Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-07
cekly Bureau of In
formation for All Who
Till the Soil or Are In
ferested in Making Home,
YOUR FARM IMPLEMENTS
REQUIRE BEST OF CARE
Fred Tntc Has Some Good Things to
shy I'm Home md Farm Conrcrning
Care of Farm MnchIncry.

We are about through, says Mr.
Tate. cultivatinS our crops. and many
OF Us have left most of our implements
jus, where We used them last; but rs
we are through with them until an
other year. We must bring them in out
OF the weather, .ocauSC If left III the
fields, exposed 20 the sun. heat and
rlir. they will damage much more be-
tween nov ANA time to use them am
other season than the wear OF using
them in ,uit!N;,tine the present crop.
1t is the easiest ining in the world TO
lie: tools and implements remain GU,
in the fields after We have once let
them alone for awhile.
The weather is warm, we feel slug
eish" and then other things claim our
time, after they have once been LETT
in the field, we can't seem ever TO get
the time to bring them to the barn
or Toulouse and put them i'll out of
the weather. If we can't go to-day and
attend 10 this matter, suppose We set"
n day that we Will get up all tools and
implements that are out i'll the fields
and put them away out OF the weather.
And while wc are about IT, we misht
just well do Il good job OF II and
put them away III the proper shape.
All dirt should hc removed from all
implements, all plowsharcs should be
creased with some kind OF grease
axle grease is Eood--any kind. of oil
or grease will do If i, is free Of salt.
This grease will keep these parts from
rusting.
Then all the tools should be gone
over and all nuts frightened, and any
broken bolts should be replaced. There
are three things that wear out more
Implements than ali the use they are
put TO. First, rust; second. loose nuts;
third. lost bolts. Any OF these--in fact,
all OF thcsc-are due More or less to
the carelessness of the user. No nipple
ment or machine should bc used with
a bolt missing, or with any nuts loose.
neither should any implement he left
out in tho weather while not in use
and permitted To get rusty. Of course.
IL is not practical 10 put tho cultivator
under shelter every day that 1t is not
in use during the cultivation OF a
crop but If the Cultivator is kept we'll
painted the paint will Keep the inpir-
mcnt or cultivator from Yustiue during
these short periods.
II pays we'll to keep all implements
we'll painted. II not only prolongs the
life of the implement, hut ii adds TO
the looks OF the farm and adds 10 tho
prestige of the farmer. How much
better showing implements that are
we'll painted make than the old rusty,
mildewed implements 1t pays just as
we'll to take good care of the farm
machinery AS it does to take good care
OF tho live stock on the farm. An
other thing | want to mention IN con-
nection with the caring for farm ma
chinery: keep all bearings we'll oiled {.
oil is cheaper than buying new ma
chimes. When putting away such ma
chimes as the mower. binder or disc
harrow. clean out all the bearings and
oil we'll. then they will he ready TO
use next season.
I was over n farm short time ago
regard to caring for the Cultivators
and other tools during the cultivation
Of the crop. There was about eighty
acres in the field, with a roadway left
through the center of the field. and
about midway of the length Of this
road there was a good tool shed. and
few feet from this shed there was IL
good we'll. When a cultivator is not
TO he used for a few days il is car
ried to this shed and left there until
needed, and SO on with all the tools
used. II takes only a few minutes to
put the implement under the shed. and
many times il is ON the way to the
house. The we'll being handy fresh
water can be had anytime. and with
OUT losing zine 10 go long distance
FOR it,