The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-10-26
IMPLEMENT HELPS
Assistant Professor Of Farm meehzn-
les, Utah Agricultural College
By a. \. Powell

end OF the farmers busy season and
be. already weary from the long days
Of constant toll, is gathering up tho
remnants OF the last crops to be har-
ested and looking forward to the sea
son OF the year when he VIII have less
work and more hours OF leisure
We do not wish to impose more
work upon the already overworksd
farmer. but we suggest that he put
forth every effort to tighten his load
next spring and reduce his expenses
on equipment by caring for II and Civ
ing II the proper attention IN the fall
First the plows. They should be
brought into the yard and carefully
hooked over to determine II any new
parts are needed. and II SO. a list Of
these should be made and the parts
ordered at the earliest possible date
so as to have the implement IN prop
er working order before IL Is needed
The pillow should be carefully check ID
to see that the proper horizontal and
vertical suction Is maintained. an this
effects to a great extent the success
full operation Of the pillow and the pow
er required 10 draw IT, Ar the points
which are made OF steel and not worn
out should be sharpened. When all
the braces and bolts should be tight
enea. the moul-bOsrd should be thor
oughly cleaned and polished. then
coated with Il very heavy oil or grease.
Each bolt on the pillow should receive
a few drops OF light oil thereby max
ing it possible TO either tighten OF re-
move il without twisting x Off. The
piOw should then be stored away in a
suitable shed for the winter. and all
the other implements treated in Ike
manner.
1t is very necessary that every farm
er provide himself with a small shop
that can be heated in cold weather
snd equip II with the simple tools
with which all OF his repair work may
be done All the implements should
be Inspected and repaired with speci-
al attention given to all wearing parts,
from the wheels on the pillow or hay
rake to the pitmsn bearing on the
mower, and the cams and sprockets
on the binder and seeding machines
All OF these parts should be removed
and carefully washed and cleaned with
kerosene. All bearings subjected to
loads, such as the socket bearings on
the disc pillow. the pillow wheels. and
all wheels that carry OF guide the i'm
plement. after careful cleaning should
be filled with clean cup grease and
replaced. Means should be provided
for the addition Of new grease az
the center OF the hub. so that when
more grease is forced in thu old grease
will work out. carrying with II al for
eign materials. such as sand and dust.
out and away from the bearings. Other
small bearings that are fabricated with
oil should be given very liberal
quantity of oil after careful cleaning
BY carefully observing these points
the life OF the machinery will be pro-
lon:ed and much less power viii be
required in their operation Special
attention should be given TO all gear
ing, commonly called cog wheels, 10
see that they engage deep enough. IL
they are permitted 10 run without be-
properly engaged the life OF these
wheels viii be very short
The question may arise as TO why
all this taking apart and cleaning. 30
In order to answer that question We
first call to your attention the fact
that when you sharpen an sx on the
grind stone. you use water on the
stone to speed up the grinding, and
when you sharpen a knife on an OIL
stone, you use oil to speed up the cut |
ting. These grinding stones. also tho
artificial grinding wheels, are moth
ing more than a large number OF fine
grains OF hard materials cemented to- /
gether. and each grain as It pr0trudes
from the mass presents a sharp cut
ting edge. and this cutting edge wiz
cut most rapidly when fabricated with /
oil or water. depending upon the char
acter Of the stone and the kind OF |
material TO be cut Since all sancs |
and dusts. regardless OF their fineness,
constitute a grinding material. with l
the addition OF OH Il win cut and 1
grind almost as effectively IS = pre-
pared grinding compound
since Il is impossible to keep all
the bearings OF form machinery free
from sand and dirt and at the same /
time all OF these bearings must be 4
fabricated TO reduce friction and con-
sumption Of power to operate them. q
Is obvious that IN all Of these bearings
there IL brought about an ideal con-
dition for grinding and wearing
From this you may decided that Il
is better 70 operate machinery with
out the use Of oil which Of course 10
true in some cases For an exampls.