The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
JOINT OWNERSHIP OF TOOLS
In Many Neighborhoods Plan Has
Much TO Commend lt-Agree-
ments Must Be Adhered To.

Under certain conditions, the joint
ownership of some of the farm i'm
plements is plan that has much to
commend it. In many neighborhoods,
farmers do own a part of their i'm
plements in partnership with their
neighbors, and they find that some
farm tools can be owned jointly with
entire satisfaction to both parties and
that a considerable saving can be ef-
fected thereby.
1t is to the small farmer especially
that the plan of joint ownership APP
peals as offering a method Of lessen
ing the expense annually imposed by
having to buy new tools. With the
improved methods of farming that
now prevail, the tools required to
run even small farm represent a
large investment of money. 1t is
on the small farmer that the greatest
expense, proportionately. for machin-
cry falls. The man with 100 acres
needs but few more implements to
carry on his farming operations than
does the man with only 80 acres. says
writer in the Farmers Review. The
former probably has an extra plow
and cultivator, but otherwise he can
get along all right with the tools
needed to run an SO-acre place.
But to insure always getting his
crops in on time and caring for them
properly at the right time, the small
farmer must have a complete set Of
farming tools, even though he him
self does not use some Of these tools
more than two or three days in the
year The rest of the year they are
either taking up barn room or, if left
outdoors, are depreciating in value as
rapidly as are the same tools of
neighbor who uses them several times
as much.
Then, why not go into partnership
with a neighbor who has about the
an equal amount of use for an i'm
plement, and make one implement
serve two? Each can save some
storage room thereby as well as
money. Two farmers situated side
by side seldom want to plant their
corn or harvest their grain at the
same time and it is the same with
other work for which implements are
used. BY planning together, each can
generally so arrange his work as not
to interfere with the other. Not only
the corn planter and binder, but the
mower, rake, hay loader, tanning
mill, grain drill. manure spreader and
butchering tools may be owned jointly
between two men.
Always, however, in order that
partnership of this nature may not
prove unsatisfactory to one of the
owners or lead to any i'll feeling be-
tween the men, care must be used to
choose the right kind of partner, and
then we must resolve that we will
endeavor to be the right kind of a
partner for the other man. Each
joint owner of an implement should
endeavor to take the best possible
care of any tool while it is in his
possession, and, as even good ma
chinists are generally unequally hard
On the same machine, there should
be an agreement as to whether re-
pairs are to be paid for jointly or by
he partner responsible for the break
age. There should also be an agree
nent as to which one is to store the
Implement when it is not in use and |
also in regard to lending or renting
t to others. Then all agreements
made must be rigidly adhered to by
both parties if pleasant relations are
o be sustained.