The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

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then making . paretical application
Of her knowledge Of the use of sub
stitutes in her home. Another spe-
cimen of housewife is the one who
says, -Oh! Gee. these old substitutes
were bosTid and l hope the day will
never come WHEN ] will have to use
any Of them again" All Of us know
that type- She is the one who has
cash charged On her store bill rs
Ndse-. and often vondefs Why John
cannot make more money for her to
buy matinee tickets With.
ne former houssvife is one Of
Uncle Sans most valuable assets and
the latter is . liability in every sense.
Farmers have also been put through
. eourse Of training equivalent to 4
year Of study At some farm mana
cement school They have mended old
machinery and implements Of all
kinds m order TO help over the per-
iod of shortage which has existed.
They have in some eases put patch
upon patch to make that old machine
harvest one more crop. and after the
harvest they have cleaned it up and
said to the hired man, THAT old thing
is liable to last year or SO longer,
let us take care Of it." This man
has the right idea He is the fellow
who looks before he leaps and always
lights squarely and firmly when he
leaps. Machine manufacturers know
that fifty per cent of the machinery
| discarded by farmers is out of the
running because of the improper
handling which it has received from
the proverbial Tom, Dick and Har-
~" The writer has always been
glad that his name was neither of
the above because of the everlasting
blame which they have to bear. But
it makes no difference for "If a cap
fits we must wear it."
A little while spent during these
winter days in looking over machin-
cry and listing missing bolts, nuts, and
worn out parts, will pay big dividends
next summer when the rush is OF.
An inquiry at the implement dealers
chase and application where needed.
will also be time and energy well
spent.
One day last summer one of the
shops in Longmont looked like a
gathering of the Ku Klux, but upon
asking what the trouble was, l was
told that lot of farmer. had put off
getting their hay stacking machin-
cry rigeed up in time and consequ-
emily all wanted service at once which
they could not get because there was
not room enough in the shop nor the
adjoining vacant lot for workmen to
serve them all at once.
The welding of cast iron is some
thing which has greatly benefited
the farmer. He can now get many
broken pieces Of machinery welded
that formerly had to be replaced by
new castings, which IN some cases
could not be done, and often meant
the purchase of new machine. and the
discard of one equally as good with
the exception of the broken casting.
"In the time Of peace prepare for
war" is an old adage, but the idea can
be applied to advantage by all of
US in our every day business, by say
ing, To-day plan for tomorrow
Extravaganza is probably the great
est stumbling block in the road to
success. In recent years huge for
tunes have been made from by-pro-
ducts, or things which in the past
! had been allowed to go to waste. The
| old junk man of the days of 1914 is
now on easy street. He has, of
course, been favored by unusual con-
ditions over which he had no control,
but he was ready, nevertheless, and
profitted from his preparedness.
Preparedness seems to in some way
| sound sensible. If We go hunting
have to dig bait. If we go hunting
| we dress for the occasion. If we
grow beets, we have to labor and en-
ploy labor and so it goes in every
thing which We set ourselves to do.
The farmer as a rule is much more
systematic and far-sighted than his
city brother, because the nature of
his work calls for more self-depend-
ence and initiative. He is not SO
bound up by conventions as his broth
er in town, who has to call plumber
to put a gasket in the hydrant.
The seemingly small things which
80 often cause delays and worries are
the things which we need to keep an
eye on and get them all mended up
or replaced so when the time comes
to go on some job we can go and carry