The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-20
GET MACHINERY
INTO TRIM NOW
Farmers Should Have Every
thing in Order for Arrival
of Spring.
1T WILL SAVE DELAYS
Proper Readiness Will Assure
Ability to Cope With
Bigger Acreage.
1T WILL SAVE DELAYS

The farmer who believes in planning
and organization has a time for every
thing. He is the man who generally
makes q success of Montana farming
for here of all places Thickness lis es-
sential 10 good production. And such
a farmer has but one time for repairing
machinery and tools-during the winter
season when they are not i'm use. OF
course, one can procrastinate and let
such tasks go until spring, just before
the machinery is put IN the fields, but
spring brings with ii such a multitude
OF tasks that there is scant time for
anything save field work. If repairs
are allowed to go until their machines
and tools are actually needed they
take Just as long to do and generally
delay the work at the same time. BY
doing them during the winter months
there are fewer breakdowns at times
when breakdowns cost money.
Minute Now Means Hours Later.
Go over all the machinery now. Take
each tool or machine and examine il
thoroughly. Go over every working
part, oiling il, tightening the bolts and
taking out broken and weak parts Or
der the requirements and repairs right
away that they can be put in now. Paint
all bright parts of the machinery that
they do not rust. Indeed. II Is good
plan to paint the entire machines,
every part OF them. Paint preserves
wood. iron and steel keeps 1t from de-
teriorating. Plenty of oil ana grease
will also keep out the rust. Go over
the sickles to the mowers and binders
replace all nickel and worn sections
and weld the broken sickle bars, Bars
so welded are just as good as new ones
Then sharpen up the siekles ana hay.
them all ready for immediate use.
Protect From Weather.
There Is generally quite Il bit o.
work that can he done on the binder
The canvasses should be taken off an,
stored where they will be safe from
both the weather and the small TO,
dents that annually cause such a lost
from anawing. There is delicate ma
Chinery about the binder, too, that car
i'll afford to be exposed to rust, Pro
tect it, Even II you haven't a machin,
shed you can get some cheap paint ant
plenty Of grease. Both of these shoult
be applied without stint,
Will Make Good Wages.
Then there are pioW shares tn sharp
en-, disks to file, hay racks To repair
bull rakes that need new teeth, ha
Iakes that have broken tongues, har
ness that needs new parts, splicing am
oiling; the tasks are without number
The time To do them is now, when 9th
er tasks are not pressing and insid
work is a boon. There may be tim
for this work later, but why wait if yo
have opportunity now. II a little win
ter work of this nature viii save yo
time in the spring. You are maxim
mighty good wages. Indeed you ar
doing better than that, for in the sprin
it is sometimes impossible to get me
when they are needed. Man power i
the scarcest article on Montana farms
II you can do things now that will leav
you free. when spring comes, to pu
all your time in the fields. you are IA
ahead Cf the game, yon have something
tina. money cannot always buy.