The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-06-01

slueTeu-Oe FRANK With Merchant
and Ask Him to Be Same With You.
A Town Worth While.
copyrighted. 1914, by Thomas ]. sullivan.l
If you know how to spend less than
you get you have the philosophers
stone.
Economy is the parent Of integrity,
Of liberty and Of ease and the beau
teOus sister of temperance. of cheerful
ness and Of health,
Willful waste Is a cruel and crafty
demon that gradually involves her fol-
lowers In dependence and debts and so
letters them with irons that enter their
lnm0st souls.
Economy is a procedure by which
a certain sun Of money can be saved
and waste, on the other hand, by which
the same sum of money is dlssipated.
To illustrate, a farmer wishes to
buy an Ak. The local merchants price
is $1.40, but the farmer can buy IAN"
TX from the retail catalogue house for
SIPS. He is economical and is going
to save that 10 cents.
Abandons Machinery In Field.
The previous summer the economical
farmer bought a new mower with
which to harvest his hay and paid
therefor $S5.
The machine was nice and new and
shiny, and when the farmer completed
the cutting Of his hay he promptly I'M
hitched his team and abandoned the
pretty new mower to the tender ele-
ments of the bayfield,, and there 1t re-
mains, the seat and tongue protrudlng
from a huge snOwdrift.
That seems to be a cas- where waste
took economy by the hand and led 1t
out into the fields and lost 1t.
Neglect Is Noticeable.
1t is regrettable fact that the prac-
tice is not uncommon; that it Is the
rule rather than the exception among
farmers.
Look out of the window of any
train as you pass through the country,
and almost the first thing that meets
the eye is a neglected piece OF farm
machinery standing in a vacant field
UNPROTECTED from the rains of the
summer, the winds of the fall, the
sleet, ice and snow Of winter and the
mud and mire Of spring.
What must be the condition OF that
machinery when In the course OF time
the farmer is again ready to put II
into service?
Have rust. neglect and the elements
added to its value and efficiency?
Deprecated so Per Cent.
Have they not deprecated it at leas
80 per cent in every way? Neglect o
this kind is willful waste.
There is no better field in all tn
world in which the farmer can praC
tice economy than in the proper car
of his machinery.
Some farmers protect their machiI
cry all right from the elements. The
haul It In under a shed.
The barnyard fowls have also disco'
cred this mice she'd and find tha
machinery makes the incest kind {
roasting place, with the result thi
when the machines are again brougl
ont into the sunlight they are thing
of sordid appearance rather than
worth and beauty
Machinery Rusts Out.
The back door robs the house, al
the back door leads to the machinel
shed and to the open fields, Go o.
and see If your machinery is protect'
from both the weather and barnyaI
dirt.
Remember it is better for machine
70 wear out than to rust out. Sayil
* cents on an AK and losing 500
! moving machine is false econon
the practice Of which leads past t
cate of thrift and industry and up
tbe door Of "woeful want and will
waste and to the Preside of indolen
and neglect.
The mar who neglects and abando
his farm machinery in the field is
onlv the most indolent man IN
n world. but also the most stupid
And the strangest part Of It an
J tbat a man will admit his indolen
but will fight II called stupid,
} He sort Of persuOdes himself to
Have that Incidence cherishes ah
neaceful virtues and that without
stroying the others 1t merely suSpel
their functions.
Be Frank With Dealer
Be frank and open and manly v
vourself aid ask your dealer 70
the same.
Then there will be more cohsun
IN the town to feed, and the uhrl
win nroft by IL. SO will tive re'aH !
chant and also the. consumer.
zens of the town. the protest. i'ail
AND the employee. us they w'l '~
itabIy employed ana eafnins i-''''s
when the citizens Of a tNn !
money in the bank or lili-iln- y I
pockets q town worth wie Is ~
. dence; a farming eoNiniufi's "
4 while IS also very noiifeah@
- what helps y helrS al' anu az
alogue house can better ron0luph
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