actual cash
value amounted to IS cents. The farm
shop at this time saved US $1.05 In
one-half hour besides the annoyance
OF having the machine stand idle at a
time when It is SO necessary that II
should be in motion
Perhaps some will say that these
are overdrawn examples and that
things of this kind will happen only
once in a 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
consider the matter from another
point, without taking into considera.
ton the valuable time lost We will
allow the farmer 30 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 oyer the far
away blacksmith's price. In resetting
a pair of shoes the farmers time OF
one-half hour is worth 16 cents and
the nails cents a total cost Of 10
cents, while the regular smiths price
is so cents. Thus we have saving
here of 40 cents. For fitting new
shoes and resetting old ones this
makes saving of 80 per cent. In
the work such as sharpening culti
Gator shovels. shat pening harrow
teeth and all kinds Of small repairs
the saving Is considerably more than
30 per cent. But In order to be en-.
tirely conservative. we will assume
that the saving on all smith work is
but 30 per cent. II we will take S25
as an average amount spent by the
farmer each year for blacksmith work
we will have a 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. II 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 SITS. This may not look large to
some, but 1t points to few silver
dollars rolling down hill. away from
the farmer II he considers these
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